Louisiana 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 8 R cosponsors

SB 489 — LIABILITY: Provides relative to limitation of liability of governmental entities which require its employees to work during a declared state of emergency. (gov sig)

Last action — Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Robert Mills, and Harris.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Robert Mills, and Harris.

  2. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  3. House conferees appointed: Pressly, Gregory Miller, and Wright.

  4. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  5. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.

  6. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  7. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

  9. Reported with amendments (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  11. Rules suspended.

  12. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  15. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  16. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  17. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  18. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

REJECT (#649)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12005
Democrat 4002
Republican 16000
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Carter — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Henry — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Bouie — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#553)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34004
Republican 44002
Democrat 20001
Total 98007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
James — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Jones — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Dwight — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Marino — Yea
Bagala — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Landry — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Not Voting
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#211)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14003
Republican 15001
Democrat 4002
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety labor
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 489?
SB 489 is sponsored by Patrick McMath (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beau Beaullieu, Paula Davis, Mary DuBuisson, Michael Echols, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Larry Frieman, Ray Garofalo, John "Big John" Illg , Jr., Jack McFarland, Blake Miguez (Republican), Polly Thomas (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), and Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 489?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 489?
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