HLS 20RS-110 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 41
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREEN
GOVERNOR/SUCCESSION: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for gubernatorial
succession
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to amend and reenact Article IV, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to
3 change the order of gubernatorial succession; to provide for submission of the
4 proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
5 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
6elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
7Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to
8amend Article IV, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
9 §14. Vacancy in Office of Governor
10 Section 14. When a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the order of
11 succession shall be (1) the elected lieutenant governor, (2) the elected secretary of
12 state the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, (3) the elected attorney
13 general the presiding officer of the Senate, (4) the elected treasurer the elected
14 secretary of state, (5) the presiding officer of the Senate the elected attorney general,
15 (6) the presiding officer of the House of Representatives the elected treasurer, and
16 then (7) as provided by law. The successor shall serve the remainder of the term for
17 which the governor was elected.
18 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
19to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 3,
202020.
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HB NO. 41
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
2there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to change the order of gubernatorial
6 succession? (Amends Article IV, Section 14)
DIGEST
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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)]
HB 41 Original 2020 Regular Session Green
Abstract: Changes the order of gubernatorial succession.
Present constitution provides that in the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the
order of succession shall be as follows:
(1)Elected lieutenant governor.
(2)Elected secretary of state.
(3)Elected attorney general.
(4)Elected treasurer.
(5)Presiding officer of the Senate.
(6)Presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
(7)As provided by law.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution except to put the presiding
officer of the House in the second position, behind the lieutenant governor, the presiding
officer of the Senate in the third position, and the secretary of state, the attorney general, and
the treasurer in the fourth, fifth, and sixth positions respectively.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held Nov. 3, 2020.
(Amends Const. Art. IV, §14)
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