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Yes: 257 • No: 6
LouisianaHB 5022025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Provides for the compensation, evaluation, duties, and removal of registrars of voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsored By: Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs
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Bill Overview
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Staff protected during registrar removal cases
A registrar facing removal cannot remove deputy registrars, confidential assistants, or other employees during the case. This protection starts when the registrar learns of the removal proceeding. It ends when the State Board of Election Supervisors makes its final decision. Registrars otherwise retain their authority to remove employees.
Registrar offices keep hours and answer locally
Principal registrar offices must open on days state departments are open, at least from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registrars can extend office hours or days. Closures on state workdays are allowed only in extreme circumstances, and essential duties must continue. Registrars must also appear before their parish governing authority when it requests an appearance.
Merit reviews shape election staff pay
Louisiana registrars, chief deputies, and confidential assistants paid at salary step one or higher must receive annual January merit reviews. Ratings are “excellent,” “successful,” “unsuccessful,” or “not assessed.” An “excellent” rating earns the next salary step, up to the highest step allowed for the parish’s population range. The secretary of state sets registrar review rules with the Registrars of Voters Association and conducts reviews through designated evaluators. The association sets staff review rules, and parish registrars evaluate their staff. Registrars can appeal ratings to the State Board of Election Supervisors; members involved in the review cannot hear that appeal.
Registrars face suspension and removal rules
Louisiana’s State Board of Election Supervisors can remove registrars for willful duty-related misconduct or willful, persistent failure to perform duties. Other grounds include persistent public conduct that harms voter registration administration and discredits the office, incompetence, or consistent under-performance. Abuse of state leave policies, substance abuse policy violations, two successive “unsuccessful” annual ratings, and felony convictions also qualify. By majority vote, the board can immediately suspend a registrar, with or without pay, pending a removal hearing. Parish accusations require a two-thirds governing-authority vote and certified mail to the board chair, with return receipt requested. The board must schedule a hearing within 30 days of receiving that resolution or qualifying commissioner accusations. Commissioner accusations must concern the first seven grounds, rather than the rating or felony grounds. A commissioner serving on the board cannot hear the case; the secretary of state names an association member as replacement.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/10/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
Yes: 99 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 5/22/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 88 • No: 5
House vote • 5/19/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 18 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 13 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 371.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: 06/20/2025.
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/12/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/12/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/11/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
6/10/2025HouseRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/9/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/9/2025HouseScheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/8/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/8/2025SenateReported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
6/4/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
5/28/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/27/2025SenateCalled from the calendar.
5/22/2025HouseRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/22/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
5/21/2025HouseNotice given.
5/21/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025.
5/21/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
5/20/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
5/20/2025HouseReported with amendments (18-0).
5/19/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
4/24/2025HouseReported with amendments (13-1).
4/23/2025House
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