LA HB 398

enacted

PUBLIC OFFLS/EMPS: Prohibits payment for meals and incidental expenses for state public officials and employees from exceeding amounts for such expenses established by the U.S. General Services Administration

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did LA HB 398 pass?

Yes. LA HB 398 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-08): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 799.

What is LA HB 398 about?

LA HB 398 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “PUBLIC OFFLS/EMPS: Prohibits payment for meals and incidental expenses for state public officials and employees from exceeding amounts for such expenses established by the U.S. General Services Administration”.

Who sponsors LA HB 398?

Jerome Zeringue is the primary sponsor of LA HB 398.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-06-08 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 799.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-08
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 799.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-08
Effective date: 07/01/2026.
2026-06-01
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-06-01
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-31
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-29
Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-26
Received from the Senate with amendments.
receipt
2026-05-25
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-21
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-05
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-29
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-27
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-04-27
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
2026-04-23
Reported with amendments (9-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25
Prefiled.
filing
2026-02-25
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee

Versions

House Committee Amendment, #2285, H&G, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #2748, H&G, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #4377, H&G, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #4730, Zeringue, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #4246, Reese, AdoptedCompare
HB398 OriginalCompare
HB398 EngrossedCompare
HB398 ReengrossedCompare
HB398 EnrolledCompare
HB398 Act 799Compare
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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#819)
2026-04-29 · pass · 63-31
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Adams: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Egan: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Firment: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Murray: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Riser: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Horton: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carver: yes
- Illg: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Coates: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wright: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Mack: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Boyd: no
- Jordan: no
- Moore: no
- Brass: no
- Kerner: no
- Newell: no
- Braud: no
- Knox: no
- Phelps: no
- Bryant: no
- LaFleur: no
- Stagni: no
- Carpenter: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Taylor: no
- Carter, W.: no
- Larvadain: no
- Thomas: no
- Chassion: no
- Lyons: no
- Villio: no
- Cox: no
- Marcelle: no
- Walters: no
- Fisher: no
- Martinez: no
- Young: no
- Glorioso: no
- Melerine: no
- Green: no
- Mena: no
- Bagley: other
- Farnum: other
- Sawyer: other
- Butler: other
- Geymann: other
- Tarver: other
- Carlson: other
- Jackson: other
- Wiley: other
- Echols: other
- Johnson, T.: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1335)
2026-05-26 · pass · 27-10
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bass: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Reese: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Stine: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Womack: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Carter: no
- Jenkins: no
- Seabaugh: other
- Selders: other
CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1680)
2026-05-29 · pass · 89-5
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Firment: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Freeman: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Berault: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Moore: yes
- Billings: yes
- Galle: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Green: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Butler: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Horton: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Illg: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Coates: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Cox: yes
- Knox: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Crews: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Turner: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Echols: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wright: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Egan: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Boyd: no
- Mena: no
- Newell: no
- Chassion: no
- Murray: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Carpenter: other
- Miller: other
- Bagley: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Walters: other
- Bayham: other
- Jordan: other
- Young: other
- Bryant: other
- Larvadain: other

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