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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 260 2023 Regular Session Beaullieu
ELECTIONS: Provides relative to federal election guidance and funding
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Technical amendments only.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law requires and prohibits certain actions related to elections by the secretary of
state and his employees, registrars of voters and their employees, clerks of court and their
employees, parish boards of election supervisors and their employees, commissioners-in-
charge, and commissioners, all referred to in this digest as election officials.
Proposed law requires an election official who receives a federal directive or guidance
pertaining to elections that is not published on the secretary of state's website to notify the
governor, the speaker of the La. House of Representatives and the president of the La. Senate
of such directive or guidance within five business days.
Proposed law prohibits an election official from implementing any federal directive or
guidance pertaining to elections unless the implementation is explicitly required by law or
one of the following applies:
(1)The House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate
Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs approve the implementation after
consulting with the secretary of state or his designee.
(2)Neither committee prohibits the implementation within 30 days after receipt of a
request from the official for authority to implement the directive or guidance.
Proposed law prohibits an election official from accepting or dispersing new federal elections
funds unless the acceptance and dispersal is explicitly required by law or one of the following
applies:
(1)The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget votes to approve the acceptance and
dispersal of the funds after consulting with the secretary of state or his designee.
(2)The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget does not vote to disapprove the
acceptance and dispersal within 30 days after receipt of a request from the official for
authority to accept and disperse the funds.
Proposed law provides that if an election official accepts and disperses federal election funds
in violation of proposed law, the attorney general shall pursue any available legal means to
enjoin the official from doing so and to recover expended funds.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 18:425.2)
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