The Louisiana Legislature adjourned its regular session on June 1 after passing 20 election-related bills, one resolution, and one proposed constitutional amendment. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed all 20 bills in May and June.

Among those bills was SB 121, which redraws the state’s congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. 

That decision, issued on April 29, 2026, upheld a lower court order striking down Louisiana's congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. The state legislature had redrawn the maps in 2024 to comply with a court order finding that the previous set of congressional districts enacted in 2022 violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

The state House passed the final version of SB 121 on May 28 by a vote of 66-36, with 65 Republicans and one Democrat voting in favor and six Republicans and 30 Democrats voting against. The state Senate concurred in the amended bill on May 29 by a vote of 28-10, with 28 Republicans voting in favor and 10 Democrats voting against. Landry signed the bill later that day.

Legislators also enacted HB 842 following the Callais decision, moving the state's 2026 U.S. House races from the state's semi-closed party election, with primaries on May 16, to the state's majority-vote system election, with the first round on Nov. 3, and moving the filing deadline for those races from Feb. 13 to Aug. 7. In future election cycles, Louisiana will use the semi-closed party primary system for U.S. House races.

Legislators also approved SB 319, which makes changes to the state’s voter ID laws. The bill removes the ability for individuals to sign a voter identification affidavit to attest to their identity if they cannot produce a valid form of photo identification.

The new law requires a prospective voter who cannot produce a valid form of photo identification to present two primary documents (such as a passport card or Social Security card) or one primary document and one secondary document (such as a current utility bill or bank statement).

Finally, the bill allows voters to cast a provisional ballot if they do not have proper identification. For the provisional ballot to be counted, a voter must provide identification to the parish registrar of voters by 4:30 p.m. on the second day following the election. 

The state Senate passed SB 319 on May 5 by a unanimous 35-0 vote. The state House passed the bill 68-30 on May 26, with 65 Republicans and three Democrats voting in favor and three Republicans and 27 Democrats voting against. Landry signed the bill on June 2, with the provisions taking effect on July 1, 2027.

Other election bills enacted in 2026 include:

• HB 379, which allows 17-year-olds to serve as election commissioners if they are in 11th grade at a Louisiana high school or homeschooling program.
• HB 547, which prohibits a person from photographing, recording, or reproducing voter registration information in precinct registers, except for a state or local election official performing their duties.
• HB 691, which requires the secretary of state to annually conduct a check of every registrant’s name in the state voter registration computer system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program and submit individuals suspected of being noncitizens to parish registrars to be challenged.
• HB 1057, which establishes that an absentee vote by mail application is valid for two years (rather than one year) for U.S. servicemembers or persons living overseas.
• SB 25, which establishes new boundaries for three state senatorial districts and increases compensation for registrars of voters, chief deputy registrars of voters, and confidential assistants.
• SB 107, which schedules a special statewide election for Saturday, April 17, 2027, to consider proposed constitutional amendments.
• SB 248, which allows for the consolidation of polling places with fewer than 20 voters.

Legislators also approved a proposed constitutional amendment. HB 225 proposes changing the state’s constitutional term limits for governor to a lifetime cap of two terms. Currently, the constitution limits governors to two consecutive terms, which allows a former governor to run again after leaving office for one term. The amendment will be presented to voters at the Nov. 6, 2026, election.

Finally, legislators adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act. 

Louisiana enacted 17 election-related bills and resolutions in 2025, 33 in 2024, and 12 in 2023.