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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 73: PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for the method of voting in public meetings

Passed one chamber 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 73 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for the method of voting in public meetings. Primary sponsor: Tony Bacala (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 11, 2026): Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tony BacalaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Steven JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2

“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. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
  2. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  3. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  4. Reported favorably.
  5. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  7. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
  9. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  10. Reported favorably (11-0).
  11. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
  12. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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