---
type: "Bill"
title: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act. (Item #19) (EN -$41,250,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act. (Item #19) (EN -$41,250,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Louisiana SB 13 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Ward, III"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-06-04"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/243fcbe1-8bb9-43c2-ae8a-63a157708ffa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239177"
source_hash: "fe1b0740eb4986c845d82ca38bcc360f0760b4d44359ba253ccdb8539ced9f4f"
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 13 (2020s1) — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act. (Item #19) (EN -$41,250,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB13 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179759)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #367, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182557)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #380, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182635)
4. **SB13 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185916)
5. **SB13 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180079)
6. **SB13 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181212)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #53, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180000)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #56, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180014)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #119, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181085)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #122, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181119)
11. **SB13 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183987)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#25) — **18–0** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 119 BY ALLAIN, SB 13 BY WARD (#23) — **18–16** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#96) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#24) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#101) — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Ward, III — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 8/29/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 17. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays.
- **2020-06-23** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-06-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/23/20.
- **2020-06-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-17** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-15** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2020-06-10** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-04** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/243fcbe1-8bb9-43c2-ae8a-63a157708ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).