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type: "Bill"
title: "VOTERS/VOTING: Requires approval by the secretary of state for the use and expands permissible locations of alternative locations for early voting. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "VOTERS/VOTING: Requires approval by the secretary of state for the use and expands permissible locations of alternative locations for early voting. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Louisiana SB 23 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5d4454-628d-4d1f-8636-c9fdafa92dd3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243900"
source_hash: "0666f92087eb17e4f86b8b5f43c6e07acb311de5665f767e76c9dc66c1563f87"
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 23 (2023) — VOTERS/VOTING: Requires approval by the secretary of state for the use and expands permissible locations of alternative locations for early voting. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB23 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1301901)
2. **SB23 Act 236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332312)
3. **SB23 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312405)
4. **SB23 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329906)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#156) — **380** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#928) — **907** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Louie Bernard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-09** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 236. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 7. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (8-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-01** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5d4454-628d-4d1f-8636-c9fdafa92dd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).