Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB691 — VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for the verification of citizenship of registered voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Last action — Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 12, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

  • 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).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for the verification of citizenship of registered voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

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

  5. Reported with amendments (9-7).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  11. Reported favorably.

  12. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  15. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  16. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  17. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  18. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  19. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 6.

  20. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 76 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

House: AMENDMENT # 2915 BY CARTER, W., MOTION TO ADOPT

Failed 30 Yea · 71 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 26102
Unaffiliated 2801
Republican 26201
Total 307104
% of votes cast 29%68%0%4%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Amedee — Nay
Owen — Nay
Boudreaux — Nay
Galle — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Henry, C. — Nay
Landry, J. — Nay
Miller — Not Voting
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan 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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Nay
Beth Anne Billings Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Nay
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jacob Braud Republican Nay
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
Jessica Domangue Republican Nay
John E. Wyble Republican Nay
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Josh Carlson Republican Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Nay
Kim Carver Republican Nay
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Paul Sawyer Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Nay
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Nay
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Nay

Official roll call →

With Amendments

Passed 9 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Democrat 0700
Total 9700
% of votes cast 56%44%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Senate: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 28 Yea · 8 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3200
Republican 24001
Democrat 1602
Total 28803
% of votes cast 72%21%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Owen — Yea
Miller — Yea
Boudreaux — Nay
Carter — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Not Voting
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
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 Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB691 do?
VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides for the verification of citizenship of registered voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Who sponsors HB691?
HB691 is sponsored by IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican).
What is the current status of HB691?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
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