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HB326 • 2026

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides relative to the police chief of the village of Tickfaw

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides relative to the police chief of the village of Tickfaw

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Nicholas Muscarello
Last action
2026-05-27
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the impact of the bill on existing state laws or what happens if the police chief moves out after election.

Police Chief Requirements for Tickfaw Village

This bill sets new rules for the police chief position in Tickfaw village, requiring them to live there and have lived there for at least a year before running for the job.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a rule that the police chief of Tickfaw village must reside within the corporate limits of the village.
  • Requires anyone who wants to be the police chief in Tickfaw to have been domiciled in the village for at least one full year before they can run for the job.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The police chief of Tickfaw village
  • People who want to be the police chief in Tickfaw

Terms To Know

domiciled
living in a place as your main home.
corporate limits
the official boundaries of a town or city.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the police chief moves out of Tickfaw village after being elected.
  • It is unclear how this new rule will affect current police chiefs who do not meet these requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-27 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-26 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  7. 2026-05-19 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  8. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported favorably.

  9. 2026-05-12 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  10. 2026-05-11 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  11. 2026-05-07 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  12. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  13. 2026-05-06 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  14. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported favorably (14-0).

  15. 2026-03-30 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  16. 2026-03-26 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  17. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  18. 2026-02-24 H

    Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.

Official Summary Text

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides relative to the police chief of the village of Tickfaw

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 326
BY REPRESENTATIVE MUSCARELLO
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:385.1(B)(3), relative to the village of Tickfaw; to provide relative to the
3 office of police chief of the village; to provide relative to the qualifications for the
4 office; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:385.1(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §385.1. Qualifications of elected chief of police
11 * * *
12 B.
13 * * *
14 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, an
15 elected chief of police in the village of Tickfaw shall reside within the corporate
16 limits of the village. At the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief
17 of police, a person shall have been domiciled in the village for at least the
18 immediately preceding year.
19 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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