SB 148 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

PLANNING/ZONING: Provides for compensation to the members of the Lake Charles planning commission. (8/1/26)

SB 148 amends Louisiana law to allow the governing authority of Lake Charles (and 11 other specified municipalities) to pay members of their local planning commissions a daily payment ("per diem") for attending meetings. The bill specifies that the rate of payment and the number of meetings eligible for payment must be set by the municipality through its own ordinance. This change provides a formal mechanism for compensating commission members, but does not require any municipality to implement such payments.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Signed May 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB148 Original → SB148 Act 407 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the official status of Senate Bill 148 from a proposed draft to an enrolled act signed into law. It authorizes the City of Lake Charles to pay per diem compensation to its planning commission members, a benefit previously reserved for other specific municipalities, effective August 1, 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded by adding the City of Lake Charles to the list of municipalities eligible to pay compensation to planning commission members.

ELIGIBILITY

Added the City of Lake Charles to the list of municipalities authorized to pay per diem to planning commission members.

TECHNICAL

Changed the document header from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED' and added signatures from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor to indicate the bill has been enacted into law.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2026 · House May 12, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Mar 17, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

28 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 6, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

May 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors