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Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to the change of address for purposes of voter registration (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides that the secretary of state shall prepare and send absentee voting materials to registered voters in certain places affected by a hurricane (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HB464

HB464 Sponsored by Rickey Hardy
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides for protection of voter registration information
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 6/30/08.

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Prohibits the registrar of voters and Department of State from disclosing certain information received from another state pursuant to cooperative agreement and geographical coding of addresses of registered voters. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits a person from registering to vote or voting who is committed to a mental institution or forensic facility after being found not guilty by reason of insanity or after a court determines lack of mental capacity for criminal trial. (1/1/09)
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Directs the Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to create a system to notify those convicted of a felony who have completed their terms of confinement or parole relative to reinstatement of voter registration
Latest Action: 06/23/2005 - Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

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Requests that the Secretary of State exclude the date of birth and social security number of the registered voter on the registration notice form.

SB145

SB145 Sponsored by Julie Quinn
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Requires the parish board of election supervisors to inform certain voters if their ballots were rejected and the reason for rejection. (7/1/08)

SB221

SB221 Sponsored by Julie Quinn
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call

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Changes the hours the polls are required to be open on election day. (1/1/09) (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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To require approval by the House and Senate governmental affairs committees prior to cancellation of the registrations of inactive voters (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

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Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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Requests joint committee to study redistricting and precinct law.
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Extends the period of early voting (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to provide certain information concerning registration and reinstatement and voter registration applications to certain persons (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests the secretary of state's voter outreach division to strengthen its efforts relative to voter education and promoting and facilitating voter registration throughout the state

SB428

SB428 Sponsored by Bill Cassidy
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Authorizes the registrars of colleges and universities to register citizens to vote. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Requires approval by the legislature prior to cancellation of the registrations of inactive voters (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Read by title, withdrawn from the files of the House.

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Requires the secretary of state to provide for the attachment of voter registration applications to provisional ballots (OR +$11,898 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Allows voter registration in the office of a public high school guidance counselor (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

SB333

SB333 Sponsored by Julie Quinn
Latest Action: 07/06/2008 - Effective date 7/1/08.

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Requires withdrawal and disqualification notice to be placed next to the precinct register. (7/1/08) (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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To require approval by the House and Senate governmental affairs committees prior to cancellation of the registrations of inactive voters (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)