MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum
This bill modifies the hiring process for the director of the Louisiana State Museum by allowing the selection committee to consider up to three candidates instead of a fixed number. The change is a minor procedural adjustment that gives the committee slightly more flexibility when choosing a leader for the state museum. It does not alter the director's duties or the museum's funding, but it updates the specific language used to describe the candidate pool size.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Last action May 23, 2024
Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2024
How they voted
82–10
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 105
Apr 29, 2024
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican73
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (16-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
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