LouisianaBaton Rouge district board successors serve three-year terms
The law lets current Baton Rouge district board members finish their terms, then gives their successors three-year terms.
What it does
Current board members stay until their terms end. Their successors serve three-year terms.
Argument forThree-year terms could give successors time to carry out district plans.
Argument againstKeeping current members until their terms end could delay successors from joining the board.
More detail
Successors to current board members serve three-year terms. This applies to successors of board members serving when the Act takes effect. Current members continue until their existing terms expire; their successors then serve three-year terms.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 789.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 86, nays 8, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1666). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 25Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 (#1214). Result: pass.Upper
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 8Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.Minor
- Apr 7Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 1Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#271). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 31Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 26Reported with amendments (13-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Minor
- Feb 20First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 19Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 19Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Introduced
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