Votes at a glance: Key Senate floor actions April 8, 2026
Summary
The Senate approved a package of bills and resolutions on April 8, including SB102, SB106, SB270, SB256 and SB4. Tally highlights: SB102 (36–0), SB106 (36–0), SB270 (33–2), SB256 (25–11), SB4 (26–7), SB222 (36–0), SB292 (36–0), SB420 (36–0).
The Senate recorded final passage on a set of bills and resolutions April 8. Notable roll-call tallies recorded in the floor transcript include:
- SB102 (motor-vehicle dealer private right of action): 36 yeas, 0 nays. - SB106 (confidentiality for crime-scene media): 36 yeas, 0 nays. - SB270 (medical marijuana access for terminally ill patients in facilities): 33 yeas, 2 nays. - SB256 (consolidation of Orleans Parish civil and criminal clerks): 25 yeas, 11 nays. - SB4 (local opt-out for water fluoridation): 26 yeas, 7 nays. - SB222 (Medicaid behavioral-health administrative adjustments): 36 yeas, 0 nays. - SB292 (modernizing the office of the state inspector general): 36 yeas, 0 nays. - SB420 (adds commissioners to Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission): 36 yeas, 0 nays.
These reported tallies are taken from the clerk’s announcements and recorded votes on the floor; individual roll-call vote records (who voted which way) were not consistently read into the transcript for every measure.
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