Legislation Louisiana
State bills will go through the State Senate and the State House. Bills going through the Senate begin with S. Bills going through the House begin with HR. There is no set order of the two branches it must go through first or second. If it goes first through the Senate it will then go through the House. If it first goes through the House it will then go through the Senate. A bill must pass through both branches before it will be considered law. State bills fo to the govenor while national bills go to the president.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
U.S. Senators representing Louisiana should not be confused with Louisiana State Senators. Each state has two US Senators, and each state's two make up the 100 U.S. Senators. However, there are far more than 100 total senators.
Louisiana US Senator Mary Landrieu
Louisiana US Senator David Vitter
Louisiana U.S. House Representatives should not be confused with Louisiana State House Representatives. Louisiana has 6 U.S. House Representatives.
Louisiana State Senators should not be confused Louisiana US Senators. Louisiana has 39 State Senators.
Louisiana State House Representatives should not be confused with Louisiana US House Representatives. Louisiana has 105 State House Representatives.
