Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

HB 244 — CONSTITUTION/CONVENTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the election of constitutional convention delegates and vote requirements necessary for the adoption of a new constitution (RR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Last action — Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 48% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Passed House

    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 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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In plain language

This bill outlines how delegates for a constitutional convention are elected and sets voting requirements for constitution adoption.

The bill provides a framework for electing delegates to a constitutional convention and specifies the voting thresholds needed for a new constitution to be adopted. It aims to clarify the process for changing the state's constitution.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

9 added · 7 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of HB 244 now states that a proposal for a new or revised constitution will require a two-thirds majority of delegates for approval before it can be put to a public vote. The previous wording simply referred to the process of adopting a new constitution without specifying the delegate requirement. This change is significant because it sets a higher threshold for approval, ensuring that a substantial majority of representatives agree before any constitutional changes are presented to the public.

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HLS 26RS-861 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
HLS 26RS-861 RE-REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
HLS 26RS-861 REENGROSSED HB NO.
HLS 26RS-861 RE-REENGROSSED HB NO.
Do you support an amendment to provide for the election of constitutional conventiondelegatesfromeachstatehouseandsenatelegislativedistrict,the minimum vote requirement of the convention delegates, and the electorate necessary to adopt a new constitution? (Amends Article XIII, Section 2) DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
Do you support an amendment to provide for the election of constitutional conventiondelegatesfromeachstatehouseandsenatelegislativedistrict,the minimum vote requirement of the convention delegates, and the electorate necessary to ratify a new or revised constitution? (Amends Article XIII, Section 2) DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
Itconstitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 244 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Green Abstract:
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 244 Re-Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Green Abstract:
Provides for the election of convention delegates from each legislative district, requires2/3 ofdelegates to approvea proposal beforesubmission to the people, and requires a majority of the people in no fewer than 3/4 of the parishes to ratify a proposed constitution.
Provides for the election of convention delegates from each legislative district, requires2/3 of delegates to approvea proposal beforesubmission to thepeople, and requires a majority of the people in no fewer than 3/4 of the parishes to ratify a proposed constitution.
Proposed constitutional amendment requires the proposed constitution and any alternative propositions to be agreed upon by 2/3 of the delegates.
HLS 26RS-861 REENGROSSED HB NO.
HLS 26RS-861 RE-REENGROSSED HB NO.
244 Present constitution provides that if the proposal is approved by a majority of the voting electors, the governor shall proclaim it to be the Constitution of Louisiana.
244 Proposed constitutional amendment requires the proposed constitution and any alternative propositions to be agreed upon by 2/3 of the delegates.
Present constitution provides that if the proposal is approved by a majority of the voting electors, the governor shall proclaim it to be the Constitution of Louisiana.
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Amendments

4 amendments

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Action History

  1. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  2. Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

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

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

  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 16. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  8. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  9. Reported with amendments (6-0-1).

  10. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  11. Reported with amendments (12-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  13. Prefiled.

  14. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  15. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 14 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 (#579)

Passed 78 Yea · 16 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 24105
Republican 511304
Unaffiliated 3202
Total 7816011
% of votes cast 74%15%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Nay
Galle — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Not Voting
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
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 Nay
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 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 Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Not Voting
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Nay
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 Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 244?
HB 244 is sponsored by Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 244?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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