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SLS 26RS-54 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
1 BY SENATOR JENKINS PUBLICMEETINGS.ProvidesforelectronicvotingrequirementsundertheOpenMeetings Law.
1 BY SENATOR JENKINS AND REPRESENTATIVES BACALA, CARRIER, FISHER, JACKSON, LAFLEUR, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, NEWELL AND WALTERS AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.42:14(C),relativetotheOpenMeetingsLaw;toprovideforviva voce voting;
(8/1/26) AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.42:14(C),relativetotheOpenMeetingsLaw;toprovideforviva voce voting;
R.S.42:14(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
R.S.
42:14(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
All votes made bymembers of a public bodyshall be viva voce and shall berecordedintheminutes,journal,orotherofficial,writtenproceedingsofthebody, which shall be a public documeAny vote by an individual member of a publicbodythatisdisplayedandrecordedusingelectronicmachinesshall satisfytheconceptofvivavocevotingrequirementsoftheOpenMeetings Law.
All votes made bymembers of a public bodyshall be viva voce and shall berecordedintheminutes,journal,orotherofficial,writtenproceedingsofthebody, which shall be a public document.
Any vote by an individual member of a public body that is displayed and recorded using electronic machines shall satisfy the concept of viva voce voting requirements of the Open Meetings Law.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-54 ENGROSSED SB NO.
1 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, 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)] DIGEST SB 1 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Jenkins Present law relative to the Open Meetings Law, provides for the recordation of votes made bymembers of public bodyin the minutes, journal, or other official, written proceedings of the body and shall be a public document.
Proposedlawprovidesthatavotedisplayedbyanelectronicmachineshallsatisfyvivavoce voting and the Open Meetings Law.
Proposed law provides for the retroactive application of this Act.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S.
42:14(C)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to the original bill 1.
Retains and clarifies intent of previous language.
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