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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 365
BY REPRESENTATIVES MORENO AND BROADWATER
VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides with respect to voter registration information and
data
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:18(D) and to enact R.S. 18:154(C)(2)(d), relative to certain2
voter information and data; to authorize the secretary of state to enter into certain3
agreements to share certain voter information or data; to provide for the purposes of4
such agreements; to require certain provisions; to provide relative to the5
confidentiality of certain voter information and data; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 18:18(D) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 18:154(C)(2)(d)9
is hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§18. Secretary of state; powers and duties11
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D. The secretary of state may enter into cooperative agreements with other13
states or the Electronic Registration Information Center to share voter registration14
information or data for purposes of determining whether a voter is registered in more15
than one state and for the maintenance of the state voter registration computer16
system. The secretary of state shall include in any such cooperative agreement a17
provision for the privacy of the information or data that complies fully with18
applicable state and federal law.19
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§154. Records open to inspection; copying; exceptions1
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C.3
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(2)5
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(d) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to7
voter registration information or data transmitted to a state or the Electronic8
Registration Information Center for purposes of determining whether a voter is9
registered to vote in more than one state and for the maintenance of the state voter10
registration computer system.11
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not13
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature14
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If15
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become16
effective on the day following such approval.17
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, 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)]
Moreno HB No. 365
Abstract: Authorizes the secretary of state to enter into certain cooperative agreements
with other states or the Electronic Registration Information Center to share voter
information and data and requires privacy provisions relative to such information and
data.
Present law (R.S. 18:18(D)) authorizes the secretary of state to enter into cooperative
agreements with other states to share voter registration information for purposes of
determining whether a voter is registered in more than one state.
Proposed law retains present law. Additionally authorizes the secretary of state to enter into
cooperative agreements for the maintenance of the state voter registration computer system.
Authorizes the secretary of state to enter into cooperative agreements with the Electronic
Registration Information Center. Provides that such cooperative agreements may also
involve the sharing of voter registration data. Requires the secretary of state to include in HLS 14RS-947 REENGROSSED
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any such cooperative agreement a provision for the privacy of the information or data that
complies fully with applicable state and federal law.
Present law (R.S. 18:154) prohibits the registrar and the Dept. of State from disclosing
certain voter information, including a voter's mother's maiden name and the driver's license
number, social security number, day and month of the date of birth, e-mail address, and short
message service number of a voter. Provides exceptions.
Proposed law provides an exception to present law for voter registration information or data
transmitted to a state or the Electronic Registration Information Center for purposes of
determining whether a voter is registered to vote in more than one state and for the
maintenance of the state voter registration computer system.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 18:18(D); Adds R.S. 18:154(C)(2)(d))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Authorizes the secretary of state to enter into cooperative agreements with the
Electronic Registration Information Center, instead of with groups of states.
2. Provides that the proposed law exception to prohibitions against disclosure of
certain voter information applies to information or data transmitted to the
Electronic Registration Information Center, instead of information or data
transmitted to a group of states.