---
type: "Bill"
title: "VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for removal of deceased persons from voter registration rolls (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for removal of deceased persons from voter registration rolls (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Louisiana HB 167 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e22e00f-78d2-4c94-b12d-d33ab6ebbe38"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239992"
source_hash: "a24a00c43825cafaf25634034bc4bf972a85f394fa557278255e8a9b960ced1d"
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 167 (2021) — VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for removal of deceased persons from voter registration rolls (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB167 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1205661)
2. **HB167 Act 364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235692)
3. **HB167 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216586)
4. **HB167 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218112)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1442, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215899)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1525, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216527)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1751, Johnson, Mike, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217760)
8. **HB167 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228959)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#92) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#548) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 06/01/2022.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 364. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-05** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported with amendments (13-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.
- **2021-03-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e22e00f-78d2-4c94-b12d-d33ab6ebbe38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).