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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana enacts supplemental appropriations bill adjusting Fiscal Year 2025-2026 state agency budgets and local project funding
Last action · June 18, 2026: Effective date: 06/18/2026.Sponsor: Jack McFarland
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana lawmakers passed House Bill 312, approving supplemental budget adjustments, specific spending cuts, and direct funding allocations for state agencies, higher education institutions, retirement systems, and local government projects for 2025-2026.
The measure alters state financial allocations across multiple departments, reshaping available funds for local infrastructure, public safety equipment, educational programs, and hurricane recovery cost shares without altering general tax rates.
- Supplemental appropriations bills in Louisiana adjust the state's operating and capital budget mid-cycle to account for updated revenue forecasts, unforeseen emergencies, and legislative priorities. context
Who It Affects
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State agencies and departments
State agencies receive supplemental funds or have their existing means of finance adjusted through specific spending reductions.
Local government entities and municipalities
Local entities receive direct state appropriations for infrastructure, road improvements, police equipment, and community programs.
State retirement systems
Retirement systems receive distributions from nonrecurring state revenues to apply toward unfunded accrued liabilities.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law with line-item vetoes.
Procedural history
22 actions- Jun 18, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor with one or more line-item vetoes. Becomes Act No. 961.
- Jun 18, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/18/2026.
- Jun 2, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 27, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 25, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 2 for 5/26.
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseMade Special Order of the day No. 4 for 04/16/2026.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseReported with amendments (17-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Version history
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Extensive Use of Surplus for Retirement Liability
The bill directs substantial nonrecurring surplus funds toward addressing unfunded accrued liabilities in state retirement systems.
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