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SB326Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to the State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Passed

Introduced by Mark Abraham, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to the State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Where it stands

Effective date 8/1/2026.

June 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Vote on SB 326 CONCUR (#1489) · May 28, 2026

31

Yes

0

No

8

Absent or Not Voting

39 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Robert Owen1Absent
Edward Price2Yes
Sidney Barthelemy3Absent
Jimmy Harris4Yes
Royce Duplessis5Yes
Rick Edmonds6Yes
Gary Carter7Yes
Patrick Connick8Yes
Cameron Henry9Yes
Kirk Talbot10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

  2. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  8. Reported with amendments (14-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  9. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  10. Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

  14. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  15. Notice given.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2026.

  17. Called from the calendar.

  18. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  19. Notice given.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

  21. Called from the calendar.

  22. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  23. Notice given.

  24. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

  25. Called from the calendar.

  26. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 4. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  27. Received from the House with amendments.

  28. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.

  29. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  30. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  31. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  32. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 757.

  33. Effective date 8/1/2026.

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