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type: "Bill"
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title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)"
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description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 286"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 286 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frederick D. Jones"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-03-30"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3245f2b-7464-488e-81c6-82d62188abe4"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240163"
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source_hash: "bc0aa4b579d6f69683aa0dbd65fc71ad95102cc322020cde2cee10702af9e907"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 286 (2021) — VOTERS/VOTING: Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB286 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208933)
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2. **HB286 Act 365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235693)
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3. **HB286 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221374)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #2172, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220193)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #2352, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221345)
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6. **HB286 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229608)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#405) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
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- CO-AUTHORS (#514) — **2–0** (fail) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#513) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frederick D. Jones — primary (person)
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- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
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- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
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- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
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- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 06/16/2021.
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 365. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2021-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2021-05-20** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably.
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- **2021-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
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- **2021-05-06** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2021-05-05** Reported with amendments (10-0).
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- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
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- **2021-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3245f2b-7464-488e-81c6-82d62188abe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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