---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTED OFFICIALS: Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)"
description: "ELECTED OFFICIALS: Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Louisiana SB 218 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3af0a11b-6147-4713-a5d0-16fd96934cec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237956"
source_hash: "4cb737daaf7d0050e7f8f4516559581143e7d550e2841b1ac2b844e496eef5d7"
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 218 (2020) — ELECTED OFFICIALS: Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB218 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1161664)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2451, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178490)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2627, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176073)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2668, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176359)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2812, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177430)
6. **SB218 Act 312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182502)
7. **SB218 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170010)
8. **SB218 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172055)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #973, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169297)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1154, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170604)
11. **SB218 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178974)

## Votes

- REJECT (#651) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#592) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#772) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#721) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#172) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-06-12** Effective date 1/15/2021.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 312. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** House conferees appointed: Horton, Dwight, and Seabaugh.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Hewitt, and Price.
- **2020-05-31** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2020-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-27** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Reported with amendments (13-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** 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/3af0a11b-6147-4713-a5d0-16fd96934cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).