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HB62 • 2026

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Kellee Dickerson
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 529
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission Membership Changes

This act modifies the membership requirements for the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission by adding new members with specific expertise.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a representative from the Child Care Association of Louisiana to the commission.
  • Includes thirteen women who have significant academic or professional experience in areas such as business, economics, education, demographics, public health, law, social science, violence against women, gender studies, youth organizations focused on girls, and women's organizations.
  • Changes the total number of members from twenty-five to twenty-seven.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission
  • Members appointed by the governor for Senate confirmation

Terms To Know

Commission
A group of people chosen to do a specific job or make decisions about something.
Governor
The leader of a state who is in charge of making laws and running the government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how new members will be chosen beyond being appointed by the governor.
  • Effective date is set for August 1, 2026.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes gender studies as an approved area for selecting members with academic or professional expertise to the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission.

  • Removes gender studies from the list of acceptable areas of expertise for selecting thirteen women members to the commission.
  • The amendment text does not specify how removing gender studies will affect the selection process or criteria for other academic or professional fields.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the membership requirements for the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission by adding new members and specifying their areas of expertise.

  • Adds a representative from the Child Care Association of Louisiana to the commission.
  • Specifies that additional members must come from various fields such as business, economics, education, demographics, public health, law, social science or social work, violence against women, gender studies, youth organizations focused solely on girls, and women’s organizations.
  • The exact impact of these changes is not fully explained in the provided text.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes the membership requirements for the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission by adding new members and specifying their areas of expertise.

  • Removes lines that list specific members and replaces them with a general description of required member qualifications.
  • Adds a representative from the Child Care Association of Louisiana to the commission.
  • Specifies that additional members must come from various fields such as business, economics, education, demographics, public health, law, social science, violence against women studies, gender studies, youth organizations focused on girls, and women’s organizations.
  • The exact details of the removed lines are not provided in the amendment text.
  • It is unclear how many members will be added or if existing members will be replaced.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB62 by the Senate is being considered for concurrence in the House, but the specific changes made by the Senate are not detailed in the provided information.

  • The official text does not provide details about what specific changes were made by the Senate.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the numbering of certain sections in a bill related to the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission.

  • Removes the section numbered (j) from the bill text.
  • Changes the next following section number from (k) to (j).
  • The amendment does not provide details about what was in sections (j) and (k), so we do not know exactly what content is removed or renumbered.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'the' from a specific part of House Bill No. 62.

  • Removes the word 'the' at line 19 on page 1 of the bill.
  • The exact impact of removing this single word is unclear without additional context.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'the' from a specific part of House Bill No. 62.

  • Removes the word 'the' at line 19 on page 1 of the bill.
  • The provided text does not explain why removing 'the' is necessary or what effect it will have.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-29 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 529.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-26 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-25 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  8. 2026-05-19 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-18 S

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-11 S

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

  11. 2026-05-07 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-06 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-03-25 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  14. 2026-03-24 S

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

  15. 2026-03-24 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. 2026-03-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

  17. 2026-03-23 H

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

  18. 2026-03-18 H

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

  19. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  20. 2026-01-30 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.

  21. 2026-01-30 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  22. 2026-01-30 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 5292026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 62
BY REPRESENTATIVE DICKERSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2525(D)(introductory paragraph), (11), and (12) and to enact
3 R.S. 46:2525(D)(13) and (14), relative to the membership of the Louisiana Women's
4 Policy and Research Commission; to provide for additional members of the
5 commission; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:2525(D)(introductory paragraph), (11), and (12) are hereby
8 amended and reenacted and R.S. 46:2525(D)(13) and (14) are hereby enacted to read as
9 follows:
10 §2525. Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission
11 * * *
12 D. The commission shall consist of a maximum of twenty-five twenty-seven
13 members. The thirteen members serving pursuant to Paragraph (12) (14) of this
14 Subsection shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and
15 serve terms concurrent with the appointing governor. The commission shall be
16 reflective of all geographic regions of the state and, as much as possible, shall consist
17 of the following members:
18 * * *
19 (11) The secretary of Louisiana of Economic Development or the secretary's
20 designee.
21 (12) The secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the secretary's
22 designee.
23 (13) A representative from the Child Care Association of Louisiana.
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HB NO. 62 ENROLLED
1 (14) Thirteen Louisiana women who have significant academic or
2 professional expertise in one or more of the following areas:
3 (a) Business or industry.
4 (b) Economics.
5 (c) Education.
6 (d) Demographics.
7 (e) Public health.
8 (f) Law.
9 (g) Social science or social work.
10 (h) Violence against women.
11 (i) Gender studies.
12 (j) (i) Youth organization focused solely on girls.
13 (k) (j) Women's organization.
14 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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