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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
+description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 709"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 709 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-03-11"
+last_action: "2020-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91818aa3-f5d2-4734-ad05-ec4d84ea34de"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238566"
+source_hash: "89bca3ca99ff866c0fbbfe8e6628f85f0f96713700166b468f11368714e20f42"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 709 (2020) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB709 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165325)
+2. **HB709 Act 296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182373)
+3. **HB709 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172452)
+4. **HB709 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177673)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#324) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#535) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-12** Effective date: 06/30/2020.
+- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 296. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments.
+- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-05-28** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
+- **2020-05-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-05-15** Reported favorably (13-0).
+- **2020-03-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-11** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91818aa3-f5d2-4734-ad05-ec4d84ea34de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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