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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 261: CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 261 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX). Primary sponsor: Jay Gallé (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 8, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 170.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jay GalléPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Mike BayhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Dewith CarrierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Robby CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Kim CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Emily ChenevertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Phillip DeVillierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Brian GloriosoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Kellee HennessyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Mike JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Jacob LandryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Dixon McMakinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Pat MooreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 170.
  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 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 Judiciary C.
  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source