---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for state income tax withholdings on unemployment compensation benefits (Item #32) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)"
description: "UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for state income tax withholdings on unemployment compensation benefits (Item #32) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "Louisiana HB 62 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Zeringue"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4136fb0e-9c94-44fc-a691-2893c3048d15"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239246"
source_hash: "df749543e99d79f81cecc78c19c80d69f495d6982c6185f4c18ea20e71194b71"
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 62 (2020s1) — UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides for state income tax withholdings on unemployment compensation benefits (Item #32) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB62 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181151)
2. **HB62 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185901)
3. **HB62 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182548)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #285, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181708)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #329, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182180)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #350, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182541)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #406, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183963)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #465, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184141)
9. **HB62 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184826)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#159) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#130) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#77) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Zeringue — 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. 33. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-06-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-06-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/29/20.
- **2020-06-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-25** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-06-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/18/20.
- **2020-06-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-16** Reported with amendments (13-1).
- **2020-06-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** 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/4136fb0e-9c94-44fc-a691-2893c3048d15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).