HB1096 • 2026

UTILITY/ELEC COOPS: Provides relative to the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws of an electric cooperative

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Jacob Landry
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 703
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details about the specific impacts on existing bylaws or potential conflicts with Louisiana law, leaving these points as speculative.

Electric Cooperative Bylaws

This act changes how electric cooperatives can adopt, amend, or repeal their bylaws.

What This Bill Does

Allows members to adopt, amend, or repeal the bylaws of an electric cooperative.
Gives the board of directors the power to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws unless otherwise stated in the existing bylaws.
Requires that only members can change bylaws if it involves dissolving the cooperative or selling, leasing, or disposing of a significant part of its property.

Who It Names or Affects

Electric cooperatives and their members
Boards of directors of electric cooperatives

Terms To Know

Bylaws: Rules that govern how an organization operates, including procedures for meetings, voting, and decision-making.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what happens if the board of directors tries to adopt bylaws conflicting with certain sections of Louisiana law.
It is unclear how this change will affect existing electric cooperative bylaws that do not currently allow members to amend or repeal bylaws.

Bill History

2026-06-01 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-01 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 703.
2026-05-27 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-26 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-25 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-18 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-14 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-13 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-21 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
2026-04-20 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-20 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-15 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
2026-04-14 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-13 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

UTILITY/ELEC COOPS: Provides relative to the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws of an electric cooperative

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 7032026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1096
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACOB LANDRY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 12:407(B), relative to the adopting, amending, or repealing of
3 bylaws of an electric cooperative; to provide for bylaws by the board of directors; to
4 provide for bylaws by the members; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 12:407(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §407. Bylaws
8 * * *
9 B. Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the members. or Unless
10 otherwise provided in the bylaws, bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by
11 the board of directors. However, only the members may amend the bylaws when the
12 amendment concerns the dissolution of the cooperative or the sale, lease, or other
13 disposition or encumbrance of all or any substantial portion of property belonging
14 to the cooperative. The board of directors shall not adopt any bylaws in conflict with
15 the provisions of R.S. 12:414, 418, or 421.
16 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.