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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 101
BY SENATORS B. GAUTREAUX, ADLEY, CHABERT, DUPLESSIS, N.
GAUTREAUX, LAFLEUR AND QUINN AND REPRESENTATIVES
CHANDLER, ELLINGTON, GISCLAIR, ST. GERMAIN AND
THIBAUT
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Provides with respect to the election of the president and
president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House
of Representatives. (See Act)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 24:501 and 505, and to enact R.S. 44:4(44), relative to the2
offices of the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives and3
the president and president pro tempore of the Senate; to provide for the election of4
the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives and the5
president and president pro tempore of the Senate by confidential ballot; to provide6
relative to certain public records; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 24:501 and 505 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as9
follows: 10
§501. Speaker of the House of Representatives; speaker pro tempore11
The speaker of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore of12
the House of Representatives shall be elected viva voce by confidential ballot from13
among the membership of the house by the membership of the house in accordance14
with such rules of the House of Representatives governing the election of the speaker15
and speaker pro tempore as were in force at the adjournment of the immediately16
preceding regular session of the legislature.17 SB NO. 101
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§505. President of the Senate; president pro tempore2
The president of the Senate and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall3
be elected by confidential ballot from among the membership of the Senate by the4
membership thereof in accordance with the rules of the Senate governing the election5
of the president and president pro tempore.6
Section 2. R.S. 44:4(44) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
§4. Applicability8
This Chapter shall not apply:9
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(44) To the ballots cast by members of the legislature pursuant to the11
provisions of R.S. 24:501 and 505 and in accordance with the rules of order of12
the respective houses of the legislature and the Joint Rules of Order of the13
Senate and House of Representatives.14
Section 3. This Act shall become effective only if the proposed constitutional15
amendment to be submitted to the electors of the state at the statewide election to be held on16
November 2, 2010, that originated as Senate Bill __ of the 2010 Regular Session of the17
Legislature is approved by the electorate, and shall become effective at the same time as the18
proposed constitutional amendment.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
B. Gautreaux SB No. 101
Present law provides that the speaker of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro
tempore of the House of Representatives are to be elected viva voce (by voice) from among
the membership of the house by the membership of the house in accordance with the rules
of order of the House of Representatives governing the election of these officers as were in
force at the adjournment of the immediately preceding regular session of the legislature.
Present law provides that the president of the Senate and the president pro tempore of the
Senate are to be elected from among the membership of the Senate by the Senate members
in accordance with the rules of order of the Senate governing the election of these officers.
Proposed law provides that the speaker and speaker pro tempore of the House of
Representatives and the president and president pro tempore of the Senate are to be elected
by confidential ballot. SB NO. 101
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Proposed law provides that the ballots cast by members of the legislature pursuant to the
provisions of present law and in accordance with the rules of order of the respective houses
of the legislature and joint rules of order are not subject to present law relative to public
records.
Proposed law provides that this Act shall become effective only if the proposed
constitutional amendment that originated as Senate Bill of the 2010 Regular Session
of the Legislature is approved by the electorate.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 24:501 and 505; adds R.S. 44:4(44))