Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 86 — JUDGES: Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27)

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

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

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

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

  2. Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 12 yeas and 25 nays.

  3. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Reported with amendments.

  6. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  7. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 24 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#148)

Failed 12 Yea · 25 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8002
Republican 32400
Unaffiliated 1100
Total 122502
% of votes cast 31%64%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bouie — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Nay
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 86?
SB 86 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 86?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 86?
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