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Bills and Resolutions Passed on Senate Floor: Highlights from Today's Session

Senate · May 13, 2026

Summary

The Senate cleared a broad slate of measures on final passage and concurrence, including bills on dual enrollment, lab schools, fireworks sale windows, workplace protections, and several local measures; vote tallies were recorded on the floor for multiple items.

The Senate advanced and passed a large group of House and Senate bills on final passage during the floor session, covering education, fisheries, public safety, and municipal matters. Notable floor actions included final passage of a streamlined dual-enrollment application measure, lab-school funding language for the University of Louisiana system, and a set of fisheries and commercial-license measures affecting shrimping and manhaden operations.

Other adopted items included a measure expanding certain fireworks-sale windows, a bill to create a transitional reentry program for female parolees, measures affecting municipal contracting and garbage collection authority, and multiple local bills. Vote tallies were recorded on the floor for many items; examples from the floor record include recorded closures such as "36 ayes and 0 nays" and a 32–0 tally on the spectrum-alert bill for missing persons with autism (as announced by the clerk). This roundup compiles major floor outcomes for reference and administrative follow-up.

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