republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-30.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides that a U.S. military identification card may be used at the polls for voting purposes (EN +$110,200 GF EX See Note)"
description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Provides that a U.S. military identification card may be used at the polls for voting purposes (EN +$110,200 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Louisiana HB 30 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80218f7-2974-4102-bfed-a4e10ad44eff"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235657"
source_hash: "c00653d2b51335179025755dac5a2242061dca893c4025a08fd94c7589468c7e"
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 30 (2019) — VOTERS/VOTING: Provides that a U.S. military identification card may be used at the polls for voting purposes (EN +$110,200 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB30 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1113349)
2. **HB30 Act 133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143666)
3. **HB30 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127021)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1496, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126997)
5. **HB30 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141382)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#327) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#836) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Leopold — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 01/01/2020.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 133. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (7-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/1/2019.
- **2019-02-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a80218f7-2974-4102-bfed-a4e10ad44eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).