SB 220 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

OFFICIAL JOURNALS: Provides for the Official Journal of the State. (8/1/26)

SB 220 requires Louisiana's Secretary of State to make all legislative acts and joint resolutions accessible on the state's Official Journal website within time limits set by law. It amends existing code to mandate this digital publication, directly affecting the Secretary of State's office and state government operations for document dissemination. The bill focuses on procedural updates to ensure timely online availability of legislative records, without creating new policy or affecting citizens directly. This is a technical correction to improve document accessibility standards.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB220 Original → SB220 Act 369 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the law governing the Official Journal of the State to clarify the Secretary of State's duty to transmit legislative acts to the journal rather than merely making them accessible online. It also corrects a technical error in a previous 2025 law by updating its effective date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2028.

Scope change

The scope of the requirement for legislative documents was narrowed from a general internet accessibility mandate to a specific transmission requirement to the Official Journal.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the Secretary of State's obligation from ensuring acts are accessible on an internet website to transmitting acts to the Official Journal of the State.

TIMELINE

Updated the effective date of a prior 2025 Act from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2028.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2026 · House May 7, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 39

Mar 18, 2026

D Democratic11

9 Yea 2

81% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

upper

May 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed 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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors