All Roll Calls
Yes: 234 • No: 7
LouisianaHB 3422025 Regular SessionHouse
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)
Became Law
Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Fewer petition signatures for Louisiana candidates
Candidates for offices voted on statewide need 2,500 nominating-petition signatures, down from 5,000. They must include at least 250 from each congressional district, down from 500. U.S. House candidates need 750 signatures from their district, down from 1,000. Signatures must come from qualified voters and be submitted on time.
Higher primary fees for Louisiana candidates
The law raises primary-election qualifying fees for the listed statewide and congressional offices. Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, agriculture commissioner, and insurance commissioner pay $2,500. U.S. Senate candidates pay $3,500, and U.S. House candidates pay $1,500. Fees are $450 for state Supreme Court justices, appeals court judges, and Public Service Commission members. All other state candidates pay $600.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Michael Robert Bayham Jr.
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/9/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
Yes: 99 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 37 • No: 0
House vote • 5/13/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 89 • No: 2
House vote • 4/23/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 9 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Signed by the President of the Senate.
6/10/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/10/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
6/9/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/8/2025HouseScheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
6/8/2025HouseReported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/4/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/4/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
5/19/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/14/2025SenateCalled from the calendar.
5/13/2025HouseRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/13/2025HouseNotice given.
5/12/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
5/12/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
4/30/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2025.
4/28/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/24/2025HouseReported with amendments (9-5).
4/23/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/3/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
4/3/2025HouseBecomes Act No. 495 without the Governor's signature.
7/1/2024HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
7/1/2024House
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