---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the administrator for calendar year 2021. (gov sig) (Items #8 and #30) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)"
description: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the administrator for calendar year 2021. (gov sig) (Items #8 and #30) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Louisiana SB 55 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-05"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3fdb800-c108-48a6-ab66-6e2495bc16e2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239596"
source_hash: "6a2868d56aab72ad82c3a40e2a984bf021ea6b06888cfa09f043cadb28fbe4d7"
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 55 (2020s2) — UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the administrator for calendar year 2021. (gov sig) (Items #8 and #30) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB55 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190763)
2. **SB55 Act 40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194823)
3. **SB55 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191059)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #279, L&IR, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190940)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #296, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191034)
6. **SB55 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193563)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#185) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#86) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)
- Mike Reese — 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. 40. `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 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-20** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-10-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/20/20.
- **2020-10-19** Notice given.
- **2020-10-19** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-10-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/19/20.
- **2020-10-15** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-15** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-15** Reported favorably (12-0). 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 Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2020-10-06** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title, committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2020-10-05** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3fdb800-c108-48a6-ab66-6e2495bc16e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).