BATON ROUGE–A bill calling for a constitutional convention, a key part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s agenda, passed the House floor in a 75-27 Tuesday after a lengthy debate and various amendments.

Using the current preparatory commission’s heroic assumptions to arrive at a top $4.8 million cost for a convention, that would imply a convention break-even cost of just .000034%. Thus, if a ...

A convention, by contrast, must be initiated by two-thirds of the states and would inevitably be open-ended: the Constitution, while authorizing such a mode of amendment, sets no limits to what ...

HB 800, sponsored by Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, calls for a limited constitutional convention and was introduced to the House and Governmental Affairs committee.

Those who were here for the 1974 Constitutional Convention remember it being a slow process, allowing plenty of input from the people. Dustin Granger is an advocate for a fair convention.

The Republican governor made holding a convention a central part of his legislative agenda this spring but faces challenges getting enough lawmakers to support the proposal. At a convention, Louisiana ...

Beach access is one of the issues that could come up if voters decide to have a Constitutional Convention this time around, with the state's new shoreline access law being challenged in court on ...

As legislation winds through the process to rewrite Louisiana’s constitution, a convention could convene as soon as May 30. The proposal passed 75-27 in the House on May 7 and has been referred to the ...

The next Constitutional Convention Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the State House.

The United States will celebrate its 250th birthday, also known as the Semiquincentennial, on July 4, 2026. This milestone ...

Alario who also served as House Speaker during his five decades in the legislature was elected as a delegate to the ‘73 convention. “I think most of the people were elected. It was one elected ...

The Constitution, itself, has provisions for modification, so there is nothing wrong with holding a Constitutional Convention. The Founding Fathers were not so arrogant as to think the future ...