---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/LAW: Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings (Item #40)"
description: "CIVIL/LAW: Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings (Item #40)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Louisiana HB 5 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-01"
last_action: "2020-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00309163-a6d9-4bbc-99bc-df7e2d3781b3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239114"
source_hash: "826fdd1c50f349b9c7a5f3132045f372b1b1406c4cfc90a39192216ba220b7a3"
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 HB 5 (2020s1) — CIVIL/LAW: Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings (Item #40)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB5 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178823)
2. **HB5 Act 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184401)
3. **HB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180757)
4. **HB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181698)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #227, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181161)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #107, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181048)
7. **HB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183485)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#75) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-25** Effective date: 06/25/2020.
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 3. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-23** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-18** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-17** Reported favorably.
- **2020-06-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/11/20.
- **2020-06-10** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-09** Reported favorably (11-0-1).
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00309163-a6d9-4bbc-99bc-df7e2d3781b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).