---
type: "Bill"
title: "BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Abolishes certain boards, commissions, authorities, like entities, and related funds"
description: "BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Abolishes certain boards, commissions, authorities, like entities, and related funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Louisiana HB 404 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc2cd4d4-dd59-4627-9662-82f63a6bdc11"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236222"
source_hash: "f024ac849c9f9558550fce2c5d4d28233a2a98732e9c46a83e459b5b8a4cb553"
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 404 (2019) — BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Abolishes certain boards, commissions, authorities, like entities, and related funds

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB404 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121503)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3777, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143108)
3. **HB404 Act 434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144983)
4. **HB404 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126973)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1366, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126293)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1493, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126965)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3316, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141879)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3449, Peterson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142874)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3361, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142183)
10. **HB404 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143608)

## Votes

- HB 404 BY SCHEXNAYDER (#917) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#140) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1051) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#986) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57th DAY (#928) — **82–3** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1036) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1015) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-07-30** Effective date: 06/30/2019.
- **2019-06-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 434. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee report received.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: Peterson, Luneau, and LaFleur.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Schexnayder, Gregory Miller, and Berthelot.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-05** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** By a vote of 82 yeas, 3 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-04** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-04** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- **2019-06-01** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2019-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc2cd4d4-dd59-4627-9662-82f63a6bdc11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).