HB 625 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ELECTIONS/SPECIAL: Provides for a special statewide election on April 18, 2026, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HB 625 establishes a special statewide election to be held on April 18, 2026, for Louisiana voters to decide on proposed constitutional amendments. This bill directly affects all eligible Louisiana voters who will cast ballots on the amendments, but only if both legislative chambers approve specific constitutional amendment proposals during the 2025 legislative session. The bill sets the election date, requires compliance with Louisiana's Election Code, and specifies that the law becomes effective only if the required constitutional amendments are passed by the 2025 legislature. If no such amendments are approved by the 2025 session, the bill becomes void and the election does not occur.

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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What changed between versions

HB625 Original → HB625 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from an original draft to an enrolled act, adding official signatures from the House Speaker, Senate President, and Governor. This formalizes the legislation, making it legally binding law rather than a proposal.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document format and official status were updated.

TECHNICAL

Added official signatures and titles for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor to finalize the bill as law.

Removed the legislative digest, which is an explanatory summary that is not part of the actual law.

Updated header information to reflect the bill's status as an enrolled act (Act No. 212) instead of an original draft.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Jun 2, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

28 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jun 8, 2025

Became law

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 212.

Jun 2, 2025

Senate · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

May 27, 2025

Senate · Referred to committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

May 21, 2025

Senate · Reported by committee

Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

May 5, 2025

House · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Apr 23, 2025

House · Reported by committee

Reported favorably (12-0).

Apr 14, 2025

House · Referred to committee

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

Apr 4, 2025

House · Referred to committee

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

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors