---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "Louisiana SB 459 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c03a999-af0e-4819-becb-a4e0eea235d1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238757"
source_hash: "feedfe364fff5cf5cce3137ac72a5e539ea437d0f8ba141ec121a7fe307554c1"
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 459 (2020) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB459 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168061)
2. **SB459 Act 320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182524)
3. **SB459 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173472)
4. **SB459 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174809)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1763, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174385)
6. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1795, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174521)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1757, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174372)
8. **SB459 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177499)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#276) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#582) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Reese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 320. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-28** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-18** Reported favorably.
- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `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/2c03a999-af0e-4819-becb-a4e0eea235d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).