SR 8 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of George Douglas "Dr. Doug" Brandon, DVM.

This bill is a Senate resolution expressing condolences on the death of George Douglas "Dr. Doug" Brandon, a veterinarian from Louisiana. It directly affects the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana and Dr. Brandon's family by formally acknowledging his passing and honoring his life's contributions. The resolution details his career in veterinary medicine, his military service, his long-standing clinic, and his community leadership roles, concluding with instructions to send a copy of the resolution to his wife. This is a commemorative measure that does not create new laws or policy changes.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 9, 2026 Last action Mar 16, 2026

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What changed between versions

SR8 Original → SR8 Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 16, 2026

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft Senate Resolution to its final enrolled version, which involves significant formatting changes such as the addition of a formal title page, the insertion of the President of the Senate's signature block, and the removal of internal legislative service notes and page headers. These changes are procedural and administrative, intended to finalize the document for official record-keeping and execution rather than altering the substantive content of the condolence resolution.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was updated to match the official enrolled format, including adding a formal title page and signature block while removing draft headers and footers.

Minor text adjustments were made to standardize punctuation and hyphenation, such as changing 'forty eight' to 'forty-eight' and 'forty two' to 'forty-two'.

The resolution text was reflowed and renumbered to fit the new page layout, though the actual wording of the condolence message remains identical.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title and adopted.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors