---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY: Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)"
description: "LIABILITY: Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Louisiana SB 508 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91fe3b8a-b15e-4c71-bd57-8cd5c06b8d8c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238871"
source_hash: "a38b91be538f1f31cd95256f3e6dbf0524d1ea027e465ee47bcb87e81236ef44"
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 508 (2020) — LIABILITY: Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB508 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168305)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #2713, Carter, Robby, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176544)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #2787, Pressly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177280)
4. **SB508 Act 305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182332)
5. **SB508 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169696)
6. **SB508 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172604)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1133, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170468)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1169, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170696)
9. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1254, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171039)
10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1192, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170750)
11. **SB508 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178444)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#557) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#197) — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#650) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (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. 305. `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 32 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 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-26** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-26** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-26** Reported favorably (12-0-1). 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** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 3 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-11** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final 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/91fe3b8a-b15e-4c71-bd57-8cd5c06b8d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).