---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Prohibits use of statewide student assessments conducted during the 2020-2021 school year for the purposes of evaluating teacher performance or student placement decisions. (gov sig) (Item #42)"
description: "EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Prohibits use of statewide student assessments conducted during the 2020-2021 school year for the purposes of evaluating teacher performance or student placement decisions. (gov sig) (Item #42)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Louisiana SB 31 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/345c1e67-db05-443f-bead-670474d333f3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239497"
source_hash: "8b88c1acf6b2bf750d5b16d3261243118d6b70b6ad2696a9a5e5413893a2c551"
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 31 (2020s2) — EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Prohibits use of statewide student assessments conducted during the 2020-2021 school year for the purposes of evaluating teacher performance or student placement decisions. (gov sig) (Item #42)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB31 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189378)
2. **SB31 Act 53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1195061)
3. **SB31 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191441)
4. **SB31 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191965)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #240, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190682)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #331, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191311)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #398, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191607)
8. **SB31 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193168)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#157) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#58) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleo Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Effective date 11/5/2020.
- **2020-11-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 53. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-21** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-20** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-19** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-10-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-10-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-14** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-12** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-09-29** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/345c1e67-db05-443f-bead-670474d333f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).