74 bills on elections and voting
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| Bill | Title | Where it stands | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 25 | REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) Caleb Kleinpeter | Became law | Jun 23, 2026Effective date 6/22/2026. |
| HB 459 | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns Mandie Landry | Became law | Jun 9, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 1036 | CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Provides relative to the primary purpose of a committee Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, IV | Became law | Jun 8, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 359 | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the death of a candidate for a party primary office who is not affiliated with a major political party (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, IV | Became law | Jun 3, 2026Effective date: 06/03/2026. |
| HB 1057 | VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for an application to vote absentee by mail made by a member of the United States Service Joy Walters | Became law | Jun 2, 2026Effective date: 07/01/2027. |
| HB 540 | ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides for disclosures required in certain digital political communications Alonzo L. Knox | Became law | Jun 2, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| SB 319 | ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27) Thomas A. Pressly | Became law | Jun 2, 2026Effective date 7/1/2027. |
| HB 205 | ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for compensation for election commissioners (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Tony Bacala | Became law | Jun 2, 2026Effective date: 01/01/2027. |
| SB 202 | ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN +$192,000 GF EX See Note) Caleb Kleinpeter | Became law | Jun 2, 2026Effective date 6/2/2026. |
| SB 495 | ELECTION CODE: Provides for campaign finance disclosures. (8/1/26) Caleb Kleinpeter | Became law | Jun 1, 2026Effective date 1/1/2027. |
| HR 372 | VOTERS/VOTING: Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study ways to accommodate Louisiana voters with disabilities Joy Walters | Introduced | Jun 1, 2026Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| HB 639 | ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS: Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in telephone campaign communications Michael Robert Bayham, Jr. | Became law | May 29, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| SB 121 | CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) John C. "Jay" Morris | Became law | May 29, 2026Effective date: See Act. |
| HB 244 | CONSTITUTION/CONVENTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the election of constitutional convention delegates and vote requirements necessary for the adoption of a new constitution (RR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Kyle M. Green, Jr. | Died | May 28, 2026Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. |
| HB 906 | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides for nominating petitions and party primary elections Beth Anne Billings | Died | May 26, 2026Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. |
| HR 248 | COMMENDATIONS: Commends Michelle Woodfork on her election to the office of sheriff of Orleans Parish Mandie Landry | Passed one chamber | May 21, 2026Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secret… |
| HB 847 | DISTRICTS/WATER CONSERVN: Provides for the election, duties, and requirements of district supervisors of the soil and water conservation commission (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note) Rhonda Gaye Butler | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 691 | VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for the verification of citizenship of registered voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, IV | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 551 | ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for early voting commissioners assisting with the nursing home early voting program (EN +$38,400 GF EX See Note) Beth Anne Billings | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 550 | ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Increases compensation for parish board commissioners (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Beth Anne Billings | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 547 | ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides for election offenses Polly Thomas | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| HB 379 | ELECTION CODE: Provides relative to the qualifications of election commissioners Kim Carver | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| SB 248 | VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters. (8/1/26) Gregory A. Miller | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date 8/1/2026. |
| SB 218 | ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for certification programs for election officials. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Kirk Talbot | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date 8/1/2026. |
| SB 107 | ELECTION DAYS: Provides that the election scheduled for April 17, 2027, shall be a statewide election. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) John C. "Jay" Morris | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date: See Act. |
| SB 17 | REGISTRAR OF VOTERS RET: Provides for the funding deposit account for cost-of-living adjustments for the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV) Kirk Talbot | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date 5/15/2026. |
| SB 1 | PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for electronic voting requirements under the Open Meetings Law. (8/1/26) Sam Jenkins | Became law | May 15, 2026Effective date 8/1/2026. |
| HB 842 | ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, IV | Became law | May 14, 2026Effective date: See Act. |
| SB 210 | ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase in the number of election commissioners for closed party primaries. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Caleb Kleinpeter | Became law | May 11, 2026Effective date 8/1/2026. |
| HB 73 | PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for the method of voting in public meetings Tony Bacala | Died | May 11, 2026Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. |
| SCR 31 | CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to amend the National Voter Registration Act. Jeremy Stine | Passed one chamber | May 6, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| HB 446 | ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for eligible election dates for bond and tax elections (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) Chad Michael Boyer | Died | Apr 22, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on … |
| HB 1035 | ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Michael Robert Bayham, Jr. | Died | Apr 21, 2026Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| HB 400 | ELECTION DAYS: Provides that bond and tax elections shall be held only on regularly scheduled fall election dates (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) Bryan Fontenot | Died | Apr 15, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on … |
| HR 15 | ELECTIONS: Memorializes the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to pass the SAVE America Act John E. Wyble | Passed one chamber | Apr 15, 2026Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secret… |
| HB 996 | CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Provides for the use of campaign funds for clothing required for holding office Jason Brian DeWitt | Died | Apr 14, 2026Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| HB 393 | ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for eligible election dates for bond and tax elections (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Bryan Fontenot | Died | Apr 13, 2026Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| HR 102 | COMMENDATIONS: Commends Noreen Little on the occasion of her election as national president of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated Barbara Carpenter | Passed one chamber | Apr 10, 2026Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secret… |
| HB 1131 | ELECTIONS: Provides relative to voter registration (OR +$7,038,346 GF EX See Note) C. Denise Marcelle | Died | Apr 1, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| HB 1097 | JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court C. Denise Marcelle | Died | Apr 1, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| SB 473 | VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for requested time-off to vote. (8/1/26) Gary Carter | Died | Apr 1, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on … |
| HB 361 | VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for the reinstatement of the voter registration of a person who is no longer under an order of imprisonment (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) Terry Landry, Jr. | Failed | Apr 1, 2026Involuntarily deferred in committee. |
| HB 270 | VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Terry Landry, Jr. | Failed | Apr 1, 2026Involuntarily deferred in committee. |
| HB 1048 | VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to the early voting period (OR +$680,715 GF EX See Note) Ed Murray | Died | Mar 31, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| HB 534 | ELECTION DAYS: Provides for local bond and tax elections to be held only during a primary election Chad Michael Boyer | Died | Mar 30, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on … |
| SB 49 | ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the list of party primary elections. (8/1/26) (EG -$5,428,000 GF EX See Note) Alan Seabaugh | Died | Mar 25, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| SB 407 | CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) Edward J. Price | Died | Mar 17, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on … |
| HB 208 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides for a local option election to establish term limits for members of the governing authority of St. Helena Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) Robby Carter | Died | Mar 17, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| HB 701 | REAPPORTIONMENT/SENATE: Provides for the districts for the election of members of the Senate Edmond Jordan | Died | Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
| HB 700 | REAPPORTIONMENT/HOUSE: Provides for the districts for the election of members of the House of Representatives Edmond Jordan | Died | Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee o… |
From Louisiana's official records. "Where it stands" is the furthest step a bill has reached; a bill still short of law when its session ended is shown as died.