republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024s1/hb-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS: Provides for closed party primary elections for certain offices (Items #7, #8, and #10) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "ELECTIONS: Provides for closed party primary elections for certain offices (Items #7, #8, and #10) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s1"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Louisiana HB 17 (2024s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 17
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-01-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c4ed4e-076a-4898-8c56-88806dba48f7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245514"
source_hash: "f1a68ce5e2ea8830a127c5093ba8c5add3804f063c9f2c331de8f6132a283e6f"
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 17 (2024s1) — ELECTIONS: Provides for closed party primary elections for certain offices (Items #7, #8, and #10) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB17 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340155)
2. **HB17 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1341043)
3. **HB17 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340252)
4. **HB17 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340429)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #40, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340166)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #41, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340168)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #45, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340205)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #47, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340240)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #53, Jordan, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340293)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #56, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340324)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #57, Freeman, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340345)
12. **House Floor Amendment, #58, Freeman, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340351)
13. **House Floor Amendment, #59, Carter, Wilford, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340377)
14. **House Floor Amendment, #60, Jackson, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340382)
15. **House Floor Amendment, #61, Newell, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340364)
16. **House Floor Amendment, #63, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340385)
17. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #53, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340302)
18. **Senate Committee Amendment, #79, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340633)
19. **Senate Committee Amendment, #81, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340672)
20. **Senate Floor Amendment, #89, Luneau, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340688)
21. **Senate Floor Amendment, #93, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340719)
22. **Senate Floor Amendment, #94, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340720)
23. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #92, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340698)
24. **HB17 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340749)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#18) — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 63 BY LANDRY, M., MOTION TO ADOPT (#13) — **33–69** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 57 BY FREEMAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#7) — **35–68** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 59 BY CARTER, W., MOTION TO ADOPT (#10) — **30–73** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 94 BY FESI, HB 17 BY EMERSON (#17) — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 53 BY JORDAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#11) — **32–72** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 61 BY NEWELL, MOTION TO ADOPT (#9) — **37–67** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 93 BY FESI, HB 17 BY EMERSON (#16) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 89 BY LUNEAU, HB 17 BY EMERSON (#15) — **9–28** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#14) — **64–40** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 58 BY FREEMAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#8) — **30–73** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 60 BY JACKSON, MOTION TO ADOPT (#12) — **31–71** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#24) — **67–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Effective date: 01/01/2026.
- **2024-01-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-01-19** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-19** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-01-19** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-01-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 67, nays 36, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-01-19** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-01-19** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-01-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 40. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 01/17/2024.
- **2024-01-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** Rules suspended.
- **2024-01-16** Reported with amendments (11-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-15** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House 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/15c4ed4e-076a-4898-8c56-88806dba48f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).