LA HB 459

enacted

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did LA HB 459 pass?

Yes. LA HB 459 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-09): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 806.

What is LA HB 459 about?

LA HB 459 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns”.

Who sponsors LA HB 459?

Mandie Landry is the primary sponsor of LA HB 459, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-06-09 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 806.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-09
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 806.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-09
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-04
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-06-01
Conference Committee report received.
2026-06-01
Rules suspended.
2026-06-01
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
2026-06-01
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
2026-06-01
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-06-01
Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
2026-05-29
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
2026-05-29
Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
2026-05-29
Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Duplessis, and Kleinpeter.
2026-05-29
House conferees appointed: Mandie Landry, Beaullieu, and Wyble.
2026-05-29
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
2026-05-29
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
2026-05-27
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 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
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20
Reported with amendments.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-07
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-05-05
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-05
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-29
Notice given.
2026-04-29
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
2026-04-09
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-09
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-09
Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-08
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-04-01
Reported favorably (12-0).
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.
2026-02-26
Prefiled.
filing
2026-02-26
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee

Versions

House Floor Amendment, #3490, Miller, D., AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #4893, Landry, Mandie, AdoptedCompare
Senate Committee Amendment, #4144, S&G, DraftCompare
Senate Committee Amendment, #4156, S&G, AdoptedCompare
Conference Committee Report, #6296, House Adopted, Senate AdoptedCompare
HB459 OriginalCompare
HB459 EngrossedCompare
HB459 ReengrossedCompare
HB459 EnrolledCompare
HB459 Act 806Compare
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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#891)
2026-05-05 · pass · 67-34
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Adams: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Green: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Newell: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Illg: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Braud: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Villio: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Knox: yes
- Walters: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Carver: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Wright: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Young: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Echols: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Mack: yes
- Amedee: no
- Egan: no
- Owen: no
- Bamburg: no
- Farnum: no
- Riser: no
- Broussard: no
- Firment: no
- Sawyer: no
- Butler: no
- Fontenot: no
- Schamerhorn: no
- Carlson: no
- Galle: no
- Spell: no
- Chenevert: no
- Horton: no
- Tarver: no
- Coates: no
- Landry, J.: no
- Thomas: no
- Crews: no
- McFarland: no
- Thompson: no
- Deshotel: no
- McMahen: no
- Ventrella: no
- Dewitt: no
- McMakin: no
- Wilder: no
- Dickerson: no
- Melerine: no
- Edmonston: no
- Orgeron: no
- Boudreaux: other
- Geymann: other
- Boyer: other
- Stagni: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1337)
2026-05-26 · pass · 35-2
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Foil: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Harris: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Price: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Reese: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Carter: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miller: yes
- Womack: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Hodges: no
- Miguez: no
- Lambert: other
- Selders: other
REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1685)
2026-05-29 · pass · 95-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Firment: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Mena: yes
- Berault: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Miller: yes
- Billings: yes
- Galle: yes
- Moore: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Murray: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Green: yes
- Newell: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Owen: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Butler: yes
- Illg: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Coates: yes
- Knox: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Cox: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Turner: yes
- Crews: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Walters: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Larvadain: 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
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Carpenter: other
- Tarver: other
- Bagley: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Young: other
- Bayham: other
- McFarland: other
- Carlson: other
- Phelps: other
ADOPT (#1641)
2026-06-01 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Harris: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Price: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Reese: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Carter: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miller: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Hensgens: other
- Selders: other
ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844)
2026-06-01 · pass · 83-9
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Mena: yes
- Billings: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Miller: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Moore: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Galle: yes
- Murray: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Green: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Newell: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Owen: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Illg: yes
- Riser: yes
- Butler: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Kerner: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Turner: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wright: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Mack: yes
- Young: yes
- Echols: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Amedee: no
- Geymann: no
- Tarver: no
- Carlson: no
- McCormick: no
- Thomas: no
- Farnum: no
- Schamerhorn: no
- Wilder: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Crews: other
- McFarland: other
- Bagley: other
- Egan: other
- Walters: other
- Bayham: other
- Glorioso: other
- Wyble: other
- Beaullieu: other
- Horton: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Johnson, M.: other

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