Agenda - Senate and Governmental Affairs

Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs
April 28, 2026 12:30 p.m. Room F
Scheduled

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 22, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR30	CONNICK	CONGRESS - Memorializes the United States Congress to compel the Department of Justice to release all unclassified documents, videos, images and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
		SCR31	STINE	CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to amend the National Voter Registration Act.
		SB302	JENKINS	COURTS - Provides for the election sections in the First Judicial District Court and for one judge to be elected at large. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
		HB67	BACALA	PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for protected information of certain individuals
		HB73	BACALA	PUBLIC MEETINGS - Provides for the method of voting in public meetings
		HB238	ZERINGUE	ETHICS/CODE - Provides relative to exceptions for the employment of a former school board member
		HB250	TURNER	ETHICS - Provides with respect to disclosure of certain information by members of boards or commissions
		HB260	TRAVIS JOHNSON	ETHICS/CODE - Authorizes legislators to accept complimentary reasonable transportation to foreign countries
		HB338	CARVER	SUNSET LAW - Re-creates entities transferred to or placed within the office of the governor
		HB339	CHASSION	PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to access to personal information of protected individuals (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB379	CARVER	ELECTION CODE - Provides relative to the qualifications of election commissioners
		HB400	FONTENOT	ELECTION DAYS - Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB550	BILLINGS	ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Increases compensation for parish board commissioners (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB551	BILLINGS	ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Provides for early voting commissioners assisting with the nursing home early voting program (RE +$38,400 GF EX See Note)
		HB639	BAYHAM	ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS - Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in telephone campaign communications
		HB858	RISER	WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Establishes a public records exemption for Global Positioning System data collected on wildlife and aquatic life
		HB861	MIKE JOHNSON	BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the status of inactive boards and commissions in Louisiana (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB1012	BOYD	PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to access to personal information of a victim of a sex offense
		HB1071	MCFARLAND	PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for an exception to the Public Records Law for records of aerospace facilities or activities
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
	Department of Environmental Quality
	Department of Insurance
	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
	Louisiana Works
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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