---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERNET: Provides relative to rural broadband high-speed internet access."
description: "INTERNET: Provides relative to rural broadband high-speed internet access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Louisiana SB 10 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-04"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5239530b-4a1f-4ef4-98f8-e3278e923c36"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239170"
source_hash: "0f23d2f91bc64f7129f0d28dce8db21c26adbbb1f3b1b3f252e15415e47e44d1"
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 SB 10 (2020s1) — INTERNET: Provides relative to rural broadband high-speed internet access.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB10 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179719)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #440, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183135)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #443, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183170)
4. **SB10 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185914)
5. **SB10 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181170)
6. **SB10 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182041)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #101, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181076)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #123, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181143)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #189, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181758)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #182, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181729)
11. **SB10 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184255)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#114) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#107) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#38) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 7/13/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 16. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-26** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-25** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/24/20.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-10** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2020-06-04** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5239530b-4a1f-4ef4-98f8-e3278e923c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).