---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY: Provides relative to partitions by private sale"
description: "PROPERTY: Provides relative to partitions by private sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "Louisiana HB 594 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Seabaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b17f6a2-412e-4296-8127-5350af7b0e38"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238338"
source_hash: "0211f5d0a15fd59cf8275708564b3d7905d3f644bc8400b8dc55e52fb86b4f71"
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 594 (2020) — PROPERTY: Provides relative to partitions by private sale

## Version chain

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

1. **HB594 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163738)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2882, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178395)
3. **HB594 Act 281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182358)
4. **HB594 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166082)
5. **HB594 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170435)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1221, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165959)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #777, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166253)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1810, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174602)
9. **HB594 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179109)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#36) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#740) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#308) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#645) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#788) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Seabaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 281. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Robert Mills, Luneau, and Morris.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Seabaugh, Gregory Miller, and Frieman.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 3, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-21** 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`
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-19** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/20.
- **2020-03-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-03-16** Rules suspended.
- **2020-03-16** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b17f6a2-412e-4296-8127-5350af7b0e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).