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HB529 • 2026

ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mike Bayham
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House and Governmental Affairs - Considered 4/8/26
Effective date
Not listed

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ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

What This Bill Does

  • ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

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

  2. 2026-02-27 H

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

  3. 2026-02-26 H

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

  4. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-856 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 529
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the
definition of party primary office
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:2(9), relative to party primary offices; to remove the State
3 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary
4 office; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:2(9) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §2. Definitions
8 As used in this Code, the following words and terms shall have the meanings
9 hereinafter ascribed to each, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:
10 * * *
11 (9) "Party primary office" means an office of senator or representative in the
12 United States Congress, justice of the supreme court, the State Board of Elementary
13 and Secondary Education, and the Public Service Commission.
14 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-856 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 529
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 529 Original 2026 Regular Session Bayham
Abstract: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) from
the definition of party primary office.
Present law (R.S. 18:2(9)) provides for the offices that are defined as party primary offices
and therefore subject to party primary elections. Provides that the party primary offices
include the office of senator or representative in the U.S. Congress, justice of the supreme
court, BESE, and the Public Service Commission.
Proposed law removes BESE from the definition of party primary office. Otherwise retains
present law.
(Amends R.S. 18:2(9))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.