---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Authorizes Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District to apply for designation as a foreign trade zone. (gov sig) (Item #47) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Authorizes Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District to apply for designation as a foreign trade zone. (gov sig) (Item #47) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Louisiana SB 5 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-24"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ebfa60b-78b3-43ab-92d6-b020dda404eb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239428"
source_hash: "428ff48c8b786a3d83831e019fcabc9c43bd84e8019f3a00b126dca7bc3ce72f"
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 5 (2020s2) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Authorizes Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District to apply for designation as a foreign trade zone. (gov sig) (Item #47) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB5 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1188864)
2. **SB5 Act 29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194811)
3. **SB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191335)
4. **SB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192276)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #413, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191693)
6. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #430, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191747)
7. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #507, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192093)
8. **SB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193558)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#175) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#76) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (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. 29. `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.
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-20** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13** 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`
- **2020-10-12** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-07** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-09-28** 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`
- **2020-09-24** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ebfa60b-78b3-43ab-92d6-b020dda404eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).