[2] Jean Noel Destréhan and Allan Bowie Magruder were selected by the joint legislature to be Louisiana's first United States Senators on September 3, 1812.

Although the procedure is not mandated constitutionally, the speaker of the house is traditionally recommended by the governor of Louisiana to the body.

The legislature is required to convene in the state capitol in Baton Rouge for regular annual sessions.

The legislature is required to meet in an organizational session, which cannot exceed three days, on the date its members take office.

The power to legislate in a special session is limited to the objects specifically enumerated in the proclamation.

Each house is required to also keep a journal of its proceedings and have it published immediately after the close of each session.

However, the legislature has the constitutional power to override a gubernatorial veto by a vote of two-thirds from each house.