---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY: Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)"
description: "LIABILITY: Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Louisiana SB 439 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3450262-af27-41c4-98d6-814258769249"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238726"
source_hash: "374e5beb26dbd20ea7ebb2ff52326a6a6b0f4c65f511e78f29df54efe5dceafd"
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 439 (2020) — LIABILITY: Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB439 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167980)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #2689, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176354)
3. **SB439 Act 123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181353)
4. **SB439 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169669)
5. **SB439 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177171)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#441) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#190) — **17–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#471) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#189) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 123. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** 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 35 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 100, 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 (9-0-1). 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 Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, 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.
- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** 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/b3450262-af27-41c4-98d6-814258769249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).