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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 705: LEGISLATIVE POWERS: Provides relative to contempt of the legislature

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 705 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: LEGISLATIVE POWERS: Provides relative to contempt of the legislature. Primary sponsor: Candace Newell (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Candace NewellPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse99

“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. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.
  2. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 36, nays 58. Failed to pass.
  3. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  4. Reported with amendments (12-0).
  5. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
  6. Prefiled.
  7. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
  8. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Sources

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