---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates funds from certain litigation filed by the state to recover damages. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates funds from certain litigation filed by the state to recover damages. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Louisiana SB 22 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d656db1e-2075-4146-9a57-3073760fff74"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235683"
source_hash: "1b536f50ebbe3aead247435c813317fcdf79646292a714335e0b7ca1f5da5b12"
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 SB 22 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates funds from certain litigation filed by the state to recover damages. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB22 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1114451)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2743, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134590)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2964, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135557)
4. **SB22 Act 176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143915)
5. **SB22 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129194)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1121, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128002)
7. **SB22 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140498)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#653) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#236) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#700) — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 176. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-30** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d656db1e-2075-4146-9a57-3073760fff74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).