LouisianaLOCAL GOVT/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to maximum penalties imposed for violations of parish ordinances
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 29Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 561.Became Law
- May 29Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 26Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 25Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 25Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 25Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 21Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1118). Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 12Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 28Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.Minor
- Apr 27Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 22Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#687). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 14. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 21Called from the calendar.
- Apr 21Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 21Notice given.
- Apr 21Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
- Apr 15Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 15Notice given.
- Apr 15Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
- Apr 14Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
- Apr 13Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 9Reported favorably (15-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced