HLS 21RS-831 ENGROSSED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 214
BY REPRESENTATIVE CORMIER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Provides relative to required orientation and training of new
registrars of voters
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:54, relative to registrars of voters; to provide for training of
3 new registrars of voters; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:54 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง54. Qualification; date; duplicate oath; bond; approval of bond; orientation and
8 training
9 A. Within thirty days after the date of his commission, each registrar shall
10 qualify for office by subscribing to the oath of office prescribed by the constitution.
11 The oath shall be filed with the clerk of court, and a duplicate original or a certified
12 copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state. In a parish containing a
13 municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more, the oath shall be
14 filed with the clerk of the civil district court. Each registrar also shall file with the
15 secretary of state a bond, in favor of the governor and with security, for the faithful
16 performance of the duties required of him and for the payment of such damages as
17 may be sustained by his failure to discharge his duties. The sureties on the bond
18 shall be with a company authorized to do business in Louisiana, and in each parish
19 the bond shall be in the amount of five thousand dollars.
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HB NO. 214
1 B. Each registrar appointed on or after January 1, 2022, shall complete
2 orientation and training prepared by the secretary of state in conjunction with the
3 Registrar of Voters Association and approved by the attorney general. Such
4 orientation and training shall be conducted by the secretary of state.
5 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2022.
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)]
HB 214 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Cormier
Proposed law requires a registrar of voters appointed after 2021 to complete orientation and
training that is prepared by the secretary of state and the Registrar of Voters Assoc.,
approved by the attorney general, and conducted by the secretary of state.
Effective January 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 18:54)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and
Governmental Affairs to the original bill:
1. Add requirement for the involvement of the Registrar of Voters Assoc. in the
development of the training.
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