---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 758"
citation: "Louisiana HB 758 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Zeringue"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1305ac96-c732-48f5-9604-e5bc317054de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238670"
source_hash: "88af8423e2d0c6e665706901f578eabe52efc4b11860c9a62954524dd64e784c"
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 758 (2020) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB758 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167815)
2. **HB758 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180314)
3. **HB758 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169198)
4. **HB758 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172978)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1400, APP, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168737)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1410, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168865)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1457, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169190)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1657, Zeringue, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170628)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1862, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174886)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2099, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176582)
11. **HB758 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178537)

## Votes

- HB 758 BY ZERINGUE (#48) — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#729) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#598) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Zeringue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-05** Effective date: 08/01/20.
- **2020-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 92. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-02** 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 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-26** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 9. 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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments (20-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `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/1305ac96-c732-48f5-9604-e5bc317054de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).