2026 Regular Session
HB459
Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 5, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 459 FINAL PASSAGE (#891)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
67 yea–34 nay · 4 absent
May 26, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 459 FINAL PASSAGE (#1337)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–2 nay · 2 absent
May 29, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 459 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1685)
Passed
95 yea–0 nay · 10 absent
June 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 459 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844)
Passed
84 yea–8 nay · 13 absent
June 1, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 459 ADOPT (#1641)
Passed
37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
June 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 459 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844)
Passed
83 yea–9 nay · 13 absent
Committee referrals
May 7, 2026 · Senate
Governmental Affairs
February 26, 2026 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 806.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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House Rules suspended.
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House Conference Committee report received.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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House House conferees appointed: Mandie Landry, Beaullieu, and Wyble.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Duplessis, and Kleinpeter.
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Senate Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (12-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Prefiled.