Louisiana State Legislature

Multiple bills have passed through Louisiana House and Senate committees as Gov. Jeff Landry’s special session on 2026 election dates is underway.

State lawmakers will begin a special session on Thursday to decide new dates for the 2026 election cycle amid the U.S. Supreme Court case concerning Louisiana's congressional map.

Landry wants to push dates back for the closed primaries next year to give lawmakers extra time to possibly approve a new congressional map.

Leaders in the Louisiana Legislature are advising members to be hyperaware in the wake of what’s been labeled a political assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband last weekend.

A sweeping insurance bill advanced through the Senate Insurance Committee on Wednesday, though tensions flared over a controversial part that would expand the authority of Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple.

A bill that would have protected the practice of IVF in Louisiana failed to make it out of a Senate committee hearing Tuesday.

The special session on tax reform is expected to wrap up Friday after lengthy negotiations over the last two weeks.

Lawmakers adjourned early Monday after they failed to reach a consensus on what should be taxed, as Gov. Jeff Landry attempts to overhaul the state’s tax code.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s ambitious tax plan, which had previously encountered minimal resistance, hit its first bump on Thursday as lawmakers balked at applying sales taxes to more goods and services that are tax-free now.

The special session on tax reform is underway at the State Capitol and Gov. Jeff Landry is encouraging lawmakers to pass all his bills to revise the state’s tax code. Landry’s proposal will reduce individual and corporate income taxes while expanding sales tax to more goods and services.