HB 179 - Louisiana House (2026) - COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to the retention of notes and recordings of court reporters - Bill Sponsor

Louisiana House Bill 179

Session 2026

COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to the retention of notes and recordings of court reporters

Introduced

Introduced in House on Feb 18, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Feb 18, 2026

Latest Action

Apr 1, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

179

State

Louisiana

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.

Primary

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on April 1, 2026

Motion Text

FINAL PASSAGE (#269)

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Aimee Adatto Freeman

Yes

Yes

Amedee

Yes

Other

Barbara Reich Freiberg

Yes

Barbara W. Carpenter

Yes

Yes

Yes

Brett F. Geymann

Other

Yes

Yes

C. Denise Marcelle

Yes

C. Travis Johnson

Yes

Candace N. Newell

Other

Yes

Yes

Chasity Martinez

Yes

Christopher Turner

Yes

Danny McCormick

Yes

Daryl Andrew Deshotel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ed Larvadain III

Yes

Yes

Yes

Emily Chenevert

Yes

Foy Bryan Gadberry

Yes

Francis C. Thompson

Yes

Galle

Yes

Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV

Yes

Gerald Boudreaux

Yes

Yes

Henry, D.

Yes

Jack G. McFarland

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jeremy S. LaCombe

Yes

Jerome "Zee" Zeringue

Yes

Jessica Domangue

Yes

John R. Illg, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Joseph A. Stagni

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kathy Edmonston

Yes

Kellee Hennessy

Yes

Kendricks "Ken" Brass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kyle M. Green, Jr.

Yes

Lauren Ventrella

Yes

Laurie Schlegel

Yes

Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley

Yes

Leslie "Les" Farnum

Yes

Yes

Marcus Anthony Bryant

Yes

Yes

Michael "Gabe" Firment

Yes

Michael Charles Echols

Yes

Michael Melerine

Yes

Michael T. Johnson

Yes

Yes

Mr. Speaker

Yes

Yes

Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.

Yes

Patricia "Pat" Moore

Yes

Yes

Phillip Eric Tarver

Other

Yes

R. Dewith Carrier

Yes

Yes

Raymond J. Crews

Yes

Rhonda Gaye Butler

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn

Yes

Yes

Roy Daryl Adams

Yes

Ryan Joseph Bourriaque

Yes

Sawyer

Yes

Yes

Sherman Q. Mack

Yes

Yes

Stephanie Berault

Yes

Stephanie Hilferty

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tammy T. Phelps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Timothy P. Kerner

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vanessa Caston LaFleur

Yes

Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (4)

HB179 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454719

HB179 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1439640

House Committee Amendment, #2573, JUD, Adopted

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454671

House Committee Amendment, #2492, JUD, Draft

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454214

Documents (2)

Digest of HB179 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454847

Digest of HB179 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1439667

Actions (5)

Show Only Major Actions

04/01/2026

Senate

Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

03/31/2026

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

03/26/2026

House

Reported with amendments (12-0).

02/20/2026

House

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

02/18/2026

House

Prefiled.

Sources

LA Legislature

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249823

Open States

https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB179/

Record Created

Feb 18, 2026 10:20:41 PM

Record Updated

Apr 2, 2026 4:51:57 PM