LA HB 719

enacted

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did LA HB 719 pass?

Yes. LA HB 719 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-27. Latest recorded action (2026-02-27): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 719 about?

LA HB 719 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 719?

Peter Egan is the primary sponsor of LA HB 719, joined by 36 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-27 — Prefiled.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-06-08
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
2026-06-08
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 827.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-02
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-06-01
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-06-01
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-31
Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-29
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2026.
2026-05-29
Received from the Senate with amendments.
receipt
2026-05-28
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-28
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-28
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-27
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-27
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-20
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
2026-05-20
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
2026-05-12
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-11
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-05-07
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-05-06
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
2026-05-06
Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-05-05
Reported with amendments (20-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-27
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-04-23
Reported with amendments (15-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Prefiled.
filing

Versions

House Committee Amendment, #4209, JUD, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #4283, JUD, AdoptedCompare
House Committee Amendment, #4865, APP, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #5011, APP, AdoptedCompare
Senate Committee Amendment, #4429, FNCE, DraftCompare
Senate Committee Amendment, #4475, FNCE, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #4505, Reese, AdoptedCompare
HB719 OriginalCompare
HB719 EngrossedCompare
HB719 ReengrossedCompare
HB719 EnrolledCompare
HB719 Act 827Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#965)
2026-05-07 · pass · 95-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Adams: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Moore: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Murray: yes
- Berault: yes
- Galle: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Billings: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Newell: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Brass: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Braud: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Illg: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Spell: yes
- Butler: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Walters: yes
- Crews: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Young: yes
- Echols: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Egan: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Amedee: other
- Edmonston: other
- McCormick: other
- Bagley: other
- Farnum: other
- Thompson: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Green: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Landry, T.: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1539)
2026-05-28 · pass · 30-6
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bass: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Reese: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Connick: yes
- McMath: yes
- Stine: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Foil: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Womack: yes
- Boudreaux: no
- Duplessis: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Carter: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Barrow: other
- Barthelemy: other
- Selders: other
CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1775)
2026-05-31 · pass · 75-18
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Adams: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Echols: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Egan: yes
- Owen: yes
- Berault: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Riser: yes
- Billings: yes
- Firment: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Spell: yes
- Brass: yes
- Galle: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Braud: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Butler: yes
- Horton: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Illg: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Cox: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wright: yes
- Crews: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Boyd: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Mena: no
- Carpenter: no
- Knox: no
- Miller: no
- Chassion: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Moore: no
- Fisher: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Murray: no
- Freeman: no
- Marcelle: no
- Newell: no
- Green: no
- Martinez: no
- Phelps: no
- Bagley: other
- Hilferty: other
- Larvadain: other
- Bayham: other
- Jordan: other
- Lyons: other
- Carter, W.: other
- LaCombe: other
- Walters: other
- Geymann: other
- LaFleur: other
- Young: other
MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#1774)
2026-05-31 · fail · 40-49
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Illg: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Moore: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Murray: yes
- Brass: yes
- Knox: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Braud: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bryant: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Spell: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Turner: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Green: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Bamburg: no
- Echols: no
- Riser: no
- Beaullieu: no
- Edmonston: no
- Sawyer: no
- Berault: no
- Farnum: no
- Schamerhorn: no
- Billings: no
- Firment: no
- Schlegel: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Gadberry: no
- St. Blanc: no
- Boyer: no
- Glorioso: no
- Tarver: no
- Broussard: no
- Hebert: no
- Thomas: no
- Butler: no
- Henry, C.: no
- Thompson: no
- Carlson: no
- Horton: no
- Ventrella: no
- Carrier: no
- Johnson, M.: no
- Villio: no
- Carver: no
- Kerner: no
- Wilder: no
- Chenevert: no
- Landry, J.: no
- Wiley: no
- Coates: no
- Mack: no
- Wright: no
- Cox: no
- McMahen: no
- Wyble: no
- Deshotel: no
- McMakin: no
- Zeringue: no
- Dewitt: no
- Melerine: no
- Dickerson: no
- Owen: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Crews: other
- Jackson: other
- Amedee: other
- Egan: other
- McCormick: other
- Bagley: other
- Fontenot: other
- Walters: other
- Bayham: other
- Galle: other
- Young: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Geymann: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Hilferty: other

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https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=250581

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