Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 207 — LICENSING: Provides relative to the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 138.

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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 19, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 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 updates membership and qualifications for the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board.

HB 207 amends the qualifications for board members of the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board, specifying requirements for auctioneer and consumer members. It establishes board domicile and stipulates that changes apply only to members appointed after the effective date.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 57 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 207, the reference to "ACT No. 138" has been removed. This change simplifies the language of the bill by eliminating an outdated or unnecessary reference. This matters because it helps ensure that the bill is clearer and more accessible for everyone who reads it, making it easier to understand the legislation's intent and purpose.

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HLS 26RS-193 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
207 BY REPRESENTATIVE HENRY LICENSING:
207 BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANCE HENRY AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
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The board shall elect a vice chairman annuallybymajorityvote of the total membership of the board.
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HB NO.
207 board shall elect a vice chairman annuallybymajority vote of the total membership of the board.
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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 207 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Henry Abstract:
Provides relative to the La.
Auctioneers Licensing Board.
Present law provides for the La.
Auctioneers Licensing Board.
Present law provides for the membership of the auctioneer board to be composed of seven members, five of whom shall be auctioneers;
one selected from each public service commission district, and two of whom shall be consumers from the public at large, all appointed by the governor.
Proposedlawamendspresentlawtoremovetherequirementthattherebeonememberfrom each public service commission district.
Proposed law adds that the auctioneer members shall be appointed from a list, provided by the board, of current, licensed auctioneers in good standing and shall have been a licensee for no less than five consecutive years.
Present law provides that each appointee shall be a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of this state, and at least 30 years of age.
The governor shall designate one member of the board to serve as chairman.
The board shall elect a vice chairman annually by majority vote of the total membership of the board.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that the board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge, but shall be authorized to meet elsewhere in the state.
Proposedlawamendspresentlawtoprovidethattheboardshall bedomiciledin EastBaton Rouge Parish, where the board shall be sued.
Proposed law provides for applicability of proposed law.
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HLS 26RS-193 REENGROSSED HB NO.
207 Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the original bill:
1.
Make technical changes.
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Returntopresentlawthattwooftheboardmembersshallbeconsumersfromthe public at large.
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Mandates that the board shall be sued in East Baton Rouge Parish instead of making it discretionary that it be sued in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Delete proposed law regarding where the board mayestablish its office.
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Add that certain provisions of proposed law shall apply only to board members appointed on or after the effective date of proposed law.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Clarify proposed law.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 138.

  2. Effective date: See Act.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 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 Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

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

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2026.

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

  16. Reported with amendments (14-0).

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

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

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

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 (#745)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 8003
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
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 Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
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 Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
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 (#21)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Republican 60006
Democrat 29000
Total 96007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
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
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 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 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
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
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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HB 207 is sponsored by Chance Keith Henry (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2026. Enacted.
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