BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education
HB 319 revises the membership structure of the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education. It specifies appointments from various groups, including the Louisiana Legislators Back to School Program, Project Citizen, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, the League of Women Voters, and civic organizations like the NAACP and Louisiana Press Association. The bill removes previous membership categories and establishes a quorum requirement of ten members, with official actions needing a majority vote of those present. This procedural change affects how the commission is composed but does not alter its civic education mission.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 24, 2026
Signed May 29, 2026
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MODERATE
HB 319 was enrolled as Act 427, formally enacting the changes to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education that were originally proposed. The bill reorganizes the commission's membership list, swapping the order of several appointed positions and adding new members representing the Louisiana District Judges Association. It also repeals the previous membership requirements for the commission's later slots, effectively resetting the list structure.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the composition and quorum requirements of the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education, but the specific individuals and organizations eligible to serve on the commission have been altered.
REQUIREMENT
The order of the commission members was renumbered and rearranged, moving the Project Coordinator and Public Affairs Research Council to earlier positions and shifting other representatives down the list.
A new member representing the Louisiana District Judges Association was added to the commission.
The specific membership slots previously listed as items (23) through (25) were repealed in their entirety, removing those specific positions from the statutory list.
TECHNICAL
The bill was converted from an original draft to an enrolled act, changing the header and footer information to reflect its final passage as Act 427.
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2026 · House Apr 8, 2026
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 40
May 19, 2026
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
R
Republican28
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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