---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Creates the \"Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program\" (Item #67)"
description: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Creates the \"Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program\" (Item #67)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Louisiana HB 69 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/415c2451-f19a-4b17-b87c-6f98c472d978"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239560"
source_hash: "fe06b21a05355d09afa6eda20c65540f703df291a553ce374e074f2c304913bd"
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 69 (2020s2) — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Creates the "Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program" (Item #67)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB69 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190027)
2. **HB69 Act 23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194939)
3. **HB69 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191827)
4. **HB69 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192591)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #315, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190947)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #449, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191796)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #504, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192224)
8. **HB69 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194202)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#198) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#123) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 23. `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** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 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 favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `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 (12-0).
- **2020-09-30** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/415c2451-f19a-4b17-b87c-6f98c472d978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).