---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Louisiana SB 420 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8f0326-b129-473e-b844-eca831cbd786"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246936"
source_hash: "dd50211aa2681799637244f39d564d3ac63dbcca81ec8f9fbe219519494b5808"
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 420 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB420 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359026)
2. **SB420 Act 350** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380824)
3. **SB420 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365801)
4. **SB420 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377704)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1264) — **69–29** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#344) — **27–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 29. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably (6-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a8f0326-b129-473e-b844-eca831cbd786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).