Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 248 — VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters. (8/1/26)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 256.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill allows consolidation of polling places with fewer than 20 voters.

This bill allows precinct polling places to be closed if there are fewer than 20 voters eligible to vote, provided they can vote at another location. It also allows for polling places to be closed if all voters have cast their votes absentee or during early voting.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 32 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 248, a reference to "ACT No. 256" has been removed. This change streamlines the bill by eliminating outdated or unnecessary references, which can help clarify the legislation and make it easier to understand. By simplifying the text, it ensures that those affected by the bill can more easily follow its provisions.

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SLS 26RS-514 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
248 BY SENATOR MILLER VOTERS/VOTING.
248 BY SENATOR MILLER AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductoryparagraph of R.S.
Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters.
(8/1/26) AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductoryparagraph of R.S.
ExceptionExceptions to opening polls;
Exception Exceptions to opening polls;
* * * (2) When it is determined by the registrar of voters that there are fewer than twenty voters eligible to vote in the voting district in the precinct, for any office or proposition on the ballot, and there is a polling place where the Page 1 of 2 Coding:
* * * (2) When it is determined by the registrar of voters that thereare fewer than twenty voters eligible to vote in the voting district in the precinct, for any office or proposition on the ballot, and the location of the precinct's polling place serves as the polling place of another precinct where the remaining eligible voters may vote pursuant to Subsection C of this Section.
(3) When it is determined by the registrar of voters after the close of early Page 1 of 2 Coding:
SLS 26RS-514 ENGROSSED SB NO.
SB NO.
248 remaining eligible voters may vote pursuant to Subsection C of this Section within the same location as the polling place that will not be opened.
248 ENROLLED voting, that all voters eligible to vote in the precinct have voted absentee bymail or during early voting.
(3) When it is determined by the registrar of voters after the close of early voting, that all voters eligible to vote in the precinct have voted absentee bymail or during early voting.
* * * PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
* * * 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 248 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Miller Present law provides for circumstances when a precinct maybe closed during an election.
Proposed law retains present law but adds a situation where if there are less than twenty eligible votersin thevotingdistrict in theprecinctfor anyofficeor proposition ontheballot andthereisapollingplacewheretheremainingeligiblevotersmayvotepursuanttopresent law within the same location as the polling place that will not be opened.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S.
18:531.1(A)(intro para) and 531.1(A)(2);
adds R.S.
18:531.1(A)(3)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to the original bill 1.
Changes effective date.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 256.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

  10. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  15. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  16. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  17. Reported with amendments.

  18. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  19. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

CONCUR (#684)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 9002
Total 34005
% 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 Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#923)

Passed 96 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 62006
Democrat 27102
Total 96108
% of votes cast 91%1%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Not Voting
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#104)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 10000
Total 35003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (38)
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 Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
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

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SB 248 is sponsored by Gregory A. Miller (Republican).
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