ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain ...
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SB 202 — ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN +$192,000 GF EX See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 747.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
This bill increases the number of meetings for parish boards of election supervisors in certain parishes.
The legislation boosts the frequency of meetings held by parish boards of election supervisors for specific races in designated parishes. This aims to improve the oversight and administration of elections.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
19 added · 37 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of Bill SB 202, a specific reference to "ACT No. 747" has been removed. This change indicates that the provisions of the bill are no longer tied to that particular act, which could streamline its implementation or clarify its intent. Removing such a reference can help avoid confusion and ensure that the bill stands on its own merits. Overall, this adjustment may streamline the legislative process or align the bill more closely with current regulations.
SLS 26RS-516 RE-REENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
202 BY SENATOR KLEINPETER ELECTIONSAND DEPARTMENT.REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.18:423(E), relative to parish board of election supervisors;
Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races.
(8/1/26) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.18:423(E), relative to parish board of election supervisors;
In addition, each member of the board who is not a public official shall receive fiftydollars for each dayspent in court as a subpoenaedwitnesssubpoenaed witness in litigation concerningthe performance of his duties as a member of the parish board of election supervisors in connection Pagewith 1an ofelection. 2 Coding:
* * * Section 2.(A) The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective when an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.
(B) The provisions of this Section shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Page 1 of 2 Coding:
SLS 26RS-516 RE-REENGROSSED SB NO.
202 withENROLLED anConstitution election.of Louisiana.
*If *vetoed *by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, the provisions of this Section 2.shall become effective on the day following such approval.
ThePRESIDENT implementationOF ofTHE theSENATE provisionsSPEAKER ofOF thisTHE ActHOUSE shallOF beREPRESENTATIVES subjectGOVERNOR toOF theTHE appropriationSTATE ofOF fundsLOUISIANA byAPPROVED: the legislature for this purpose.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 202 Re-Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Kleinpeter Present law provides that parish board of election supervisors receive one hundred fifty dollars for each daynot to exceed six days spent in the performance of his duties.
Proposed law retains present law but changes the time period from six to seven days.
Present law provides that each member of the board maybe compensatedfor not more than eight days for a presidential or regularly scheduled or special congressional primary or general election.
Proposed law changes this maximum compensation time to nine days.
Implementation of the provisions of proposed law is subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S.
18:423(E)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the engrossed bill 1.
Provide that implementation of the provisions of proposed law is subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.
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Make technical changes.
Senate Floor Amendments to reengrossed bill 1.
Makes technical change.
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- Engrossed SB202 Re-Reengrossed pdf
- Engrossed SB202 Reengrossed pdf
- Engrossed SB202 Engrossed pdf
- SB202 Act View text pdf
- SB202 Original View text pdf
Amendments
6 amendments- House Committee Amendment, #6093, APP, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #6029, APP, Draft Show changes
- Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3267, Miller, G., Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3150, FNCE, Draft Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3048, FNCE, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1651, FNCE, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 747.
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Effective date 6/2/2026.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Reported favorably (9-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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Reported favorably.
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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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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Caleb Kleinpeter · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Caleb Kleinpeter Republican
Co-sponsors (1)
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 145 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Republican | 64 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 93 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Not Voting |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 202?
- SB 202 is sponsored by Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat) and Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 202?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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