---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY: Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
description: "LIABILITY: Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 826"
citation: "Louisiana HB 826 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e36635a1-5da3-4588-a3e8-203b5bf663bc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238789"
source_hash: "14b2020dcb150f37296f27820637065926c6d5b4f5bf2a5dfd269b8bee606992"
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 826 (2020) — LIABILITY: Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency

## Version chain

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

1. **HB826 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168138)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2878, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178346)
3. **HB826 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182532)
4. **HB826 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172692)
5. **HB826 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175655)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1960, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172250)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1978, CL&P, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172373)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2006, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172685)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2062, Pressly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173075)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2465, Pressly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175100)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #2513, Frieman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175366)
12. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1530, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172742)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2012, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176189)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2254, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177275)
15. **HB826 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179213)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#735) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#397) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#577) — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#769) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#731) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-13** Effective date: 06/13/2020.
- **2020-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 336. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Peacock, and Fields.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Pressly, Gregory Miller, and Villio.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-15** Reported with amendments (12-0-1).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `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/e36635a1-5da3-4588-a3e8-203b5bf663bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).