LA SB161 | 2020 | Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-09 - Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Permits a candidate for elective office to withdraw from the election and have his name removed from the ballot up to five days before early voting begins. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)

Title

Permits a candidate for elective office to withdraw from the election and have his name removed from the ballot up to five days before early voting begins. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-09	Senate	Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
2020-02-26	Senate	Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

Subjects

ELECTION CODE

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=20rs&b=SB161&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1160041
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1160042
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168520