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Louisiana2026Enacted
HB1
State Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This law provides money to pay the regular operating costs of state government departments and agencies for the fiscal year starting in July 2026.
What it does
- Provides funding for daily operations of executive offices, including the Governor's office and Louisiana Tax Commission.
- Allocates money for veterans' services, such as homes, appeals processing, contact assistance, and cemetery care.
- Funds elected officials like the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Public Service Commission, Agriculture Department, Insurance Commissioner, and Economic Development Office.
- Supports specific programs including mental health advocacy, coastal protection, law enforcement training, elderly affairs, and state racing oversight.
Who it affects
- State government agencies listed in the bill schedules
- Veterans receiving services from state homes or assistance programs
- Residents who interact with departments like elections, insurance, agriculture, public utilities, or economic development
Limits and unknowns
- The provided text lists departments and programs but does not show specific dollar amounts for each item.
- Some sections of the bill are cut off in the source material, so all funded agencies may not be listed here.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Appropriations
- The official act of setting aside money for specific government uses.
- Fiscal Year
- A one-year period used by the state to track its budget, running from July 1 to June 30.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
APPROPRIATIONS: Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2026-2027
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 07/01/2026.H
- Signed by the Governor with one or more line-item vetoes. Becomes Act No. 3.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.H
- Called from the calendar.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Read by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 1 for 5/26.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.S
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Made Special Order of the day No. 1 for 04/16/2026.H
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Reported with amendments (18-0).H
Changes
Amendments
7 stored
Adopted 4
Draft 5
Filed 7
Adopted 1
Adopted 2
Draft 3