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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana expands Women's Policy and Research Commission to 27 members and adds new organizational seats
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Kellee Dickerson
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana updates the membership structure of the Women's Policy and Research Commission to increase its maximum size from 25 to 27 members, effective August 1, 2026. The legislation adds a representative from the Child Care Association of Louisiana and adjusts the number of gubernatorial appointees to thirteen expert members.
Changes the composition and advisory representation of a state policy commission by altering member appointment categories and adding specific organizational seats.
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 Women's Policy and Research Commission
The commission's maximum size and member appointment categories are altered by the legislation.
Child Care Association of Louisiana
An organizational representative from the association is added to the commission roster.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 529.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 27, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 26, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 25, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 19, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 18, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 11, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 7, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 6, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Mar 25, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 24, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseReported with amendments (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Jan 30, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Jan 30, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Jan 30, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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