---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the Calcasieu Ship Channel public-private partnership"
description: "WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the Calcasieu Ship Channel public-private partnership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 845"
citation: "Louisiana HB 845 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Dwight"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5e1c217-03c8-4072-a396-c3fd162d1f5d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238848"
source_hash: "a2bec5d0a21287a3132f6858c9ef0c2441fb8ccc810d1a5322f6da456226d614"
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 845 (2020) — WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the Calcasieu Ship Channel public-private partnership

## Version chain

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

1. **HB845 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168262)
2. **HB845 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182527)
3. **HB845 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171129)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2185, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176950)
5. **HB845 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178531)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#542) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#230) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#735) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephen Dwight — primary (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date: 06/12/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 332. `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 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `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/c5e1c217-03c8-4072-a396-c3fd162d1f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).