2026 Regular Session
HB78
Increases the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Bogalusa
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.
Partner positions
Dislikes
GENERAL OBJECTION TO THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE CARVE-OUTS Our legislature should take a more practical and principled approach by adopting laws of general applicability rather than creating narrow statutory carve-outs tailored to individual jurisdictions. If a policy is appropriate for one municipality, parish or body, it should be made available statewide, allowing local governing authorities to determine whether and how it should be implemented within their communities. The continued proliferation of location-specific exceptions undermines consistency in the law and encourages piecemeal legislation rather than sound statewide policy.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 17, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 78 FINAL PASSAGE (#7)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–0 nay · 7 absent
May 5, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 78 FINAL PASSAGE (#585)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 18, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary A
February 3, 2026 · House
Civil Law and Procedure
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. 50.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 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 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate 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 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.
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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 Civil Law and Procedure.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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House Prefiled.