---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Louisiana HB 497 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Ivey"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753fe802-6a3c-4bfd-ada7-f728508262d9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238213"
source_hash: "5604a1652d2f6e4bb5f28df147c0fabfff8d81f03ab1f244fd5becc9e70ce7cd"
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 497 (2020) — LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB497 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163064)
2. **HB497 Act 274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182351)
3. **HB497 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172138)
4. **HB497 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175120)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1003, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1164396)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1884, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171801)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1934, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172121)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1449, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172255)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2041, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176287)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2472, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179007)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2147, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176779)
12. **HB497 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179173)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#799) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#746) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#714) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#260) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#745) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barry Ivey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 274. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-01** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-31** By a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported with amendments (13-0-1).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753fe802-6a3c-4bfd-ada7-f728508262d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).