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Votes at a glance: key roll‑call outcomes from the May 27 Louisiana House session
Summary
This roundup lists significant roll‑call votes recorded during the May 27 House session, including final passage tallies where recorded in the transcript.
The House recorded roll‑call votes on several measures during the May 27 session. Below are selected items with the outcome and any available tally recorded in the transcript.
- HCR 44 (Rep. Boyd) — Requesting the Department of Health to study lowering mammogram screening age to 30. Adopted 99–2.
- HJR 15 (Rep. Tarver) — Joint rules amendment to require nongovernmental entity funding be handled separately from government appropriations for transparency. Adopted 74–24.
- HCR 42 (Rep. Walters) — Urging study of special identification cards for citizens with Alzheimer’s‑related dementia. Adopted 93–0.
- SB 21 (Sen. Wheat) — Classifies veterinarians/veterinary clinics as health care professionals under assault/interference statutes. Final passage recorded 95–1.
- SB 22 (Sen. Hodges) — Creates crime of theft of critical infrastructure (e.g., copper/fiber theft). Final passage recorded 98–0.
- SB 38 (Sen. Henskins) — Theft and fraud against gift cards; amendments integrated into access‑device statute. Final passage recorded 98–0.
- SB 40 (Sen. Wheat) — Insurance continuing education and adjuster threshold changes. Final passage recorded 93–0.
- SB 51 (Sen. Luno) — Public records protections and definitions for public power authority (City of Alexandria local bill). Final passage recorded 92–0.
- SB 80 (Sen. Miller) — Defines exit polling as carried out by bona fide news‑gathering organizations; establishes certification procedure with Secretary of State. Final passage recorded 56–39.
- A number of concurrence votes and committee referrals were also recorded on May 27; many committee concurrence votes were unanimous or heavily in favor (examples in transcript: concurrence on HB 23, HB 71, HB 83, HB 95 and others with recorded tallies in the 90s). If you need a complete roll‑call audit for all instruments that moved through final passage or concurrence on May 27, a follow‑up extraction from the official House journal or clerk’s roll‑call log is recommended.
