LA HB 648
died on adjournmentPUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides relative to attendance at meetings of public bodies
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did LA HB 648 pass?
No. LA HB 648 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 (2026-04-14): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
What is LA HB 648 about?
LA HB 648 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides relative to attendance at meetings of public bodies”.
Who sponsors LA HB 648?
Ken Brass is the primary sponsor of LA HB 648.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-04-14 — 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
- Ken Brassprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-14
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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2026-04-13
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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2026-04-09
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-08
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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2026-04-01
Reported with amendments (14-0).
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2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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2026-02-27
Prefiled.
filing
2026-02-27
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#406)
2026-04-09 · pass · 91-2
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Adams: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Egan: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Firment: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Moore: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Murray: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Newell: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Green: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Braud: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Butler: yes
- Jackson: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Villio: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Walters: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Crews: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Young: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Mack: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McCormick: no
- Tarver: no
- Amedee: other
- Galle: other
- McFarland: other
- Carlson: other
- Glorioso: other
- Ventrella: other
- Dickerson: other
- Landry, J.: other
- Wiley: other
- Farnum: other
- Marcelle: other
- Wright: other
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