Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 319 — BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 427.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 2026.

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Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill relates to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education.

This bill modifies aspects of the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education. It establishes new provisions regarding the commission's operations and responsibilities.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

41 added · 111 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 319, a reference to “ACT No. 427” has been removed. This change is significant because it likely means that the provisions tied to that act are no longer relevant or needed for this bill to function as intended. By streamlining the language, lawmakers can help ensure clarity and focus on the most important elements of HB 319.

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HLS 26RS-828 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
319 BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM BOARDS/COMMISSIONS:
319 BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM AND SENATOR BARROW AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
(13) (12) The state coordinator of Project Citizen, or his designee.
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319 (14) (13) The executive director of the Public Affairs Research Council, or his designee.
319 ENROLLED (13) (12) The state coordinator of Project Citizen, or his designee.
(14) (13) The executive director of the Public Affairs Research Council, or his designee.
(18) (17) One memberto representtheLouisianaPressAssociationandone member to represent the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, appointed by the president of each association.
(18)(17) One member to representthe LouisianaPressAssociationandone member to represent the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, appointed by the president of each association.
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DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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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 319 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Bayham Abstract:
Provides relative to the membership and quorum requirements for the La.
Commission on Civic Education.
Present law establishes the La.
Commission on Civic Education to educate citizens in the community as well as students in schools on the importance of citizen involvement in a representative democracy and to promote communication and collaboration among organizations in the state that conduct civic education programs.
Present law provides that the membership of the commission consists of the following:
(1) The governor, or his designee.
(2) The lieutenant governor, or his designee.
(3) The state attorney general, or his designee.
(4) The secretaryof state, or his designee.
(5) The president of the Senate, or his designee.
(6) The speaker of the House of Representatives, or his designee.
(7) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, or his designee.
(8) The chairman of the House Committee on Education, or his designee.
(9) The state superintendent of education, or his designee.
(10) The president of the State Bd.
of Elementary and Secondary Education, or his designee.
(11) One member to represent La.
Public Broadcasting, appointed by the executive director of the La.
Public Broadcasting Corporation.
(12) One member to representthe League of Women Voters, appointed bythe League of Women Voters of La.
(13) OnemembertorepresenttheLa.PressAssociationandonemembertorepresentthe La.
Association of Broadcasters, appointed bythe president of each association.
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HLS 26RS-828 ENGROSSED HB NO.
319 (14) One member to representthe La.
Center for Law and Civic Education, appointed by the president of its board of directors.
(15) One member to represent the La.
Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appointed by the president of the La.
Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(16) The chairman of the Volunteer Louisiana Commission, or his designee.
(17) One member to represent the La.
District Judges Association, appointed by the president of its board of directors.
(18) The chief justice of the La.
Supreme Court or his designee.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law additionally provides for the following members:
(1) OnestatecoordinatoroftheLa.LegislatorsBacktoSchoolProgram,torepresentthe Senate program, appointed by the president of the Senate.
(2) OnestatecoordinatoroftheLa.LegislatorsBacktoSchoolProgram,torepresentthe House of Representatives program, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Proposed law provides instead for one state coordinator of the La.
Legislators Back to School Program as a member who is appointed jointly by the president and the speaker.
Present law additionally provides that the executive director of the Council for a Better Louisianais amember.
Proposed law changes the name of theentityto LeadersforaBetter Louisiana and authorizes the executive director to designate a member.
Otherwise retains present law.
Present law further provides for the following members:
(1) The state coordinator of Project Citizen.
(2) The executive director of the Public Affairs Research Council.
Proposedlawauthorizesthestatecoordinatorandexecutivedirectortodesignateamember.
Otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides for the following additional members:
(1) OnemembertorepresenttheLa.AssociationofNon-ProfitOrganizations,appointed by the chairman of the La.
Association of Non-Profit Organizations.
(2) Any additional member who has expertise in civic education or civic involvement, as may be designated by three-fourths of the commission members present and voting.
Such member shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Proposedlawprovidesthat10membersofthecommissionshallconstituteaquorumforthe transaction of business, and that all official action of the commission shall require the favorable vote of a majorityof those members present and voting.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 427.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. 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.

  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. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.

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

  16. Reported favorably (10-0).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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

  19. Prefiled.

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

145 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 (#1017)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 8003
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 Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#361)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 66002
Democrat 25005
Total 98007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
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 Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
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 Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Who sponsors HB 319?
HB 319 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat) and Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 319?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.
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