---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC HEALTH/OFFICE: Requires regular reporting of the number of school-age children known to have an infectious disease during a public health emergency relating to the disease (Item #28) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC HEALTH/OFFICE: Requires regular reporting of the number of school-age children known to have an infectious disease during a public health emergency relating to the disease (Item #28) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Louisiana HB 52 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16385cd2-c89a-4185-b3c3-1efa5590bc1d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239524"
source_hash: "5dee1a4a74757dc79f7f495687c03659894702e13f782f5ae69bc977ebdfb198"
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 52 (2020s2) — PUBLIC HEALTH/OFFICE: Requires regular reporting of the number of school-age children known to have an infectious disease during a public health emergency relating to the disease (Item #28) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB52 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189742)
2. **HB52 Act 20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194936)
3. **HB52 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191326)
4. **HB52 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192414)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #472, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191999)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #704, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193328)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #781, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193843)
8. **HB52 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194462)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#103) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#226) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#265) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (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. 20. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-23** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-23** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-21** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/13/20.
- **2020-10-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-07** Reported favorably (15-0).
- **2020-09-30** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16385cd2-c89a-4185-b3c3-1efa5590bc1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).