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+type: "Bill"
+title: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
+description: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020s1"
+identifier: "HB 37"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 37 (2020s1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lance Harris"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-06-05"
+last_action: "2020-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ddcd407-b7f3-4249-bb07-e38756b8230e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239188"
+source_hash: "a6d09787e97da0ce331df1f3c2275d8d8c991680a44e2099fcb9afc60e8e0c3c"
+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 37 (2020s1) — REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB37 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180023)
+2. **HB37 Act 31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185898)
+3. **HB37 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181039)
+4. **HB37 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182487)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #172, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180652)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #207, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181020)
+7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #167, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181417)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #297, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183127)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #317, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183216)
+10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #359, Carter, Troy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183552)
+11. **HB37 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184163)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#94) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#132) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- CO-AUTHORS (#95) — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lance Harris — primary (person)
+- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
+- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
+- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
+- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
+- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-07-13** Effective date: 07/01/2020.
+- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 31. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-06-28** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-06-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2020-06-24** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/25/20.
+- **2020-06-24** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2020-06-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-06-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-06-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+- **2020-06-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-06-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/16/20.
+- **2020-06-11** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-06-10** Reported with amendments (14-0).
+- **2020-06-05** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ddcd407-b7f3-4249-bb07-e38756b8230e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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