---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)"
description: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Louisiana SB 450 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy Carter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b342c346-5c42-4bac-b09f-0bc119de2912"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238740"
source_hash: "7fe8d7a8cd1811aa45ca291bddf0f5f5a36b09ff8dea1fffdcc8853195e47b9e"
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 450 (2020) — CIVIL PROCEDURE: Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB450 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168015)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2078, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173196)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2209, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173975)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2461, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175024)
5. **SB450 Act 44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179927)
6. **SB450 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169729)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #993, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169389)
8. **SB450 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177204)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#442) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#120) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#472) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy Carter — primary (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (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. 44. `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 32 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 94, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (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** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 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.
- **2020-05-04** 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/b342c346-5c42-4bac-b09f-0bc119de2912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).