2026 Regular Session
SB319
Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27)
Legislative progress
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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 fact—if 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.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 5, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 319 FINAL PASSAGE (#561)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
May 26, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 319 FINAL PASSAGE (#1528)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
67 yea–30 nay · 8 absent
May 26, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 319 FINAL PASSAGE (#1528)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
68 yea–30 nay · 7 absent
Committee referrals
May 7, 2026 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
February 27, 2026 · Senate
Governmental Affairs
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Effective date 7/1/2027.
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Senate Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5.
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Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Senate Received from the House without amendments.
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House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 30. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.
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House Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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House Reported favorably (7-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.