---
type: "Bill"
title: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Louisiana SB 9 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-04"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16fe284f-3806-4468-8fd0-ba4c01a81558"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239156"
source_hash: "bd296946f680808fb28073d50fbc0e9e1a364c7e29bd82e2326d7236fa9f20f8"
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 9 (2020s1) — EVIDENCE: Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB9 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179617)
2. **SB9 Act 36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1186109)
3. **SB9 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180827)
4. **SB9 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181202)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #80, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180642)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #87, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180789)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #88, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180799)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #116, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181080)
9. **SB9 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183908)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#27) — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#106) — **76–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 1/1/2021.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 36. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 25. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/24/20.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-18** Reported favorably (10-4-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-15** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2020-06-10** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 24 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-06-10** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-06-09** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-04** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16fe284f-3806-4468-8fd0-ba4c01a81558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).