---
type: "Bill"
title: "BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to remote participation in meetings (Item #53)"
description: "BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to remote participation in meetings (Item #53)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Louisiana HB 77 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-02"
last_action: "2020-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eafd845-1f1b-43fb-be1a-9244e3d6fec8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239582"
source_hash: "19d3de4581a6189b1048031029805e730ab6eb83e82bb24d70b0da137c4ab679"
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 77 (2020s2) — BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to remote participation in meetings (Item #53)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB77 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190421)
2. **HB77 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1195049)
3. **HB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190864)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #276, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190642)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #291, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190830)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #511, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192100)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #560, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192477)
8. **HB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193628)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#194) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#137) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#46) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Effective date: 11/05/2020.
- **2020-11-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-19** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-07** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
- **2020-10-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-05** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2020-10-02** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eafd845-1f1b-43fb-be1a-9244e3d6fec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).