---
type: "Bill"
title: "LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
description: "LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Louisiana HB 423 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa145ce-9eb5-4a0f-982c-9397ab082688"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236243"
source_hash: "1ab2800b63be354cfc86a52d3a8e4907ec21c048900ec5548edeb15ac27831a3"
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 423 (2019) — LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB423 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121648)
2. **HB423 Act 227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144090)
3. **HB423 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126435)
4. **HB423 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128721)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #936, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126825)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1965, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134360)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2529, Peacock, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137795)
8. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2069, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135182)
9. **HB423 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141367)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#808) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#81) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#618) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 227. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/19.
- **2019-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa145ce-9eb5-4a0f-982c-9397ab082688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).