LouisianaLaw caps rates for publishing local proceedings and public notices
Newspapers publishing local proceedings and public notices face listed rate ceilings, with a separate cap tied to the rate in effect on January 1, 2026.
What it does
Payment for official proceedings and public notices cannot exceed the lower of the listed rates or the rate in effect on January 1, 2026.
The printed text lists per-character rate ceilings for publishing official proceedings and public notices, with different limits based on whether a parish has a city over 100,000 people.
Argument forLocal governments and school boards may avoid paying more than the January 1, 2026 rate for notices when that rate is lower.
Argument againstNewspapers could receive less for some notices because the rule caps payment at the lower of the listed rates or the January 1, 2026 rate.
More detail
The law limits what may be charged to publish official proceedings and public notices. The limit covers official proceedings and public notices in parishes and municipalities, including school board publications. Payment cannot exceed whichever is lower: the listed rates or the rate in effect on January 1, 2026. The cap compares rates with the rate in effect on January 1, 2026.
The law sets maximum publishing rates by character and, for certain notices, by printed area. Parishes without a city over 100,000 people have a three-cent-per-character ceiling. Parishes with such a city have a two-cent-per-character ceiling. Tabular or prebuilt material is priced by square inch using six-point type and font. Rates are prorated for larger type or font and for columns wider or narrower than one inch.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 924 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 27Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 26Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1260). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 26Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- 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
- May 5Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 5Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Apr 29Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Apr 28Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 27Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#760). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 27Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 22Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 22Notice given.
- Apr 22Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
- Apr 21Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
- Apr 20Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 16Reported favorably (10-5).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Introduced
Government & EthicsPublic SafetyAI & Privacy