Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana SB 34

PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT: Provides relative to alerts for missing persons. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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

Sponsors

• Patrick McMath (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Committee Amendment, #651, H&W, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #1616, H&W, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #2136, McMath, Adopted
• SB34 Original
• SB34 Engrossed
• SB34 Reengrossed
• SB34 Enrolled
• SB34 Act 347

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
  Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
• Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• Apr 7, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• Apr 8, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Called from the Calendar.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• Apr 20, 2026 · House
  Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 11, 2026 · House
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
• May 18, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.
• May 18, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 18, 2026 · Senate
  Received from the House without amendments.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• May 19, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 20, 2026 · Senate
  Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
• May 22, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 347.
• May 22, 2026 · Senate
  Effective date 5/22/2026.