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2026 Regular Session

SB479

Provides for legislative address to the governor for the removal of certain judges for malfeasance, gross misconduct, or incompetence committed while in office. (See Act)

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 12, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 916.
Author
John C. Jay Morris
Co-sponsors
Beryl AmedéeTony BacalaStephanie H. BeraultDoyle BoudreauxChad Michael BoyerReese Skip BroussardRhonda Gaye ButlerJosh CarlsonR. Dewith CarrierKim CarverEmily ChenevertVincent E. Cox IIIRaymond J. CrewsDaryl Andrew DeshotelJason Brian DeWittKellee Hennessy DickersonKathy EdmonstonPeter F. Egan Sr.Michael Gabe FirmentJack William Jay Gallé Jr.Dodie HortonMike JohnsonJacob Jules LandryDanny McCormickDixon Wallace McMakinCharles OwenPaul SawyerRodney SchamerhornAnnie SpellRoger William Wilder IIIJeffrey Fons Jeff WileyJohn E. Wyble

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate March 31, 2026 Senate passed April 21, 2026 House passed May 29, 2026 Enrolled June 1, 2026 Governor approved June 12, 2026 Became law June 12, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

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

April 21, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 479 FINAL PASSAGE (#407)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

27 yea–9 nay · 3 absent

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May 29, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 479 FINAL PASSAGE (#1763)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

78 yea–21 nay · 6 absent

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May 29, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 479 FINAL PASSAGE (#1763)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

79 yea–22 nay · 4 absent

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May 31, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 479 REJECT (#1590)

Passed

35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent

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June 1, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 479 ADOPT (#1625)

Passed

26 yea–9 nay · 4 absent

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June 1, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 479 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1851)

Passed

73 yea–20 nay · 12 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. Senate Effective date 6/12/2026.
  2. Senate Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 916.
  3. Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
  4. House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
  6. Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
  7. House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 73, nays 20. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
  8. House Rules suspended.
  9. House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  10. Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays. View roll call
  11. House Conference Committee report received.
  12. Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
  13. House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  14. House Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
  15. Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Morris.
  16. House House conferees appointed: Bacala, Beaullieu, and Villio.
  17. Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
  18. Senate Received from the House with amendments.
  19. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 22. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
  20. House Called from the calendar.
  21. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
  22. House Notice given.
  23. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  24. House Called from the calendar.
  25. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.
  26. House Notice given.
  27. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  28. House Called from the calendar.
  29. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
  30. House Notice given.
  31. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  32. House Called from the calendar.
  33. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.
  34. House Notice given.
  35. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  36. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
  37. House Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
  38. House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
  39. House Reported with amendments (9-6). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  40. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
  41. House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  42. Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
  43. Senate Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
  44. Senate Reported favorably.
  45. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
  46. Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2139793
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/SB479.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00