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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 534 restricts local bond and tax elections to primary election dates
Last action · March 30, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Sponsors: Chad Boyer and 15 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 534 requires all local bond and tax elections to be held exclusively on s, pending the adoption of a related constitutional amendment. The measure maintains existing rules for other types of ballot propositions while altering the allowable scheduling windows for financial questions.
Local governments and tax districts must align their bond and tax ballot measures with s rather than general election dates, altering campaign timelines and voter turnout dynamics for local financial proposals.
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.
Louisiana voters
Local government entities
Local governments must schedule their bond and tax ballot measures exclusively during primary election windows.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Mar 30, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. 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 03/25/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseReported with amendments (11-0).
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- 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.
Version history
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Constitutional Amendment Contingency
HB 534 is explicitly conditioned upon the passage of a separate constitutional amendment contained in House Bill No. 446 of the same legislative session.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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