---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Electric Utility Investment Recovery Securitization Act (Item #35)"
description: "UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Electric Utility Investment Recovery Securitization Act (Item #35)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Louisiana HB 39 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-05"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e373c63-64d2-45c6-80ba-de4b072e1c84"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239190"
source_hash: "ed8182a25523ffbeed6759ebecab31912197058889df95a2fcd19798f1cec6cd"
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 39 (2020s1) — UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Electric Utility Investment Recovery Securitization Act (Item #35)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB39 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180028)
2. **HB39 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185899)
3. **HB39 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180523)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #148, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180284)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #160, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180509)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #238, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182386)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #250, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182629)
8. **HB39 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183806)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#78) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#100) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date: 08/29/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-24** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/24/20.
- **2020-06-23** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-22** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 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** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-17** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-06-14** 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`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/11/20.
- **2020-06-09** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-08** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2020-06-05** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e373c63-64d2-45c6-80ba-de4b072e1c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).