LA HB 568
enactedCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to penalty enhancements for violations of drug free school zones (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2026-05-22 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 305.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Gabe Firmentprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-05-22
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 305.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-05-19
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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2026-05-19
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-19
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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2026-05-19
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-18
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 23 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-07
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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2026-05-06
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-05
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-28
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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2026-04-27
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-22
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-21
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-16
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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2026-04-15
Reported favorably (11-0).
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2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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2026-02-26
Prefiled.
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Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#649)
2026-04-22 · pass · 59-34
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Adams: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Echols: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Egan: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Billings: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Firment: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Spell: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Braud: yes
- Galle: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Butler: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Horton: yes
- Villio: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Illg: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Coates: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Cox: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Wright: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Mack: yes
- Amedee: no
- Johnson, T.: no
- Mena: no
- Beaullieu: no
- Jordan: no
- Miller: no
- Boyd: no
- Knox: no
- Moore: no
- Brass: no
- LaCombe: no
- Murray: no
- Bryant: no
- LaFleur: no
- Muscarello: no
- Carter, W.: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Newell: no
- Chassion: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Orgeron: no
- Fisher: no
- Larvadain: no
- Phelps: no
- Freiberg: no
- Lyons: no
- Taylor: no
- Green: no
- Marcelle: no
- Zeringue: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Martinez: no
- Jackson: no
- McCormick: no
- Bayham: other
- Deshotel: other
- Riser: other
- Berault: other
- Freeman: other
- Thompson: other
- Carpenter: other
- Hilferty: other
- Walters: other
- Carver: other
- McMakin: other
- Young: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#923)
2026-05-18 · pass · 23-10
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Foil: yes
- Myers: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Reese: yes
- Bass: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- McMath: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Carter: no
- Jenkins: no
- Connick: other
- Morris: other
- Selders: other
- Lambert: other
- Owen: other
- Womack: other
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