Votes at a glance: Key Senate floor outcomes, April 1, 2026

The Louisiana Senate's April 1 floor session produced a series of final-passage outcomes. Key recorded results in the transcript include:

- Senate Bill 14 (Price) — reemployment rules for the Teachers' Retirement System, as amended to require legislative auditor reporting; recorded vote reported as 35 yeas, 1 nay.

- Senate Bill 315 (Reese) — raises direct-appointment threshold for architects/engineers to $2 million and adopts a 50% distribution requirement; vote recorded 36 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Bill 426 (Steinle) — modernizes the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA) and recognizes peer support specialists; amendments adopted and final passage recorded 36 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Bill 76 (Miller) — codifies aspects of the Bergeron standard for child custody modifications and sets a five-year heightened-review period; final passage recorded 36 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Bill 118 (Boudreau) — DUI screening and the "Impaired Driving Prevention Act" amendment; final passage recorded 36 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Bill 197 (Morris) — reduction in appellate judges in the 4th Circuit as amended (reduced scope); recorded vote reported in the transcript as 26 yeas, 9 nays.

- Senate Bill 258 (Lambert) — moves juvenile traffic matters back to district court statewide; recorded passage noted in transcript sequence.

The session also adopted numerous ceremonial resolutions and concurred in house concurrent resolutions. Several bills were reported from committee and advanced to third reading during the floor calendar. For details on each bill’s text, amendments and next steps, consult the Senate journals and committee reports.