---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS: Provides relative to elections (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "ELECTIONS: Provides relative to elections (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Louisiana HB 873 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef961ee2-0058-4d64-8bfd-040906e698f7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247068"
source_hash: "ff5c1fdac3ff293ed14febcfe1ad7f90e2a05e63f91d4ff4ea7b9868c58ed6c3"
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 873 (2024) — ELECTIONS: Provides relative to elections (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB873 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361062)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5353, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381055)
3. **HB873 Act 640** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382369)
4. **HB873 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364553)
5. **HB873 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370537)
6. **HB873 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368717)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2696, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364261)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2743, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364480)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #3522, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367876)
10. **House Committee Amendment, #3648, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368605)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #3736, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369206)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4055, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377465)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4072, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377523)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4350, Talbot, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380002)
15. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #4368, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380035)
16. **HB873 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381783)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1744) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1705) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#782) — **98–4** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1463) — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1374) — **29–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 640. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 26 yeas and 8 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2024.
- **2024-05-31** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-31** Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Seabaugh, and Miguez.
- **2024-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-31** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Beaullieu, and Thomas.
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-23** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported with amendments (21-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-10** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef961ee2-0058-4d64-8bfd-040906e698f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).