republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-36.md

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Bill	ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)	ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	SB 36	Louisiana SB 36 (2020)	bill		enacted	Louie Bernard	7	16	2	2020-02-17	2020-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/87f66aee-0753-46b8-b57f-ba56bad10ea9	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237506	9f8542b103764a90a955efbb7d61b3c8ef637428d2248708693ad4f8500a74fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 36 (2020) — ELECTION CODE: Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB36 Original (filed) — source
2. SB36 Act 208 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB36 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SB36 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Committee Amendment, #1049, S&G, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1165, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. SB36 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#481) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#95) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Louie Bernard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-11 Effective date 6/11/2020.
• 2020-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 208. executive-signature
• 2020-06-01 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2020-05-31 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-05-28 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-05-27 Received from the House without amendments.
• 2020-05-27 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-05-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
• 2020-05-21 Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2020-05-20 Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-13 Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. referral-committee
• 2020-05-11 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-07 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-03-09 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. filing, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87f66aee-0753-46b8-b57f-ba56bad10ea9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).