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LouisianaHB 3792026 Regular SessionHouse

ELECTION CODE: Provides relative to the qualifications of election commissioners

Sponsored By: Kim Carver (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

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Louisiana 17-year-olds gain election commissioner eligibility

Louisiana law lets eligible people age 17, but under 18, serve as election commissioners even though they are not qualified voters. They must meet the other commissioner qualifications. They can serve in any precinct within the ward where they are eligible to register to vote. They must also meet one of these education requirements: attend 11th or 12th grade at a Louisiana public or state-approved nonpublic high school; study at either grade level in a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; hold a diploma from a Louisiana public high school, board-approved nonpublic high school, or board-approved home study program; or hold a high school equivalency diploma earned by passing the General Educational Development test.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 6

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

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.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 6

House vote • 3/25/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 158.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  7. 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.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    4/1/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/31/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/31/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

    3/30/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/26/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

    3/25/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/25/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    2/25/2026House

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