2026 Regular Session
HB538
Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge
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
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 15, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 538 FINAL PASSAGE (#538)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
83 yea–12 nay · 10 absent
May 18, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 538 FINAL PASSAGE (#922)
Failed ⭐ Substantive final action
17 yea–18 nay · 4 absent
May 19, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 538 FINAL PASSAGE (#1020)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–1 nay · 6 absent
May 26, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 538 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1487)
Passed
93 yea–4 nay · 8 absent
Committee referrals
April 20, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary A
February 26, 2026 · House
Judiciary
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 Becomes Act No. 928 without the Governor's signature.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 4. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in. View roll call
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
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Senate Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 17 yeas and 18 nays. View roll call
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Senate Rules suspended.
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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 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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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, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (10-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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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 Judiciary.
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House Prefiled.