REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Provides relative to the number of employees in the registrar of voters office in certain parishes (EN +$522,132 GF EX See Note)
This bill adjusts the staffing requirements for registrar of voters offices in specific parishes based on their population size. It establishes that parishes with between 0 and 30,000 residents must employ at least two staff members, while those with between 30,001 and 65,000 residents must have at least three. The legislation directly impacts local election officials by setting minimum employee counts to ensure adequate administrative support.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House May 1, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
6
Committee
9
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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