This amendment stops planned salary increases for top state officials, lowers their monthly allowances without requiring receipts, and removes automatic future pay raises.
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HB1201
ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: Provides with respect to the compensation of statewide elected officials and legislators (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: Provides with respect to the compensation of statewide elected officials and legislators (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
What it does
- ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: Provides with respect to the compensation of statewide elected officials and legislators (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: Provides with respect to the compensation of statewide elected officials and legislators (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Bill history
- Effective date: 01/10/2028.H
- Becomes Act No. 954 without the Governor's signature.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 62, nays 35, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Called from the Calendar.S
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 53, nays 36. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Called from the calendar.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.H
- Notice given.H
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.H
Changes
Amendments
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Filed 8
Filed 9
This amendment records the House vote to agree with changes made by the Senate to a bill about pay for elected officials.
This amendment sets new salary amounts for Louisiana's governor and other statewide officials, adds a monthly expense allowance for legislators and non-governor officials, and creates rules to adjust these payments based on inflation or income growth.
This amendment adds a new rule allowing the Senate President and House Speaker to get money back for living expenses at their home in the capital city.
This amendment adds a new rule allowing the leaders of the state Senate and House to get money back for living expenses in the capital city.
This amendment changes how much money elected officials can get for renting a home in the capital city by raising the limit from $500 to $5,000.
This amendment changes the bill to adjust specific legal references and lowers a dollar amount from fifty-four thousand to fifteen thousand.
This amendment changes the bill to lower a specific dollar amount from fifty-four thousand to fifteen thousand and removes several sections about extra pay for elected officials.