---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the state's unemployment insurance program and data sharing (Item #64) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the state's unemployment insurance program and data sharing (Item #64) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "Louisiana HB 66 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beau Beaullieu"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ebb00e-6d49-425d-88a9-e5c9d2ef08f9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239549"
source_hash: "c63220eec8dc3370e5f955871201d49feaa0c15b0defe6e8eb0409e282ce70d6"
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 66 (2020s2) — UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the state's unemployment insurance program and data sharing (Item #64) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB66 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189946)
2. **HB66 Act 22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194938)
3. **HB66 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189947)
4. **HB66 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192585)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #168, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190121)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #453, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191882)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #559, Beaullieu, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192542)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #489, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192052)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #756, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193637)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #774, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193718)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #844, Johns, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194018)
12. **HB66 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194197)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#197) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#122) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#238) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beau Beaullieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 1/01/2021.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 22. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-22** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-21** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/14/20.
- **2020-10-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-12** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2020-09-30** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ebb00e-6d49-425d-88a9-e5c9d2ef08f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).