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Votes at a glance: House advances dozens of bills on May 6, 2026
Summary
The Louisiana House on Wednesday passed a broad slate of bills across multiple policy areas — from flood-control funding to public records, telehealth, and various local measures — largely by voice or recorded votes; several notable measures (HB 660/719, SB 43, SB 42) received floor debate and recorded tallies.
On May 6 the Louisiana House moved a large number of bills through the floor, many on unanimous or near-unanimous recorded votes and several by voice vote. The day's calendar covered policy areas including criminal justice, health, education, transportation, local government, and regulatory updates.
Notable outcome highlights (floor-recorded tallies reported on the House floor):
HB 660 (Representative Egan) — raise the state ADA hiring warrant: passed 94–1. HB 719 (Representative Egan) — add state ADA warrants (80 positions initially): passed 95–0. SB 43 (Representative McMath / Rep Reiser on the floor) — create Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Program in LDH: passed 97–0. SB 42 (Sen. Edmonds / Rep Bachland on the floor) — prohibit AI-generated child sexual abuse material; amended on reconsideration to add a civil cause of action for minors and re-passed (see separate article).
The House also passed many other bills (selected examples): HB 802 (watershed restoration/conservation fund) — 100–0; HB 603/other local bills — varied recorded tallies; bills addressing administrative adjudication (HB 66), mobile-app age protections, election identification rules and many agency-driven technical bills were read, amended where necessary, and passed or carried over according to the calendar.
Procedure note: Several bills were temporarily returned to the calendar for amendment and a handful were recalled from the table for reconsideration and amendment (notably SB 42). The clerk and Speaker pro tem handled numerous coauthor votes and housekeeping motions.
