---
type: "Bill"
title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "Louisiana HB 286 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick D. Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3245f2b-7464-488e-81c6-82d62188abe4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240163"
source_hash: "bc0aa4b579d6f69683aa0dbd65fc71ad95102cc322020cde2cee10702af9e907"
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 286 (2021) — VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB286 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208933)
2. **HB286 Act 365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235693)
3. **HB286 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221374)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2172, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220193)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2352, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221345)
6. **HB286 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229608)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#405) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#514) — **2–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#513) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frederick D. Jones — primary (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 06/16/2021.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 365. `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** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-05** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3245f2b-7464-488e-81c6-82d62188abe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).