---
type: "Bill"
title: "MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits and qualifying subsequent examination (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits and qualifying subsequent examination (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Louisiana HB 70 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381b694f-eb61-44a1-bff2-334b4279a6c9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237493"
source_hash: "2fb11d955a6a3e2f73aa26a86259aa0ae6be28be0defc195355c213224b19200"
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 70 (2020) — MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits and qualifying subsequent examination (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB70 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1154581)
2. **HB70 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181900)
3. **HB70 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170055)
4. **HB70 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178604)

## Votes

- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#713) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#672) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#330) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#671) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 167. `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.
- **2020-05-31** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-31** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-31** By a vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-18** Reported favorably (17-0).
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/14/2020.
- **2020-02-13** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/381b694f-eb61-44a1-bff2-334b4279a6c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).