---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNICIPALITIES: Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)"
description: "MUNICIPALITIES: Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "Louisiana SB 424 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Bodi White, Jr."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-11"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81f192f-4690-42d0-8193-3e6f17e11e09"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238577"
source_hash: "721a8651be3da9a68f0f5dcf1ad66db6ed7d5d36ad2ac9b441bc5d698709c601"
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 424 (2020) — MUNICIPALITIES: Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB424 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165397)
2. **SB424 Act 229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182007)
3. **SB424 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169665)
4. **SB424 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171273)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1248, White, B, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171005)
6. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1174, Mills, Fred, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170701)
7. **SB424 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176627)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#119) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#468) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 229. `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 (13-0-1). 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 Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** 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/c81f192f-4690-42d0-8193-3e6f17e11e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).