---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTISTRY: Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency"
description: "DENTISTRY: Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 836"
citation: "Louisiana HB 836 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Jordan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e669807-5986-4d01-a054-5b487c54d7a9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238824"
source_hash: "f6d7f033df044fe362ac4328ff057eae464a73b295014129a84995d81121c44b"
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 836 (2020) — DENTISTRY: Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency

## Version chain

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

1. **HB836 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168210)
2. **HB836 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182525)
3. **HB836 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174048)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2051, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176463)
5. **HB836 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178542)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#733) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#366) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#579) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edmond Jordan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date: 06/12/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 331. `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 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. 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 Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `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/2e669807-5986-4d01-a054-5b487c54d7a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).