Louisiana House moves late bill‑intro deadline, adopts multiple resolutions and receives committee reports

The Louisiana House of Representatives on April 15 voted to suspend a rule that would have set the late bill‑introduction deadline on Easter Sunday, moved or adopted several ceremonial resolutions without objection and received committee reports that advanced dozens of bills to later stages of the legislative process.

The chamber approved a motion to suspend House Rule 7.683, changing the late‑introduction deadline for bill requests from Easter Sunday to Monday, April 21, at 6 p.m. The change was made by motion on the floor and adopted without objection.

Why it matters: shifting the 72‑hour deadline affects when members and staff may submit bills for consideration this session and gives offices an additional business day to file proposed legislation after the holiday.

Votes at a glance

- Suspension of House Rule 7.683 (mover: Representative Beaulieu): Adopted without objection; late‑intro deadline moved to Monday, April 21, 6 p.m.

- Concurrence messages from the Senate: The House received notice that the Senate had concurred in HCRs 5, 6, 10, 12 and 14; the House also concurred in SCR 7 on the floor after a motion to concur and no objection.

- Resolutions adopted without objection: HR 31 (commending Mary May E. Dupree), HR 32 (commending Jack and Jill of America Inc.), HR 33 (America 250 Louisiana celebrations), HR 34 (designating Funeral Director Day), HR 35 (commending Southern University). Motions to suspend the rules and adopt these resolutions were made on the floor and carried without objection.

- Committee reports received: Committee chairs submitted reports advancing a wide set of bills across committees including Criminal Justice, Education, Health and Welfare, House and Governmental Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Transportation, Civil Law and others; specific committee reports recorded favorably or with amendments for numerous bills (example listings in committee reports below).

What the committees sent forward

Committee reports read into the record included (examples cited on the floor): Criminal Justice (multiple bills reported favorably), Education (house bills 70, 71, 77 and others reported, several with amendments), Health and Welfare (house bill 89 favorably; multiple bills with amendments), House and Governmental Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means and Transportation. Several bills were placed "lies over" under the rules for later action; other bills were reported out of committee favorably or with amendments for placement on second or third reading.

Other floor business and scheduling

The chamber received and read multiple Senate messages and ceremonial recognitions (including a guest appearance by Congresswoman Julia Letlow and presentations by civics and community groups). Leaders also announced committee meeting schedules for the following week and a revised committee schedule for one committee. The House adjourned to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday by motion and without objection.

What was not decided

The session record shows many bills referred, reported or placed "lies over," but no recorded roll‑call passage on substantive policy bills in this transcript excerpt. Where the transcript did not provide a vote tally or specific final passage language, the article notes the action recorded (for example, "reported favorably," "lies over," or "received").

Ending

Floor activity focused on procedural and scheduling matters: extending the late‑intro window, adopting several ceremonial resolutions without objection and advancing a broad set of committee reports into the chamber record. Substantive debates and recorded roll‑call votes on individual policy bills do not appear in this excerpt and will be reported when the House holds second‑ or third‑reading votes or records final passage.