---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides for a temporary restraining order upon application by a peace officer under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)"
description: "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides for a temporary restraining order upon application by a peace officer under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "Louisiana SB 505 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Smith, Jr."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ee55886-0be3-4751-985a-8a2695dfdce9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238865"
source_hash: "429f34aed4ac090047ab65960f393bb5e77f8f47f500061eb97d753a3fbda678"
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 505 (2020) — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides for a temporary restraining order upon application by a peace officer under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB505 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168296)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2212, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173752)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2310, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174239)
4. **SB505 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182303)
5. **SB505 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171466)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1295, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171393)
7. **SB505 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177998)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#212) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#625) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#514) — **74–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 246. `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** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 19. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
- **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 (9-0). 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 Administration of Criminal Justice. `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`
- **2020-05-13** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-12** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `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/0ee55886-0be3-4751-985a-8a2695dfdce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).