HB 767 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides a limited exception for the schedule of a statewide elected official

HB 767 modifies the state's public records law to create a specific exception for the meeting schedules of statewide elected officials. The bill allows these officials to withhold their schedules from public request but explicitly prohibits this rule from changing any existing legal deadlines for responding to other public records requests. By removing certain language about the timing of meetings, the legislation clarifies that while schedules themselves may be protected, the official must still adhere to all standard time limits for processing other document requests. This change directly affects the transparency of elected officials' calendars while maintaining the broader requirements of the public records system.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 25, 2024 Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024

How they voted

340
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 79, nays 19. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Seabaugh, and Fields.
upper
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Julie Emerson
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
LA
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