---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING-GRANTS: Provides for the disbursement of monies received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (EN NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING-GRANTS: Provides for the disbursement of monies received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (EN NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "Louisiana HB 642 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a90f872-ed71-4d81-9083-cb5ab1647cd3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240637"
source_hash: "80be59bcbc745709c00e07b84a05130dbf9a4fd2d4a0f4dc154a9e433650f234"
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 HB 642 (2021) — FUNDS/FUNDING-GRANTS: Provides for the disbursement of monies received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (EN NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB642 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212346)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4053, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234479)
3. **HB642 Act 410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235808)
4. **HB642 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219807)
5. **HB642 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222083)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2099, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219868)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1471, Jenkins, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215951)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2290, Schexnayder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220932)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2463, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221993)
10. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1510, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220272)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2514, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227412)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2591, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227929)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2592, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227952)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2612, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228073)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2760, White, B, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228819)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2786, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229063)
17. **HB642 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234718)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#281) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#858) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1265) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#608) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1145) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-17** Effective date: See Act.
- **2021-06-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 410. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 104, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-02** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, White, and Barrow.
- **2021-06-01** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-05-27** House conferees appointed: Schexnayder, Zeringue, and Gary Carter.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-25** Read by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 9 for 5/27.
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-25** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-11** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Made Special Order of the day No. 1 for 05/06/2021.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-03** Reported with amendments (23-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a90f872-ed71-4d81-9083-cb5ab1647cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).