Regular legislative session scores, 2026

As it has been verified that there will be no veto session, the Louisiana Legislature Log presents its 2026 Louisiana Legislature scorecard. Fourteen bills were selected and weighed for computation. These were chosen from the watch list compiled throughout the session. For a bill’s vote to be selected, in one chamber there had to be more than one legislator not voting for the winning or losing side.

Being that passage of bills depends upon the seated membership of a body, not voting is counted as a negative vote. However, if a legislator had a leave of absence granted for that day, his absent votes weren’t counted for bills voted on that day and the score adjusted to take that into account. In the case of constitutional amendments, the governor’s score would be adjusted similarly, although none featured in this year’s scorecard.

Here are the bills on which the scorecard was computed:

Regular legislative session through Jun. 27, 2026

And the governor has made all of his decisions. Although unlikely, in recent years there have been veto sessions, so the final scorecard for legislators will be published later in July after there either has been a veto session or confirmed there won’t be.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 316 became law without the governor’s signature; HB 431 became law without the governor’s signature; HB 782 became law without the governor’s signature; SB 479 was signed by the governor.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 153 became law without the governor’s signature.

Regular legislative session through Jun. 20, 2026

 A few bills remain yet in limbo, but that will change shortly.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 398 was signed by the governor; HB 578 was signed by the governor; HB 804 was signed by the governor; HB 1038 was signed by the governor; SB 389 was signed by the governor; SB 479 was signed by the governor.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 324 was signed by the governor; SB 433 was signed by the governor.

Regular legislative session through Jun. 13, 2026

Bill disposal continues, for another week and a little.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 158 was signed by the governor; HB 181 was signed by the governor; HB 595 was signed by the governor; HB 621 was signed by the governor; SB 52 was signed by the governor; SB 217 was signed by the governor.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 250 became law without the governor’s signature; SB 157 was signed by the governor; SB 501 was signed by the governor.

Regular legislative session through Jun. 6, 2026

With the session ending on Monday, all that is left is disposition of bills by the governor, and the potential for a veto session.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GODD: HB 181 was sent to the governor; HB 316 was sent to the governor; HB 363 was signed by the governor; HB 398 was sent to the governor; HB 427 was signed by the governor; HB 431 was sent to the governor; HB 578 was sent to the governor; HB 804 was sent to the governor; HB 816 was sent to the governor; HB 1137 was signed by the governor; SB 217 had its conference report agreed upon by the Senate, had its conference report agreed upon by the House, and was sent to the governor; SB 307 was signed by the governor; SB 312 had its conference report agreed upon by the Senate, had its conference report agreed upon by the House, and was sent to the governor; SB 319 was signed by the governor; SB 389 had its conference report agreed upon by the Senate, had its conference report agreed upon by the House, and was sent to the governor; SB 425 was signed by the governor; SB 479 had its conference report agreed upon by the Senate, had its conference report agreed upon by the House, and was sent to the governor.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 324 was sent to the governor; SB 157 was concurred in and sent to the governor; SB 164 was signed by the governor; SB 433 was concurred in and sent to the governor.