---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Grants certain operational autonomies to certain public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
description: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Grants certain operational autonomies to certain public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Louisiana SB 32 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d61c884-9ff0-43be-b843-3b0f7cca2e1a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239498"
source_hash: "2c3a2cb5c7eb5ae1d9e934ad628d29ddd50b5c885f55ab1b8f54b16875696e3a"
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 32 (2020s2) — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Grants certain operational autonomies to certain public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB32 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189380)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #482, Bacala, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192127)
3. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #416, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191700)
4. **SB32 Act 36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194819)
5. **SB32 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190139)
6. **SB32 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190853)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #212, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190376)
8. **SB32 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193242)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#132) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#132) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#31) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#32) — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleo Fields — primary (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — 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. 36. `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** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-10-19** Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-10-15** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-10-14** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-10-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/14/20.
- **2020-10-12** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-12** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-12** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-06** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-05** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; 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/3d61c884-9ff0-43be-b843-3b0f7cca2e1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).