CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to the desecration of graves and religious institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 29Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 542.Became Law
   2. May 29Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   5. May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
   6. May 26Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1318). Result: pass.Upper
   7. May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   8. May 21Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 20Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 19Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 28Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.Minor
   12. Apr 27Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 22Read by title, returned to the calendar.
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#675). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 22Called from the calendar.
   15. Apr 22Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
   16. Apr 21Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
   17. Apr 16Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   18. Apr 15Reported favorably (11-0).Minor
   19. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   20. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
   21. Feb 24Prefiled.Minor
   22. Feb 24Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Introduced