---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond, debt, and tax elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond, debt, and tax elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "Louisiana HB 82 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip DeVillier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19df9d0-ec78-4e7e-8ae1-f086d7231655"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235722"
source_hash: "f0a21f5d6e7c4772d9f098502998d96fb999d207d9ec926a13d2b19c8b7202df"
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 82 (2019) — ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond, debt, and tax elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB82 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1115930)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3768, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142895)
3. **HB82 Act 205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144023)
4. **HB82 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126988)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2532, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137798)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2717, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138667)
7. **HB82 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143355)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1005) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#101) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#873) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#776) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1002) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillip DeVillier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 205. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** 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.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Luneau, Morrell, and Tarver.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-04** House conferees appointed: DeVillier, Gregory Miller, and Emerson.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-28** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
- **2019-03-19** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b19df9d0-ec78-4e7e-8ae1-f086d7231655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).