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type: "Bill"
title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voting systems. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voting systems. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Louisiana SB 221 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63a9f9b-3be4-4c87-ae39-55cd75cb4a8c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240619"
source_hash: "1670e54433bd60f4dddd9dcedff92bb1054fd6c73ff708332d75b9f4f3d5fb39"
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 SB 221 (2021) — VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voting systems. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB221 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212314)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3763, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234549)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3201, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226040)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3237, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226176)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3239, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226179)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3246, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226344)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3651, Edmonston, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229337)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3653, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229468)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3721, Amedee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230166)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3727, Hodges, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230259)
11. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2369, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226610)
12. **SB221 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236590)
13. **SB221 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215574)
14. **SB221 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218739)
15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #613, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214358)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1147, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217813)
17. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1056, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217340)
18. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #884, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216227)
19. **SB221 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234679)
## Votes
- AMENDMENT # 3727 BY HODGES, MOTION TO ADOPT (#898) — **28–69** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#179) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1138) — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#180) — **14–0** (fail) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1254) — **69–34** (pass) · lower
- REJECT (#674) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#899) — **62–39** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3721 BY AMEDEE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#897) — **66–34** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-07-01** Effective date 7/1/2021.
- **2021-07-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 480. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 69, nays 34. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-06** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-03** House conferees appointed: Stefanski, Duplessis, and Thomas.
- **2021-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Hewitt, Milligan, and Tarver.
- **2021-06-03** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2021-06-02** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-01** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-01** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 62, nays 39. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-01** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2021.
- **2021-05-27** Notice given.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63a9f9b-3be4-4c87-ae39-55cd75cb4a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).