---
type: "Bill"
title: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for an extension of the application deadline for the Quality Jobs Program. (Item #18) (7/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for an extension of the application deadline for the Quality Jobs Program. (Item #18) (7/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Louisiana SB 26 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-14"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1cee17-dc83-4ce3-a31c-00880c2d3c1f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239272"
source_hash: "76cbb190259f1f641e66bbc1379d8f9ea59c041e6ca01facd54752b57a2552fa"
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 26 (2020s1) — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for an extension of the application deadline for the Quality Jobs Program. (Item #18) (7/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB26 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182012)
2. **SB26 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185922)
3. **SB26 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182221)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #224, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182092)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #232, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182169)
6. **SB26 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183910)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#50) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#112) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 7/1/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 23. `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** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, 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, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-06-14** 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/9f1cee17-dc83-4ce3-a31c-00880c2d3c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).