---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the \"Lod Cook Act\" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the \"Lod Cook Act\" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Louisiana SB 45 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03b5e8d-33a4-4182-abc7-e7e3ae52d18d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239553"
source_hash: "03bcd7a469df4d7d8faa4f6ac07b333e385d2973c25b70b02b63255057e58361"
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 45 (2020s2) — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the "Lod Cook Act" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB45 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189967)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #502, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192209)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #540, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192545)
4. **SB45 Act 38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194821)
5. **SB45 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191430)
6. **SB45 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191977)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #220, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190546)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #334, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191315)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #439, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191780)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #471, White, B, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191925)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #395, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191603)
12. **SB45 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193245)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#131) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#62) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#61) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#158) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleo Fields — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — 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)
- Sharon Hewitt — 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: See Act.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 38. `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.
- **2020-10-15** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-10-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments (9-0). 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.
- **2020-09-30** Rules suspended. 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/d03b5e8d-33a4-4182-abc7-e7e3ae52d18d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).