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HLS 26RS-2690 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1060
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
OFFICIAL JOURNALS: Provides for the Official Journal of the State
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 43:24(C), relative to the Official Journal of the State; to provide
3 relative to the duties of the secretary of state; to provide relative to the transmission
4 of acts and joint resolutions of the legislature to the Official Journal of the State; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 43:24(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §24. Acts; numbering; printing; publication
9 * * *
10 C. The secretary of state shall take all necessary actions to cause transmit the
11 acts and joint resolutions of the legislature to be made accessible on the Internet
12 website or portal of the Official Journal of the State within the time limits established
13 by R.S. 43:81.
14 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1060 Original 2026 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Requires the secretary of state to transmit the acts and joint resolutions of the
legislature to the Official Journal of the State instead of taking all necessary actions
to cause the acts and joint resolutions to be made accessible on the website of the
journal.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2690 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1060
Present law (R.S. 43:24) provides that the governor transmits each bill delivered to him by
the legislature, other than vetoed bills, to the secretary of state as soon as possible after he
has taken action thereon and in any event no later than 20 days after the delivery of such bills
to him. Provides that the chief clerical officer of each house shall transmit all vetoed bills
to the secretary of state after the legislature has acted or determined not to act on them, or
has found a veto session unnecessary and further requires the secretary of state to keep a
register of such bills and endorse therein the date and time of their receipt from the governor
or the legislature. Requires the secretary of state to assign act numbers to all bills which
become law.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the secretary of state to deliver copies of the acts, in numerical order,
to the person, firm, or corporation to whom the contract for printing such acts was awarded
and requires the acts to be published in numerical order by act number and that the secretary
of state endorse the date and time of delivery of the acts for printing.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires within 60 days following final adjournment of a regular, extraordinary,
or emergency session of the legislature, the secretary of state to cause a notice to be
published once in the official journal of each parish, informing the public where the full text
of the acts of the legislature may be viewed. Provides for notice requirements.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the secretary of state to take all necessary actions to cause the acts and
joint resolutions of the legislature to be made accessible on the internet website or portal of
the Official Journal of the State within certain time limits.
Proposed law instead requires the secretary of state transmit the acts and joint resolutions
of the legislature to the Official Journal of the State within certain time limits.
(Amends R.S. 43:24(C))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.