LA HB 400
died on adjournmentELECTION DAYS: Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did LA HB 400 pass?
No. LA HB 400 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 (2026-04-15): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
What is LA HB 400 about?
LA HB 400 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “ELECTION DAYS: Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)”.
Who sponsors LA HB 400?
Bryan Fontenot is the primary sponsor of LA HB 400.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-04-15 — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Bryan Fontenotprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-15
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-14
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-13
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-13
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-09
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-09
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-09
Notice given.
2026-04-09
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
2026-04-07
Notice given.
2026-04-07
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-03-25
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-23
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-03-23
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
2026-03-18
Reported with amendments (13-0).
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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.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#462)
2026-04-13 · pass · 90-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- Mack: yes
- Adams: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Egan: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Mena: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Moore: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Green: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Butler: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carver: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Knox: yes
- Turner: yes
- Coates: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Cox: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Villio: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Young: yes
- Bacala: other
- Galle: other
- Newell: other
- Bryant: other
- Jackson: other
- Stagni: other
- Carrier: other
- McFarland: other
- Thompson: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Miller: other
- Walters: other
- Fisher: other
- Murray: other
- Zeringue: other
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