---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the issuance of bonds by the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) (Item #49) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the issuance of bonds by the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) (Item #49) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Louisiana SB 49 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-01"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf725639-7bd6-43d0-a0ad-02c8c3855f26"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239575"
source_hash: "10fe6b42f0d96397bd952f8f315ca55236e2ac5e95674dfa767eee07440ba1a6"
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 49 (2020s2) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the issuance of bonds by the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) (Item #49) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB49 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190226)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #680, Ivey, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193501)
3. **SB49 Act 55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1195063)
4. **SB49 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191336)
5. **SB49 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193965)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#66) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#222) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — 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. 55. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-10-21** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2020-10-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/21/20.
- **2020-10-20** Notice given.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-10-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/20/20.
- **2020-10-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-19** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-19** Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-12** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-12** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-01** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf725639-7bd6-43d0-a0ad-02c8c3855f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).