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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 529 removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from party primary offices
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Sponsor: Mike Bayham
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 529 removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) from the legal definition of a .
Changes how candidates for the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education qualify and run by excluding the office from party primary election requirements.
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.
candidates for the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Candidates run for an office that is being removed from the definition of a party primary office.
Key Facts
- House Bill 529 amends R.S. 18:2(9) relating to party primary offices.
- The measure removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the statutory definition of a party primary office.
- Present law includes U.S. congressional offices, supreme court justices, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Public Service Commission as party primary offices.
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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 House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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