VOTING/MACHINES: Provides for the procurement of voting systems (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 577 shortens deadlines for Louisiana state agencies to evaluate and approve voting system procurement bids from 14 to 7 days. It directly affects the commissioner of administration and state bodies managing election technology contracts, modifying existing statutes (R.S. 18:1367.1-1367.14) to reduce processing times. Key provisions include replacing all "14-day" references with "7-day" deadlines for evaluations, appeals, and decisions, while adding a sunset clause ending these changes on June 30, 2027. As a procedural bill, it does not alter voting rules or election outcomes but streamlines administrative processes for voting system contracts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was converted from an original draft to an enrolled act, finalizing its text for implementation. The primary substantive change involves narrowing the scope of new voting system requirements; the act now mandates certification only for systems procured after the bill's enactment, rather than applying retroactively to systems already in use. Additionally, the specific statutory range for the new voting system provisions was adjusted to cover sections 1367.1 through 1367.14.
Scope change
The bill's applicability was narrowed to exclude retroactive requirements for existing voting systems, limiting new certification and procurement rules to future purchases.
SCOPE
Removed the requirement that existing voting systems in the state must comply with new certification standards, limiting the mandate to future procurements.
Adjusted the statutory range for the new voting system provisions from sections 1367 through 1367.16 to sections 1367.1 through 1367.14.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers to reflect the transition from 'Original' draft to 'Enrolled' Act No. 208.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
35–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 27, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (16-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Daryl Deshotel
RRepublican
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