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2026 Regular Session

HB578

Provides for the Restoring Biological Truth Act

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 8, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 814.
Author
Mike Johnson
Co-sponsors
Beryl AmedéeMichael Robert Bayham Jr.Rhonda Gaye ButlerEmily ChenevertRaymond J. CrewsJason Brian DeWittKellee Hennessy DickersonKathy EdmonstonPeter F. Egan Sr.Les FarnumMichael Gabe FirmentDodie HortonCharles OwenPaul SawyerRodney SchamerhornLaurie SchlegelRoger William Wilder III

Legislative progress

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House passed April 28, 2026 Senate passed May 21, 2026 House concurrence May 27, 2026 Enrolled May 28, 2026 Governor approved June 8, 2026 Became law June 8, 2026
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Partner positions

👍 4 cumulative active likes

Likes

AFA Action Awaiting review of version 5

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Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 28, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 578 FINAL PASSAGE (#774)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

74 yea–21 nay · 10 absent

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May 21, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 578 FINAL PASSAGE (#1141)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

27 yea–8 nay · 4 absent

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May 27, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 578 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1597)

Passed

70 yea–25 nay · 10 absent

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Committee referrals

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.

  1. House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
  2. House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 814.
  3. House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. House Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 25, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
  8. House Received from the Senate with amendments.
  9. Senate Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
  10. Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Senate Reported favorably.
  13. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
  14. Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  15. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  16. House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
  17. House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  18. House Reported with amendments (6-1-1).
  19. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  20. House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  21. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  22. House Prefiled.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2125730
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/HB578.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00