---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for additional rights and powers of certain port commissions regarding economic and industrial growth. (gov sig)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for additional rights and powers of certain port commissions regarding economic and industrial growth. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "Louisiana SB 421 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-10"
last_action: "2020-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27ab653-d1e2-4b02-9a10-ebd391824b19"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238554"
source_hash: "d130544a3463cda9ff6e7d8be8bc1b159aab2113be02bbad66e9b0b1f0aa6193"
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 421 (2020) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for additional rights and powers of certain port commissions regarding economic and industrial growth. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB421 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165148)
2. **SB421 Act 43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179926)
3. **SB421 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170421)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1069, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170089)
5. **SB421 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176599)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#118) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#467) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrow Peacock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2020.
- **2020-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 43. `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.
- **2020-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, 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.
- **2020-03-11** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e27ab653-d1e2-4b02-9a10-ebd391824b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).