HB 206 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ELECTIONS: Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code

HB 206 requires state legislators to explicitly approve any proposed changes to election procedures that conflict with the existing Election Code. This bill directly affects election officials and local governments seeking to implement new voting rules or processes that would deviate from current law. Its key provision mandates that such changes cannot take effect without specific legislative authorization. The bill aims to ensure all election procedure modifications align with established state election law. It is currently in committee review, having passed its first committee vote with no opposition.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 1, 2025 Vetoed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1977, Reese, Adopted HB206 Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 11, 2025
MINOR
The bill was transitioned from a Senate floor amendment note to its final enrolled version, adding the full text of the law. The enacted legislation prohibits state and local election officials from entering into consent decrees or settlement agreements that alter election procedures without specific approval via a concurrent resolution by the legislature. It also bars elected officials from agreeing to changes in redistricting or reapportionment maps without legislative consent.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from a proposed amendment to a complete statutory enactment applicable to all state, parish, and local election officials and elected officials in the executive branch.
REQUIREMENT

Established a mandatory requirement that any consent decree or settlement agreement altering election procedures must be approved by the legislature through a concurrent resolution.

Prohibited elected officials from entering agreements that modify redistricting or reapportionment maps or other district boundaries without legislative approval.

ENFORCEMENT

Defined the procedural method for legislative approval, requiring it to follow the same process used for suspending laws under the state constitution, though without a fixed suspension period.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

2511
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 8, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 20, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 67, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
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 Michael Melerine
Michael Melerine
RRepublican
LA
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