HB 26 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

HOLIDAYS: Provides relative to legal holidays in recognition of the Washington Parish Free Fair

HB 26 designates the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the Washington Parish Free Fair as a legal holiday specifically for the Washington Parish clerk of court, allowing their office to close on those days. The bill directly affects local government operations in Washington Parish during the annual fair by authorizing the clerk's office closure. This procedural bill modifies Louisiana's legal holidays statute to include the fair dates, without creating new rights or obligations beyond the clerk's office schedule.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Jun 16, 2025

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MINOR

This bill expands the legal holiday for the Washington Parish Free Fair from just Friday to include the entire days of Wednesday and Thursday as well. Previously, only Friday was recognized as a holiday to allow the clerk of court to close their office; now, the holiday covers three full days to better accommodate the event. This change ensures that government offices in Washington Parish remain closed for the entire duration of the fair.

Scope change

The holiday now applies to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday instead of just Friday.

TIMELINE

Extended the legal holiday period to include the whole of Wednesday and the whole of Thursday, in addition to Friday.

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 7, 2025

How they voted

35–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 37

May 29, 2025

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

R Republican26

25 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 00 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 21, 2025

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (13-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors