---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)"
description: "LIABILITY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Louisiana HB 59 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Mincey"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-06-09"
last_action: "2020-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b52f5a5-dcde-4a07-be4b-2f7de6f3b964"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239221"
source_hash: "a270b4f28a371c088d6578310869919714d6d643dceb733fd9c36bf2b0b5c784"
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 59 (2020s1) — LIABILITY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB59 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180796)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #574, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184975)
3. **HB59 Act 9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185639)
4. **HB59 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182720)
5. **HB59 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183600)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #304, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181892)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #383, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182676)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #467, Mincey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183528)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #489, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184282)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #521, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184383)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #545, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184495)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #547, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184506)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #566, Bouie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184673)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #569, Fields, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184699)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #571, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184717)
16. **HB59 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185201)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#171) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#93) — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#192) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#154) — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#193) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
- 3 MINUTE RULE (#192) — **54–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Mincey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08** Effective date: 03/11/2020.
- **2020-07-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-30** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-30** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2020-06-30** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 55, nays 40. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-30** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-30** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-30** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Pope, and Mizell.
- **2020-06-30** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-06-30** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-06-29** House conferees appointed: Mincey, Bishop, and Schexnayder.
- **2020-06-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 83, nays 15, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-06-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-28** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-06-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/23/20.
- **2020-06-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-18** Reported with amendments (14-0-1).
- **2020-06-15** Read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-06-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-06-09** 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/1b52f5a5-dcde-4a07-be4b-2f7de6f3b964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).