2026 Regular Session
HB615
Requires certain public meetings to be broadcast live (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Likes
Bill should be amended to also include local non-elected board and commissions appointed by a parish governing authority or municipality that falls within the established population threshold.
No public reasoning provided.
Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 22, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 615 FINAL PASSAGE (#679)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
97 yea–0 nay · 8 absent
Committee referrals
April 28, 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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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 97, nays 0. 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 04/22/2026.
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House Notice given.
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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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (13-0).
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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.