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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
+description: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020s2"
+identifier: "HB 74"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 74 (2020s2)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Deshotel"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-10-02"
+last_action: "2020-10-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a1b9317-09e1-4bae-93af-46c9a4cc88d4"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239579"
+source_hash: "a6abbbc6c5d33f45bc7a537435c667e2a1cb3deed41c075c2593546a21573b32"
+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 74 (2020s2) — TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB74 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190386)
+2. **HB74 Act 24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194940)
+3. **HB74 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190858)
+4. **HB74 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191268)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #271, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190592)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #292, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190828)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #365, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191210)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #548, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192434)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #549, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192435)
+10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #562, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192481)
+11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #654, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193131)
+12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #661, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193155)
+13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #689, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193255)
+14. **HB74 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193959)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#227) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#44) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#163) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daryl Deshotel — primary (person)
+- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
+- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
+- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
+- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
+- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
+- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
+- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
+- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
+- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-28** Effective date: See Act.
+- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-10-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-10-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2020-10-21** Rules suspended.
+- **2020-10-21** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2020-10-21** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-10-20** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
+- **2020-10-07** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
+- **2020-10-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
+- **2020-10-05** Reported with amendments (16-0).
+- **2020-10-02** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a1b9317-09e1-4bae-93af-46c9a4cc88d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+