---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 342"
citation: "Louisiana HB 342 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bayham"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef6ec00-5ca9-4996-8969-29e08ff31e19"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248307"
source_hash: "5eb278cf52da195cd47bcd9903c72d39ae272ef3c8279f0d5f4ed1ce659497a7"
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 342 (2025) — ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB342 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402571)
2. **HB342 Act 495** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427685)
3. **HB342 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408087)
4. **HB342 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414516)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1393, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406664)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1572, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408067)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2677, Bayham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413687)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2023, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416657)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2849, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421616)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2983, Kleinpeter, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422408)
11. **HB342 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423365)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#999) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#704) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#358) — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Bayham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 495 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
- **2025-05-12** Notice given.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (9-5). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fef6ec00-5ca9-4996-8969-29e08ff31e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).