---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRESCRIPTION: Provides for the suspension of prescription"
description: "PRESCRIPTION: Provides for the suspension of prescription"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 805"
citation: "Louisiana HB 805 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c127d8-1694-46f6-b480-a891105cd712"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238743"
source_hash: "da2ad7c1f4ba30da17bed9d4d7e3764ae5f36f8c10ead3407480f079ac49b322"
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 805 (2020) — PRESCRIPTION: Provides for the suspension of prescription

## Version chain

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

1. **HB805 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168025)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2880, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178305)
3. **HB805 Act 162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181471)
4. **HB805 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171541)
5. **HB805 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174791)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2008, Pressly, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172676)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2317, Pressly, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174265)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2372, Pressly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174533)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1437, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172240)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1964, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175855)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2054, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176349)
12. **HB805 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179130)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#730) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 805 BY PRESSLY (#231) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#464) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#739) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#789) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 06/09/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 162. `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 1 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Peacock, McMath, and Luneau.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Pressly, Gregory Miller, and Villio.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** 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`
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-26** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported favorably (15-0-1).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `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/86c127d8-1694-46f6-b480-a891105cd712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).