---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides relative to a gubernatorial declaration of an abnormal economic disruption"
description: "CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides relative to a gubernatorial declaration of an abnormal economic disruption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 763"
citation: "Louisiana HB 763 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1a15fcc-d490-43db-aa64-4a6e0b2ff598"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238675"
source_hash: "4301cc4a8e12660150bf7d383e72ec3a31e2bc400fe18780213dc98d3470f0a3"
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 763 (2020) — CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides relative to a gubernatorial declaration of an abnormal economic disruption

## Version chain

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

1. **HB763 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167834)
2. **HB763 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182506)
3. **HB763 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169116)
4. **HB763 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173136)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1026, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169467)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1698, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173972)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1937, Johns, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175785)
8. **HB763 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178513)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#662) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#139) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#357) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 323. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-02** 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** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-18** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Commerce.
- **2020-05-04** Discharged from the Committee on Judiciary.
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1a15fcc-d490-43db-aa64-4a6e0b2ff598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).