---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to the creation of the certified shorthand reporters fund (Items #10 and #11) (EN +$64,675 SD RV See Note)"
description: "COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to the creation of the certified shorthand reporters fund (Items #10 and #11) (EN +$64,675 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "Louisiana HB 27 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Zeringue"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-04"
last_action: "2020-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c9e4d8-3683-4ef7-bc88-d7b8845345d9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239162"
source_hash: "fbe5bd2181b42155c40387b7b9bffcb8693b24272589d8e4799cc4c0390189cb"
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 27 (2020s1) — COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to the creation of the certified shorthand reporters fund (Items #10 and #11) (EN +$64,675 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB27 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179675)
2. **HB27 Act 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184404)
3. **HB27 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180919)
4. **HB27 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181705)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #145, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180184)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #198, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180904)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #269, Zeringue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181618)
8. **HB27 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183488)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#27) — **67–19** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#79) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#29) — **86–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Zeringue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-23** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-18** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-17** Reported favorably.
- **2020-06-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 8. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Reconsidered.
- **2020-06-11** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 19. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
- **2020-06-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/11/20.
- **2020-06-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-09** Reported with amendments (18-0).
- **2020-06-04** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41c9e4d8-3683-4ef7-bc88-d7b8845345d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).