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HB206 • 2026

LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kyle M. Green , Jr.
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House and Governmental Affairs - Considered 4/1/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

What This Bill Does

  • LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

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Amendments

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Draft

Plain English: HCAHB206 4311 2918 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB206 4311 2918 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.
  • 206 by Representative Green 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, delete lines 3 through 6 and insert the following: 3 "private meetings of certain entities; and to provide for related matters." 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, delete lines 9 through 17 and insert the following: 6 "§8.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  2. 2026-02-20 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  3. 2026-02-19 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  4. 2026-02-19 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which membership is subject to legislative confirmation

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-877 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 206
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREEN
LEGISLATORS: Authorizes legislators to attend meetings of an entity for which
membership is subject to legislative confirmation
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 24:8, relative to the authority of legislators to attend public and
3 private meetings of certain entities; to provide for the authority of legislators to
4 attend any meeting held by a task force or authority; to provide for the authority of
5 legislators to attend any meeting held by an entity with membership subject to
6 legislative confirmation; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 24:8 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §8. Authority to attend meetings of state boards, commissions, task forces,
10 authorities, agencies and committees; entities subject to confirmation
11 A. The members of the legislature shall be eligible and are hereby authorized
12 to attend any meeting of any state board, commission, task force, authority, agency,
13 or committee and such attendance shall be permitted at both public meetings and
14 those held in private or executive session.
15 B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of
16 Subsection A of this Section shall apply to any entity if any or all of its membership
17 is subject to legislative confirmation.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-877 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 206
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 206 Original 2026 Regular Session Green
Abstract: Provides for the authority of legislators to attend any meeting held by any state
board, commission, agency, authority, task force, or committee and specifies that this
authority also extends to any entity with membership subject to legislative
confirmation.
Present law authorizes members of the legislature to attend any meeting of any state board,
commission, agency, or committee. Further provides that this attendance extends to both
public meetings and those held in private or executive session.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the authority of members of the
legislature to attend any meeting extends to meetings held by a task force or authority.
Further provides that the authority of members of the legislature to attend any meeting
applies to any entity if any or all of its membership is subject to legislative confirmation.
(Amends R.S. 24:8)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.