---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Louisiana HB 20 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40060600-b948-4e7c-9a2c-46624ad92a70"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239441"
source_hash: "247fcc96577e04fc2b84e34a0a82f9ba4fb0941521909bddab264c1898bafa57"
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 20 (2020s2) — TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB20 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189076)
2. **HB20 Act 13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194929)
3. **HB20 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190888)
4. **HB20 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191197)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #263, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190532)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #309, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190752)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #329, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190982)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #273, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190927)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #458, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191879)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #582, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192580)
11. **HB20 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193626)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#34) — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#191) — **84–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 84, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-19** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-07** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
- **2020-10-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-05** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2020-09-28** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40060600-b948-4e7c-9a2c-46624ad92a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).