---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES: Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Item #3)"
description: "LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES: Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Item #3)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Louisiana HB 8 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-06-01"
last_action: "2020-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1aa1ea-8736-4d2f-b12d-3386bd01bf3f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239120"
source_hash: "f268553d9321bd9c3fa6e34634d74d95d2989abc5dc518cfd0a4d8d37b3abc9c"
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 8 (2020s1) — LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES: Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Item #3)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB8 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178838)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #542, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184821)
3. **HB8 Act 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185638)
4. **HB8 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180151)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #105, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179629)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #133, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180054)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #358, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183538)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #398, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183948)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #491, White, B, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184285)
10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #425, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184022)
11. **HB8 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185129)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#144) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#16) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#182) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#161) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08** Effective date: 07/01/2020.
- **2020-07-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 8. `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 House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-30** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/30/20.
- **2020-06-29** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2020-06-29** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-29** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-29** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-29** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-29** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, White, and Tarver.
- **2020-06-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-06-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-06-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-06-29** House conferees appointed: Schexnayder, Zeringue, and Dustin Miller.
- **2020-06-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/29/20.
- **2020-06-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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** Read by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 2 for 06/26.
- **2020-06-25** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-17** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2020-06-17** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2020-06-11** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-05** Made Special Order of the day No. 4 for 06/10/20.
- **2020-06-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-05** Reported with amendments (17-0).
- **2020-06-01** 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/8f1aa1ea-8736-4d2f-b12d-3386bd01bf3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).