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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana authorizes legislators to accept complimentary foreign travel under specific organizational sponsorships
Last action · May 27, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Travis Johnson
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana enacted a law allowing state legislators to accept complimentary to foreign countries for trade, cultural, diplomatic, educational, or humanitarian purposes, provided the trip is sponsored by specified entities and excludes designated foreign adversaries.
Establishes legal permissions for state legislators to receive gifted international travel from qualifying organizations, changing state ethics compliance rules starting August 1, 2026.
Who It Affects
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Louisiana legislators
State lawmakers gain explicit legal authorization to accept complimentary foreign travel meeting specified organizational and purpose criteria.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 27, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 399 without the Governor's signature.
- May 27, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 14, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 14, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 13, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
Show 14 earlier actions
- May 12, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 4, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseReported with amendments (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 23, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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