---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSESSORS: Provides for vehicle allowances for assessors. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "ASSESSORS: Provides for vehicle allowances for assessors. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Louisiana SB 197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b793f9a-35f4-47f8-8077-b4c8f8e60f82"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240531"
source_hash: "a62e39db81331c436abb13f4c545d6d60d8bc4d8c607ef0532637af3c7010fec"
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 197 (2021) — ASSESSORS: Provides for vehicle allowances for assessors. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB197 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212011)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3665, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233826)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3365, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227598)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3772, Mincey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231167)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3850, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231640)
6. **SB197 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235568)
7. **SB197 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214024)
8. **SB197 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215645)
9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #599, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214252)
10. **SB197 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234638)

## Votes

- REJECT (#978) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1067) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#986) — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#71) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1249) — **76–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 6/15/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 303. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 76, nays 25. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-09** House conferees appointed: Bourriaque, Bishop, and Dustin Miller.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Hensgens, and Price.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-06** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 17. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-24** Reported with amendments (9-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b793f9a-35f4-47f8-8077-b4c8f8e60f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).