---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the use of monies from a foreign government or nongovernmental source to fund elections"
description: "CONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the use of monies from a foreign government or nongovernmental source to fund elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Louisiana HB 311 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43f021c-735b-4b50-b74d-abcd8d02ca3d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244208"
source_hash: "28ea8449c3ed9c7fdd6102528ce28dccb399e8dba9ce1dc588669600cab1c699"
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 311 (2023) — CONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the use of monies from a foreign government or nongovernmental source to fund elections

## Version chain

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

1. **HB311 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1307583)
2. **HB311 Act 200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332274)
3. **HB311 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317892)
4. **HB311 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323538)
5. **HB311 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320284)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2158, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317875)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2494, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319781)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2576, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320259)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3124, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323284)
10. **HB311 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331836)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#496) — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#998) — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- To consider after the 57th calendar day (#1132) — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#921) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#821) — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date: See Act.
- **2023-06-12** Becomes Act No. 200. `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 12 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Called from the Calendar.
- **2023-06-08** Reconsidered.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** By a vote of 79 yeas, 19 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 22 yeas and 12 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-31** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 30. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2023.
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Reported with amendments (8-5). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably (7-2-1. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43f021c-735b-4b50-b74d-abcd8d02ca3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).