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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTION CODE: Defines certain terms in the election code. (8/1/24)"
+description: "ELECTION CODE: Defines certain terms in the election code. (8/1/24)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 449"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 449 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Seabaugh"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ebe8f9d-1de0-49c5-89f4-237204cc3cbc"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247038"
+source_hash: "0ac916c37bc3f579d65f63c26369668701283806fd81e2139507cbd1995bfa99"
+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 449 (2024) — ELECTION CODE: Defines certain terms in the election code. (8/1/24)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB449 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360798)
+2. **SB449 Act 355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380830)
+3. **SB449 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368957)
+4. **SB449 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377875)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1311) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#449) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Seabaugh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
+- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 355. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
+- **2024-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-05-14** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-30** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ebe8f9d-1de0-49c5-89f4-237204cc3cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+