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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Cuts Minimum Meeting Requirement for Agricultural Finance Authority to Two Per Year
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 05/11/2026.Sponsor: Christopher Turner
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana reduces the minimum required meetings for the from four to at least two times a year, while keeping the maximum cap at twelve. The measure takes effect immediately upon signature by the governor or upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature.
Changes the regulatory meeting frequency obligations for the state agricultural finance board, lowering the mandatory public meeting count for state officials.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority
The board faces a reduced minimum meeting requirement, changing its mandatory schedule from four to two times per year.
Key Facts
- The Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority is required to meet at least two times a year, changed from a minimum of four times a year.
- The maximum meeting limit remains capped at no more than twelve times a year upon call.
- The Act becomes effective upon signature by the governor or upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 67.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/11/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 4, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
- 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 Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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