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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
+description: "ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 563"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 563 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-29"
+last_action: "2019-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67d84cc1-e76c-4364-a53a-7bd2e327f802"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236413"
+source_hash: "480712efe4363cb30a16a25ee942ea84cc492b2450691d038ad2aa0ec4bb3ea4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 563 (2019) — ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB563 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122286)
+2. **HB563 Act 374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144525)
+3. **HB563 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130200)
+4. **HB563 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134574)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #1592, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127840)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #2001, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130171)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #2652, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133916)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2666, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138470)
+9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3238, Peterson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141092)
+10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2847, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139392)
+11. **HB563 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142184)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#912) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#817) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#317) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
+- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 374. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
+- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
+- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (8-0).
+- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67d84cc1-e76c-4364-a53a-7bd2e327f802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+