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type: "Bill"
title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for preparation and counting of absentee and early voting ballots. (gov sig) (Item #5) (EN +$82,800 GF EX See Note)"
description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for preparation and counting of absentee and early voting ballots. (gov sig) (Item #5) (EN +$82,800 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Louisiana SB 22 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7241ec10-44aa-408a-9d03-086d8ecefa3d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239464"
source_hash: "a8eb47c7b7033caf4bcc85acabc8da65ce868689374e7f2299667d4ce213c5eb"
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 SB 22 (2020s2) — VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for preparation and counting of absentee and early voting ballots. (gov sig) (Item #5) (EN +$82,800 GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB22 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189225)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #516, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192402)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #555, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192516)
4. **SB22 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194549)
5. **SB22 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189783)
6. **SB22 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190330)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #179, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190056)
8. **SB22 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193257)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#19) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#154) — **920** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#130) — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-23** Effective date 10/23/2020.
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-21** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-20** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-19** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-10-15** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-10-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments (13-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-02** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-09-30** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-09-28** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7241ec10-44aa-408a-9d03-086d8ecefa3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).