HLS 25RS-549 ENGROSSED
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 206
BY REPRESENTATIVE MELERINE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ELECTIONS: Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding
election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 18:6, relative to prohibiting certain changes to election procedures without
3 legislative approval; to prohibit election officials and the state and parish boards of
4 election supervisors from entering into certain agreements regarding election
5 procedures; to provide for legislative approval of such actions by concurrent
6 resolution; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 18:6 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §6. Change in election procedures prohibited; legislative approval
10 No state, parish, or local election official or the state board of election
11 supervisors or a parish board of election supervisors shall enter into a consent decree
12 or other legal agreement that prescribes election procedures that conflict with
13 procedures prescribed by this Code except as otherwise provided in this Code or as
14 authorized by adoption of a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of the
15 elected members of each house of the legislature.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 25RS-549 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 206
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 206 Engrossed 2025 Regular Session Melerine
Abstract: Prohibits election officials and boards of election supervisors from entering into
a consent decree or other legal agreement providing election procedures in conflict
with the Election Code without authorization by the legislature through a concurrent
resolution adopted by a majority of the elected members of each house of the
legislature.
Present constitution (Const. Art. XI, § 1) provides that the legislature shall adopt an election
code which shall provide for permanent registration of voters and for the conduct of all
elections.
Proposed law provides that no state, parish, or local election official or the state board of
election supervisors or a parish board of election supervisors shall enter into a consent decree
or other legal agreement that prescribes election procedures that conflict with procedures
prescribed by present law (Election Code) except as otherwise provided by present law or
as authorized by adoption of a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of the elected
members of each house of the legislature.
(Adds R.S. 18:6)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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