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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 415 requires annual training hours for municipal mayors starting in 2027
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Sponsor: Jason DeWitt
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 415 requires all municipal mayors to complete at least 16 hours of annual training and continuing education beginning with mayors elected on or after January 1, 2027. The measure mandates specific governance topics and directs the Louisiana Municipal Association to track and certify compliance annually.
Establishes mandatory continuing education standards for municipal chief executives, shifting current voluntary workshops into a requirement enforced through public reporting by the Louisiana Municipal Association.
- House Bill 415 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature by Representative Jason Dewitt. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Municipal mayors
Must complete at least 16 hours of annual training across specified governance categories and submit an annual compliance report.
Louisiana Municipal Association
Must notify mayors of training requirements, maintain compliance records as public records, and certify compliance status annually.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 25, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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