HB 221 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

ELECTIONS/RECALL: Provides relative to recall petitions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HB 221 is a procedural bill that adds a specific effective date to existing recall petition laws rather than creating new substantive rules. The legislation establishes that its provisions will only apply to recall petitions filed on or after January 1, 2025, ensuring that any petitions filed before that date remain governed by the previous statutes. This change clarifies when the updated legal framework takes effect but does not alter the actual process for citizens filing recall petitions.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024 Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024

How they voted

320
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 38
May 29, 2024
D Democratic12
8 Yea 4
66% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
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Photo of Mike Bayham
Mike Bayham
RRepublican
LA
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