Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 550 — ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Increases compensation for parish board commissioners (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 164.

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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 May 15, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • 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

The bill increases compensation for parish board commissioners in Louisiana.

This legislation amends compensation rates for parish board commissioners based on election type and circumstances. The changes include higher rates for certain elections as approved by the Secretary of State.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 37 removed

Plain-language change summary

The version of Bill HB 550 has removed a reference to "ACT No. 164," which likely signifies that the bill is no longer based on or connected to a previous law or regulation. This change matters because it could indicate a shift in focus for the bill, allowing it to stand on its own or address new issues without being tied to past legislation. It may also help clarify the bill's intent and purpose for lawmakers and the public.

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HLS 26RS-1041 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
550 BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLINGS ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS:
550 BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLINGS AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Increasescompensationforparishboardcommissioners AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Aparishboardcommissionerwhoservesonelectionday orduringthe counting and tabulating of provisional ballots or duringarecountshall receive fiftydollars or one hundred dollars or one hundred fiftydollars for each day he serves as provided below:
Aparishboardcommissionerwhoservesonelectionday orduringthe counting and tabulatingof provisional ballots or duringarecountshall receive fiftydollars or one hundred dollars or one hundred fiftydollars for each day he serves as provided below:
(2) He shall receive fifty one hundred dollars for elections other than those provided for in Paragraphs Paragraph (1) and (3) of this Subsection.
HLS 26RS-1041 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
550 (2) He shall receive fiftyone hundred dollars for elections other than those provided for in Paragraphs Paragraph (1) and (3) of this Subsection.
550 ENROLLED (3) For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial declaration of an emergency, upon application of the parish board of election supervisors, the secretaryof state may approve the payment of up to one hundred dollars per election or each day of assistance, if applicable, as compensationtoeachcommissionerinadditiontocompensationotherwiseprovided for in this Subsection.
(3) For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial declaration of an emergency, upon application of the parish board of election supervisors, the secretaryof state may approve the payment of up to one hundred dollars per election or each day of assistance, if applicable, as compensationtoeachcommissionerinadditiontocompensationotherwiseprovided for in this Subsection.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
* * * DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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 550 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Billings Abstract:
Increases compensation for parish board commissioners.
Present law (R.S.
18:1314(E)) allows a parish board commissioner who serves on election dayorduringthecountingandtabulatingofprovisionalballotstoreceive$100forelections with the approval of the secretary of state upon application by the parish board of election supervisors when it is reasonablyexpected that a large number of persons will vote prior to election day.
Further provides for compensation of $50 for all other elections.
Proposed law removes the expectation of a large number of voters requirement.
Increases compensation from $100 to $150.
Increases compensation from $50 to $100 for all other elections.
Present law provides for additional compensation of up to $100 for parish board commissioners foranelectionheldwithin oneyearfollowing a gubernatorialdeclarationof an emergency upon application of the parish board of election supervisors.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S.
18:1314(E)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to the original bill:
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 164.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  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. 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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. 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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

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

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

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 1 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 (#777)

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 Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
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 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 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 Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#366)

Passed 92 Yea · 2 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5101
Republican 61106
Democrat 26004
Total 922011
% of votes cast 88%2%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Galle — 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 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 Yea
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 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 Not Voting
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 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 Yea
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
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 Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
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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HB 550 is sponsored by Beth Anne Billings (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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