2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB261
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Demographic Impact
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Bill History
4/1/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
5/7/2025
Reported with amendments (9-0).
House of Representatives
5/8/2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
House of Representatives
5/13/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/14/2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/19/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate
5/28/2025
Reported favorably.
Senate
5/29/2025
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #1252 ACRJ Draft
House Committee Amendment #1252 ACRJ Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #2401 ACRJ Proposed
House Committee Amendment #2401 ACRJ Proposed
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #2555 Galle Proposed
House Floor Amendment #2555 Galle Proposed
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 261 FINAL PASSAGE (#368)
5/13/2025
100
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/14/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 18
Democrat: 3
Primary Sponsor

Jay Galle
Republican
Co-Sponsors (20)
Mike Bayham
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Dewith Carrier
Republican
Robert Carter
Democrat
Kim Carver
Republican
Emily Chenevert
Republican
Vincent Cox
Republican
Phillip DeVillier
Republican
Kellee Dickerson
Republican
Peter Egan
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Republican
Dodie Horton
Republican
Mike Johnson
Republican
Jacob Landry
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Republican
Pat Moore
Democrat
Charles Owen
Republican
Sylvia Taylor
Democrat
John Wyble
Republican