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Louisiana 2020 First Extraordinary Session Status: Enacted

HB 59 — LIABILITY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)

Last action July 08, 2020 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 09, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Action History

July 08, 2020
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.
July 08, 2020
Effective date: 03/11/2020.
July 01, 2020
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
June 30, 2020
Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
June 30, 2020
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
June 30, 2020
Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Pope, and Mizell.
June 30, 2020
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
June 30, 2020
Conference Committee report received.
June 30, 2020
Rules suspended.
June 30, 2020
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 55, nays 40. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
June 30, 2020
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
June 30, 2020
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
June 30, 2020
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
June 30, 2020
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
June 30, 2020
Signed by the President of the Senate.
June 29, 2020
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
June 29, 2020
Received from the Senate with amendments.
June 29, 2020
Read by title, roll called, yeas 83, nays 15, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
June 29, 2020
House conferees appointed: Mincey, Bishop, and Schexnayder.
June 28, 2020
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
June 28, 2020
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
June 24, 2020
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
June 23, 2020
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
June 23, 2020
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
June 22, 2020
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
June 22, 2020
Scheduled for floor debate on 06/23/20.
June 18, 2020
Reported with amendments (14-0-1).
June 15, 2020
Called from the calendar.
June 15, 2020
Read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
June 10, 2020
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
June 09, 2020
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 41 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Buddy Mincey

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	16	0	0	1
Republican	15	0	0	1
Democrat	5	1	0	0
Total	36	1	0	2
% of votes cast	92%	3%	0%	5%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Mills, R.	—	Yea
Henry	—	Yea
Bernard	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Peterson	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Johns	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Milligan	—	Yea
Ward	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Mills, F.	—	Yea
White	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
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	Not Voting
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	24	10	0	3
Republican	22	17	0	7
Democrat	8	11	0	2
Total	54	38	0	12
% of votes cast	52%	37%	0%	12%

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	22	12	0	3
Republican	25	17	0	4
Democrat	8	11	0	2
Total	55	40	0	9
% of votes cast	53%	38%	0%	9%

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	15	1	0	1
Democrat	3	1	0	2
Republican	15	0	0	1
Total	33	2	0	4
% of votes cast	85%	5%	0%	10%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Henry	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Bernard	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Johns	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Milligan	—	Yea
Mills, F.	—	Yea
Ward	—	Yea
Mills, R.	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Peterson	—	Nay
Carter	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Not Voting
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Not Voting
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Not Voting
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

REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#171)

June 29, 2020

Passed 83 Yea · 15 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	5	0	5
Democrat	11	10	0	0
Republican	45	0	0	1
Total	83	15	0	6
% of votes cast	80%	14%	0%	6%

How each member voted (104)

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Yea
Frieman	—	Yea
Mincey	—	Yea
Garofalo	—	Yea
Goudeau	—	Yea
Nelson	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Henry	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Huval	—	Yea
Cormier	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Ivey	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Stefanski	—	Yea
Jones	—	Yea
DuBuisson	—	Yea
Dwight	—	Yea
Magee	—	Yea
Marino	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
McKnight	—	Yea
Jefferson	—	Nay
Landry	—	Nay
Pierre	—	Nay
James	—	Nay
Willard	—	Nay
Bishop	—	Not Voting
Gaines	—	Not Voting
Hollis	—	Not Voting
Glover	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Nay
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Nay
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Dustin Miller	Democrat	Nay
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Nay
Gary Carter	Democrat	Nay
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Nay
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	Nay
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Nay
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Nay
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Nay
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	Not Voting
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	Yea
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	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	29	7	0	1
Republican	44	0	0	2
Democrat	9	10	0	2
Total	82	17	0	5
% of votes cast	79%	16%	0%	5%

Subjects

public-safety education

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Who sponsors HB 59?: HB 59 is sponsored by Buddy Mincey.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 59
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2020 First Extraordinary Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: June 09, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Buddy Mincey

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