Louisiana’s 2025 First Extraordinary Session
2025 Extraordinary Legislative Session Wrap-up
At the call of Governor Landry, the Louisiana Legislature convened a three-week extraordinary session beginning Thursday, October 23. While adjournment was scheduled for no later than 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 13, 2025, the work of this session has been completed and the House and Senate adjourned Sine Die on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
During this first extraordinary session of 2025, legislators were tasked to address 2026 election plans, with the top item from the Governor being “To legislate relative to the election code, election dates, election deadlines, and election plans for the 2026 election cycle, and to provide for the funding thereof if necessary.”
During this session, two bills were passed by legislators and sent to the Governor for executive approval. SB 1 provides for adjustments regarding certain elections held in calendar year 2026, and SB 2 changes election dates for the spring 2026 statewide election for submission of proposed constitutional amendments.
The passage of these bills, upon signature by the Governor, will shift the closed party primary scheduled for April 18 to May 16. This date shift is also applicable to the five constitutional amendments vote. Also, there will be a date shift for the party primary runoff, from May 30 to June 27. The candidate qualifying opening date will also shift from January 14 to February 11.
The legislative actions this extraordinary session are in response to the pending decision from the United States Supreme Court regarding the U.S. House map for Louisiana’s six districts.
PAR Louisiana has provided commentary pertaining to the work of redistricting and the switch to closed primaries here.
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