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2026 Regular Session

HB646

(Constitutional Amendment) Limits the amount of state general fund that may be appropriated in a fiscal year (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Current disposition
Failed to Pass
Last status date
May 20, 2026
Last status update
Called from the calendar.
Author
Gerald Beau Beaullieu IV

Legislative progress

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House committee reassignment April 22, 2026 House committee reassignment April 23, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

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

May 11, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 646 FINAL PASSAGE (#1133)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

62 yea–23 nay · 20 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  2. House Called from the calendar.
  3. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2026.
  4. House Notice given.
  5. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  6. House Called from the calendar.
  7. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
  8. House Notice given.
  9. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  10. House Called from the calendar.
  11. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.
  12. House Notice given.
  13. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  14. House Called from the calendar.
  15. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
  16. House Notice given.
  17. House Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
  18. House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 62, nays 23. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending. View roll call
  19. House Called from the calendar.
  20. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
  21. House Notice given.
  22. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  23. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
  24. House Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  25. House Reported without amendments (6-0-1).
  26. House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  27. House Reported with amendments (17-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  28. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  29. House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  30. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  31. House Prefiled.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2126318
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/HB646.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00