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type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code"
description: "ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Louisiana HB 751 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Dwight"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22f45687-077d-4f47-8aef-0f3049584362"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238662"
source_hash: "9f8b78da760c8fdb00b2d284163e06063f328386f025e37355de734f0ff61c82"
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 751 (2020) — ELECTION CODE: Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB751 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167790)
2. **HB751 Act 28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180229)
3. **HB751 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172201)
4. **HB751 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175143)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1814, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171489)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1894, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171816)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1951, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172189)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2150, Dwight, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173522)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2006, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176185)
10. **HB751 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178582)
## Votes
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#725) — **950** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#267) — **990** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#504) — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stephen Dwight — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-04** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 28. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported with amendments (13-0-1).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** 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/22f45687-077d-4f47-8aef-0f3049584362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).