---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance device mechanic licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
description: "CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance device mechanic licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 683"
citation: "Louisiana HB 683 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenny Cox"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb894c09-137d-4b0c-ae92-5d573e3ea0ed"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238442"
source_hash: "dda5bab7b30e550f26a5b5155c208142b50bbfe40965e2ee43e83d86e95f44d8"
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 683 (2020) — CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance device mechanic licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB683 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1164166)
2. **HB683 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182590)
3. **HB683 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166100)
4. **HB683 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173294)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1162, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165614)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1210, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165874)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1217, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166063)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1642, Cox, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172487)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #778, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166254)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1766, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174403)
11. **HB683 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178589)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#351) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#659) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 683 BY COX (#171) — **91–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenny Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-13** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 339. `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.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-26** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-18** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 7. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-07** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-03-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/20.
- **2020-03-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-03-16** Rules suspended.
- **2020-03-16** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `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/fb894c09-137d-4b0c-ae92-5d573e3ea0ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).