---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Louisiana SB 461 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd9e33c-5974-4e15-b390-cbd7f5701ed8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238760"
source_hash: "5df6fcd2ce385b110798fcc76064a5072026a8f6ed66de56cd143cef58dd3e16"
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 461 (2020) — UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB461 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168070)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2282, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174119)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2336, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174402)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2366, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174506)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2708, Zeringue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176476)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2779, Frieman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177093)
7. **SB461 Act 243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182300)
8. **SB461 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170357)
9. **SB461 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178467)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#122) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#647) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#575) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Reese — 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. 243. `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.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-27** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-27** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2020-05-22** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2020-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-22** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (9-4). 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 Labor and Industrial Relations. `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 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 Labor and Industrial Relations. `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/3bd9e33c-5974-4e15-b390-cbd7f5701ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).