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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 270: VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

In committee 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 270 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX). Primary sponsor: Terry Landry Jr. Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2026): Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Terry Landry JrPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Involuntarily deferred in committee.
  2. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  4. Prefiled.
  5. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

Sources

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