Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 481 — PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides for the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices

Last action — Becomes Act No. 924 without the Governor's signature.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 23, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill establishes how the costs of publishing official proceedings and public notices are determined.

The bill sets guidelines for determining the costs associated with the publication of official proceedings and public notices. This ensures transparency and consistency in how these costs are managed.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

27 added · 71 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HB 481 removes a specific reference to "ACT No. 924." This change is important because it clarifies or updates the provisions of the bill, ensuring that it aligns with current laws and regulations. Removing outdated references can help prevent confusion and make the bill easier to understand and implement.

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HLS 26RS-1216 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
481 BY REPRESENTATIVE RISER PUBLIC PRINTING:
481 BY REPRESENTATIVE RISER AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides for the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
per character * * * B.(1) Inallparishesthatdonotcontainacitywith apopulation ofmorethan onehundredthousand,thecostofpublishingofficialproceedingsandpublicnotices shall not exceed the rate of one and one-half three cents per character.
per character * * * B.(1) In allparishesthatdonotcontainacitywithapopulation ofmorethan onehundredthousand,thecostofpublishingofficialproceedingsandpublicnotices shall not exceed the rate of one and one-half three cents per character.
When the insertion contains material to be set in tabular form or is submitted prebuilt, the rate will becomputedattwo dollarsseventy-six centspersquareinchbasedonsix-point type and six-point font.
When the insertion contains material to be set in tabular form or is submitted prebuilt, the rate will becomputedattwo dollarsseventy-six centspersquare inchbasedonsix-point type and six-point font.
Regardless of the size of type the notice is setin, theratesspecified in this Paragraph are based on a printable space of one-inch-high and one-inch-wide Page 1 of 3 CODING:
Regardless of the sizeoftypethenotice is set in, the rates specified in this Paragraph are based on a printable space of one-inch-high and one-inch-wide column.
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HLS 26RS-1216 REENGROSSED HB NO.
481 column.
When the insertion contains material to be set in tabular form or is submitted prebuilt, the rate will be computed atthreedollarsninety-sixcentspersquareinchbasedonsix-pointtypeandsix-point font.
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DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 481 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Riser Abstract:
Provides for compensation for publication of official proceedings and public notices.
Present law authorizes parishes, municipalities, and school boards to publish their official proceedings and public notices by contract.
Provides that payment may be made monthly or quarterly.
Proposed law retains present law.
Presentlaw(R.S.43:147.1)providesformaximumratesbasedonpricepercharacter,unless parties agree to a higher rate.
Provides that "character" does not include spaces, letting, or kerning.
Provides that the maximum rate is two cents per character if the parish has a city withapopulationofmorethan100,000andoneandone-halfcentspercharacteriftheparish does not have a city with a population of more than 100,000.
Proposed law increases the maximum rates based on price per character.
Provides that the maximum rate is three cents per character in all parishes.
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HLS 26RS-1216 REENGROSSED HB NO.
481 Present law (R.S.
43:147) provides for maximum rates that an official journal may charge generally as follows:
(1) $6 per square of 100 words in parishes that do not contain a city with a population greater than 100,000.
(2) $.33 per agate line in parishes that contain a city with a population of greater than 100,000 but no city with a population greater than 300,000.
(3) $.37 per agate line in parishes that contain a city with a population greater than 300,000.
Presentlaw(R.S.43:147.2)providesthatfromJan.1,2024,throughDec.31,2026,ajournal may submit a bid pursuant to present law (R.S.
43:147) or present law (R.S.
43:147.1) or both,atthejournal'soption.
ProvidesthatbeginningJan.1,2027,ajournalshallsubmitbids pursuant to present law (R.S.
43:147.1), unless the governing body requests otherwise.
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Proposed law retains present law and provides that the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices shall not exceed the lesser of the rates provided for in proposed law or the rate in effect on January 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S.
43:147.1(B)(1) and(2);
Adds R.S.
43:147.1(D)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Add provisions providing that the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices shall not exceed the lesser of the rates provided for in proposed law or the rate in effect on January 1, 2026.
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Remove provision that requires parishes, municipalities, and school boards to publish official proceedings and public notices by contract.
3.
Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Becomes Act No. 924 without the Governor's signature.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  12. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  14. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Notice given.

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

  21. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  22. Reported favorably (10-5).

  23. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  24. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  25. Prefiled.

  26. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1260)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 23004
Democrat 9002
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#760)

Passed 77 Yea · 18 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 27102
Republican 461507
Unaffiliated 4201
Total 7718010
% of votes cast 73%17%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Nay
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Not Voting
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HB 481?
HB 481 is sponsored by Neil Riser (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 481?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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