Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 359

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the death of a candidate for a party primary office who is not affiliated with a major political party (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Beau Beaullieu (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Committee Amendment, #2483, S&G, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #2526, S&G, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #2774, Reese, Adopted
• Conference Committee Report, #5859, House Adopted, Senate Adopted
• HB359 Original
• HB359 Engrossed
• HB359 Enrolled
• HB359 Act 639

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

Actions

• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (11-0).
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
• Apr 22, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• Apr 28, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 7, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
• May 13, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• May 13, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• May 13, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
• May 13, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• May 19, 2026 · House
  House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Boudreaux, and Hebert.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate conference committee members appointed: Reese, Cathey, and McMath.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report received.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 2, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 3, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 639.
• Jun 3, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 06/03/2026.