Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB481 — PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides for the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices

Last action — Effective date: 08/01/2026.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 26, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • 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 3 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

The bill addresses costs for publishing official proceedings and public notices.

This bill provides guidelines for the financial responsibilities associated with the publication of official proceedings and public notices. It clarifies how costs will be managed and allocated.

Summary

PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides for the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

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

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  5. Reported favorably (10-5).

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

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

  8. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  9. Notice given.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

  11. Called from the calendar.

  12. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 18. 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. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  16. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  17. Reported favorably.

  18. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  20. 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.

  21. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  23. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  24. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  25. Becomes Act No. 924 without the Governor's signature.

  26. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 20 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Senate: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Democrat 7002
Republican 21004
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Owen — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Carter — Yea
Miller — Yea
Edward J. Price 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 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
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

House: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 77 Yea · 18 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 441506
Democrat 27002
Unaffiliated 6302
Total 7718010
% of votes cast 73%17%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Landry, T. — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Miller — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Boudreaux — Nay
Galle — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Owen — Not Voting
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
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 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 Not Voting
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 Nay
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Nay
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 Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Not Voting
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler 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

Official roll call →

Favorably

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6200
Democrat 4300
Total 10500
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Nay
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Vacant - District 92 Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB481 do?
PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides for the cost of publishing official proceedings and public notices
Who sponsors HB481?
HB481 is sponsored by Neil Riser (Republican).
What is the current status of HB481?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
Where can I track HB481?
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