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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 39: LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Requires peace officers to be citizens of the United States

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 39 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Requires peace officers to be citizens of the United States. Primary sponsor: Gabe Firment (Republican). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 22, 2026): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 283.

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 2 · Republican 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gabe FirmentPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Roy AdamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Beryl AmedéeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Adam BassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Rhonda ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Gary CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Heather CloudCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Rick EdmondsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Mike FésiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Jay GalléCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Troy HebertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Valarie HodgesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Mike JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Shane MackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Blake MiguezCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Jay MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Joe OrgeronCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Thomas PresslyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate38
Rodney SchamerhornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Alan SeabaughCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Lauren VentrellaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Roger WilderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Jerome ZeringueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52

“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. 283.
  2. Effective date: See Act.
  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. Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.
  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
  9. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Reported with amendments.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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