Louisiana 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Status: Enacted 13 R cosponsors

HB 4 — EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to emergency declarations (Items #1, 2, and 28)

Last action — Vetoed by the Governor.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 24, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (13 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Vetoed by the Governor.

  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  3. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Called from the Calendar.

  6. Senate floor amendments read and adopted.

  7. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  8. Called from the Calendar.

  9. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 23 yeas and 13 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  11. Rules suspended.

  12. Read by title, roll called, yeas 54, nays 30, Senate amendments concurred in.

  13. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  14. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  15. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  16. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  17. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 27. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. Reported with amendments (10-5).

  19. Rules suspended.

  20. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  21. Scheduled for floor debate on 10/02/20.

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  23. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  24. Prefiled.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on · 28 voted No

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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#189)

Passed 54 Yea · 30 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171406
Republican 37208
Democrat 01407
Total 5430021
% of votes cast 51%29%0%20%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Henry — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Huval — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Romero — Yea
Davis — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Brown — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Ivey — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Jones — Nay
Landry — Nay
White — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Willard — Nay
Emerson — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Goudeau — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Dwight — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Not Voting
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#146)

Passed 23 Yea · 13 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10601
Republican 13102
Democrat 0600
Total 231303
% of votes cast 59%33%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
White — Yea
Henry — Yea
Fields — Nay
Bernard — Nay
Smith — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Johns — Nay
Carter — Nay
Peterson — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#19)

Passed 63 Yea · 27 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 189010
Republican 43301
Democrat 21504
Total 6327015
% of votes cast 60%26%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Henry — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Romero — Yea
Davis — Yea
Huval — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Magee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Brown — Nay
Hughes — Nay
James — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Jones — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Landry — Nay
Willard — Nay
Glover — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Nelson — Not Voting
Ivey — Not Voting
DuBuisson — Not Voting
Jefferson — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron 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 Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 4?
HB 4 is sponsored by Mark Wright (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Stephen Dwight, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Julie Emerson, Dodie Horton (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Richard Nelson, Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), and Charles Owen (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 24, 2020. Enacted.
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