---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Repeals the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund and assessments on cotton producers and provides for the disposition of funds. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Repeals the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund and assessments on cotton producers and provides for the disposition of funds. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Louisiana SB 40 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6536df-259e-4bb9-8cff-37ef697ad859"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235783"
source_hash: "8cc09a1b8cb82531085fefc52abf253f8e999466a3990237864e79bc9aff5760"
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 40 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Repeals the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund and assessments on cotton producers and provides for the disposition of funds. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB40 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117090)
2. **SB40 Act 185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143925)
3. **SB40 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125920)
4. **SB40 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140477)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#125) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#773) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Francis C. Thompson — 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. 185. `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** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-31** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-24** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-22** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** 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/5f6536df-259e-4bb9-8cff-37ef697ad859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).