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HB400Introduced in the House

Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

EngrossedSenate Governmental Affairs

Introduced by Bryan Fontenot, District 55

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Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Where it stands

Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

April 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Vote on HB 400 FINAL PASSAGE (#462) · April 13, 2026

90

Yes

0

No

15

Absent or Not Voting

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RepresentativeDistrictVote
Danny McCormick1Yes
Steven Jackson2Absent
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Yes
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  5. Reported with amendments (13-0).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.

  8. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  9. Notice given.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  11. Called from the calendar.

  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  13. Notice given.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  17. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  18. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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