ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides for election offenses

The statutory citation was changed from R.S. 18:1461.3(C)(5) to R.S. 18:1461.2(A)(11), moving the provision from a section specific to election officials to a general section on election offenses.

The section title was updated from 'Election offenses affecting election officials or watchers' to 'Election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or forgery' to match the new statutory citation.

A new digest was added to the document, providing an abstract summary of the bill's purpose and legal effect.

Signatures and approval lines for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor were removed, indicating this is the original version rather than the enrolled final text.

Removed draft headers, page numbers, and the House Legislative Services digest that explained the bill's purpose.

Added official signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and the Governor, finalizing the bill.

Reduced the maximum penalty for violating the photo-recording prohibition from up to five years in prison to a maximum of six months in the parish jail.

Penalties for violating the prohibition on photographing voter registration information were reduced from fines up to $5,000 and imprisonment up to five years to a maximum fine of $500 and imprisonment of six months.

The bill was reengrossed to add Representative Amedee as a co-sponsor alongside Representative Thomas.

The specific prohibition on photographing voter registration information was moved from a subsection on election fraud to a new subsection on offenses affecting election officials.