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LouisianaSB 2482026 Regular SessionSenate

VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Gregory A. Miller (Republican)

Signed by Governor

House and Governmental AffairsSenate and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Louisiana allows some precinct polling closures

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana registrars can leave some precinct polling places unopened. One exception applies when fewer than 20 voters are eligible in the precinct’s voting district for any office or proposition. The location must also serve another precinct where the remaining eligible voters can vote under the law’s shared-location rules. Registrars can also leave a polling place unopened after early voting closes if all eligible precinct voters have already voted. Those votes must have been cast by absentee mail or during early voting.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gregory A. Miller

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 1

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/23/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 256.

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/15/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/6/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House

  9. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/28/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/27/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/23/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/24/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/23/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/16/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/11/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    2/26/2026Senate

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