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LA HB 270

died on adjournment

VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did LA HB 270 pass?

No. LA HB 270 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-01): Involuntarily deferred in committee.

What is LA HB 270 about?

LA HB 270 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 270?

Terry Landry Jr is the primary sponsor of LA HB 270.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-01 — Involuntarily deferred in committee.
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Terry Landry Jrprimary

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-04-01

    Involuntarily deferred in committee.

  2. 2026-03-09

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-27

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  4. 2026-02-23

    Prefiled.

    filing

  5. 2026-02-23

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    referral-committee

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https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249974

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