---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS/POLLING PLACES: Provides relative to notice of the reason for changes to polling places (EN +$32,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "ELECTIONS/POLLING PLACES: Provides relative to notice of the reason for changes to polling places (EN +$32,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Louisiana HB 319 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candace N. Newell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41fdb1ca-6623-48e9-977b-3b3005a88ccf"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245957"
source_hash: "a1b3016f770e606e41bd139f2a95f93823d85d1b062f7c25c133fe63bf48799f"
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 319 (2024) — ELECTIONS/POLLING PLACES: Provides relative to notice of the reason for changes to polling places (EN +$32,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB319 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349151)
2. **HB319 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381950)
3. **HB319 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358987)
4. **HB319 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362682)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1960, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358961)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2244, Newell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361677)
7. **HB319 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374315)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#241) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#661) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Candace N. Newell — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 07/01/2025.
- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 470 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-17** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/2024.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41fdb1ca-6623-48e9-977b-3b3005a88ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).