---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Louisiana SB 36 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87f66aee-0753-46b8-b57f-ba56bad10ea9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237506"
source_hash: "9f8542b103764a90a955efbb7d61b3c8ef637428d2248708693ad4f8500a74fd"
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 36 (2020) — ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB36 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1155172)
2. **SB36 Act 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181980)
3. **SB36 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169996)
4. **SB36 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171304)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1049, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169571)
6. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1165, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170678)
7. **SB36 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176616)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#481) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#95) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louie Bernard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 208. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** 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`
- **2020-02-17** 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/87f66aee-0753-46b8-b57f-ba56bad10ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).