LA SB 319

enacted

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did LA SB 319 pass?

Yes. LA SB 319 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5.

What is LA SB 319 about?

LA SB 319 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27)”.

Who sponsors LA SB 319?

Thomas Pressly is the primary sponsor of LA SB 319.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-06-02 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-02
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-02
Effective date 7/1/2027.
2026-05-28
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
executive-receipt
2026-05-27
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
enrolled
2026-05-27
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-26
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-26
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 30. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-05-26
Received from the House without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-25
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-05-25
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.
2026-05-20
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-05-19
Reported favorably (7-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-07
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee
2026-05-06
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-05-05
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-05
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-04-21
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-20
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-15
Reported with amendments.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
filing,referral-committee

Versions

Senate Committee Amendment, #821, S&G, DraftCompare
Senate Committee Amendment, #2172, S&G, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2392, Pressly, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #2744, Pressly, AdoptedCompare
House Committee Amendment, #5610, H&G, DraftCompare
SB319 OriginalCompare
SB319 EngrossedCompare
SB319 ReengrossedCompare
SB319 EnrolledCompare
SB319 Act 5Compare
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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#561)
2026-05-05 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Foil: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Harris: yes
- Morris: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Price: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Carter: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Miller: yes
- Connick: other
- Reese: other
- Duplessis: other
- Selders: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1528)
2026-05-26 · pass · 68-30
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Echols: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Egan: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Berault: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Billings: yes
- Firment: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Riser: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Braud: yes
- Galle: yes
- Spell: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Geymann: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Butler: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carver: yes
- Horton: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Illg: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Cox: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Wright: yes
- Crews: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Mack: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Amedee: no
- Henry, D.: no
- McCormick: no
- Boyd: no
- Johnson, T.: no
- Mena: no
- Brass: no
- Jordan: no
- Miller: no
- Bryant: no
- Knox: no
- Moore: no
- Carpenter: no
- LaFleur: no
- Murray: no
- Carter, W.: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Newell: no
- Chassion: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Phelps: no
- Fisher: no
- Larvadain: no
- Schamerhorn: no
- Freeman: no
- Lyons: no
- Taylor: no
- Green: no
- Marcelle: no
- Young: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Landry, J.: other
- Wiley: other
- Bagley: other
- Thompson: other
- Jackson: other
- Walters: other

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