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{{Infobox legislature
| name              = Louisiana State Legislature
| native_name       = Législature d'État de Louisiane
| legislature       = [[71st Louisiana Legislature]]
| coa_pic           = Seal of Louisiana.svg
| house_type        = Bicameral
| houses            = [[Louisiana State Senate|Senate]] <br>[[Louisiana House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| term_length       = [[Louisiana State Senate|Senate]] 4 years<br>[[Louisiana House of Representatives|House]] 4 years
| term_limits       = [[Louisiana State Senate|Senate]] 3 consecutive terms (12 years)<br>[[Louisiana House of Representatives|House]] 3 consecutive terms (12 years)
| motto             = ''Union, justice, and confidence''
| leader1_type      = [[President of the Louisiana State Senate|President of the Senate]]
| leader1           = [[Page Cortez]]
| party1            = [[Louisiana Republican Party|(R)]]
| election1         = January 13, 2020
| leader2_type      = [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]
| leader2           = [[Clay Schexnayder]]
| party2            = [[Louisiana Republican Party|(R)]]
| election2         = January 13, 2020
| house1            = State Senate
| house2            = House of Representatives
| structure1        = File:Louisiana State Senate April 2020.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| structure2        = File:Louisiana House of Representatives January 2020.svg
| structure2_res    = 250px
| salary            = $16,800/year + expenses/per diem
| members           = '''144''' voting members
* 39 senators
* 105 representatives
| political_groups1 = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap
| {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (27)
| {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (12)
}}
| political_groups2 = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap
| {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (69)
| {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (34)
| {{Color box|#C9C9C9|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2)
}}
| last_election1     = [[2019 Louisiana State Senate election|October 12 and November 16, 2019]]
| last_election2     = October 12 and November 16, 2019
| next_election1     = October 14 and November 18, 2023
| next_election2     = October 14 and November 18, 2023
| session_room      = Louisiana State Capitol Building.jpg
| session_res       = 275px
| redistricting     = Legislative control
| meeting_place     = [[Louisiana State Capitol]], [[Baton Rouge]]
| website           = http://www.legis.state.la.us/
| footnotes         = 
}}
The '''Louisiana State Legislature''' ({{lang-fr|Législature d'État de Louisiane}})<ref>A common name for the Louisiana State Legislature is "the General Assembly", a name used first in English in the 1812 Louisiana Constitution,([https://books.google.com/books?id=tIM1AQAAMAAJ&q=general+assembly&pg=PA67]) which in turn is a translation of French ''Assemblée générale'' and found in other states to designate the lower house.</ref> is the [[state legislature (United States)|state legislature]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. It is a [[bicameral]] body, made up by the [[lower house]], the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] with 105 representatives, and the [[upper house]], the [[Louisiana State Senate]] with 39 senators. 

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