---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE: Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors"
description: "AGRICULTURE: Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "Louisiana HB 754 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67e08c7-4a9f-45e5-8232-2417d608d9da"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238665"
source_hash: "ca2ddc84fddeafcdfad3122e2ff4f7909247e90111465e2e2fc10d77dc80e2c4"
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 754 (2020) — AGRICULTURE: Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors

## Version chain

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

1. **HB754 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167801)
2. **HB754 Act 159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181468)
3. **HB754 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170081)
4. **HB754 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177348)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#461) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#169) — **73–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dustin Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 159. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-26** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. 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 Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably (16-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67e08c7-4a9f-45e5-8232-2417d608d9da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).