(1202 Senate floor votes analyzed β so far...)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-04-01
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteLast Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
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Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
1
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Governmental Affairs π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
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SB319 advances the same election-integrity principle behind the federal SAVE America Act by replacing attestation-based safeguards with documentary verification. Louisiana already checks identity at the polls, but that check can currently be satisfied by affidavit. This bill strengthens that safeguard by requiring voters to present actual documentation of their identity during in-person and early voting.
The current affidavit option allows a person to cast a ballot without presenting identification by signing a sworn statement attesting to their identity. While that statement carries potential legal penalties, those penalties are applied only after the factβif an issue is detected and pursued. In practice, this makes the affidavit a trust-based mechanism rather than a true verification step. SB319 replaces that approach with a requirement to present documentation at the time of voting, shifting identity verification from a post-election safeguard to an upfront condition of participation.
This change eliminates the easiest pathway to vote without producing any form of identification.
Last Action: Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Date: 2026-04-09
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Health & Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Transportation, Highways and Public Works π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Co-sponsors: Adam Bass
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Transportation, Highways & Public Works π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Date: 2026-03-24
Pending: π Natural Resources and Environment π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Date: 2026-04-09
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-04-08
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-30
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Title of substitute read and adopted; becomes Senate Bill No. 427.
Date: 2026-03-30
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Health and Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteLast Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-31
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteLast Action: Reported favorably.
Date: 2026-04-08
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteLast Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Health & Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 3/27/2026.
Date: 2026-03-30
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature Website