---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes the office of debt recovery to collect delinquent debts on behalf of local government subdivisions. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes the office of debt recovery to collect delinquent debts on behalf of local government subdivisions. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Louisiana SB 37 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd0d24ce-41a0-4ea2-b0da-90fd01a5e935"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235780"
source_hash: "7ce73b16df1e7bf1b5326036c2afd1e3b9bbd0c6f34a5a6fe67cbc5e50444772"
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 37 (2019) — TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes the office of debt recovery to collect delinquent debts on behalf of local government subdivisions. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB37 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1116977)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2882, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135307)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2936, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135504)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3443, Smith, P., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139477)
5. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2184, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135957)
6. **SB37 Act 183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143922)
7. **SB37 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128611)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1131, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128082)
9. **SB37 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140584)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#659) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#703) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#199) — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrow Peacock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 183. `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 35 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, 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 with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd0d24ce-41a0-4ea2-b0da-90fd01a5e935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).