---
type: "Bill"
title: "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Louisiana SB 273 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9222aaf-285c-4943-9a8f-ca9030db7a0d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238045"
source_hash: "ae58e837c33624986991f1d11a13ee581af9e3b78f1d58b22402a125ad314ffa"
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 SB 273 (2020) — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB273 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1162165)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2109, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173429)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2130, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173444)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2699, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176422)
5. **SB273 Act 117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181344)
6. **SB273 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170006)
7. **SB273 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172048)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #938, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169013)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1334, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171577)
10. **SB273 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177221)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#435) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#175) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#459) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 117. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-27** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-18** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9222aaf-285c-4943-9a8f-ca9030db7a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).