HB 506 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides relative voter registration applications collected through registration drives

HB 506 amends the state's voter registration laws to clarify how voter registration applications collected during registration drives are handled. The bill specifically updates the legal code to ensure these applications are processed correctly as part of the official registration system. This change directly affects election officials and organizations that conduct voter registration drives by providing clearer instructions for managing the paperwork they collect. The legislation focuses on streamlining administrative procedures rather than altering who is eligible to vote.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Mar 27, 2024

How they voted

259
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2024
D Democratic12
1 Yea 9 Nay 2
75% Nay
R Republican25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 27. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (8-6).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Polly Thomas
Polly Thomas
RRepublican
LA
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