---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the acceptance of digital identification (Item #28)"
description: "COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the acceptance of digital identification (Item #28)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Louisiana HB 54 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1540a0f-6fde-42ca-9e6a-f63359e8d7c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239526"
source_hash: "36fce29f76fc7b42e870c3fd297eaf76c65314d98f43497f6f16f5c1dec6f893"
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 54 (2020s2) — COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the acceptance of digital identification (Item #28)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB54 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189752)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #700, House Proposed, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193694)
3. **HB54 Act 21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194937)
4. **HB54 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190845)
5. **HB54 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191257)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #267, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190644)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #272, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190643)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #296, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190785)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #346, James, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191072)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #556, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192454)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #564, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192483)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #631, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193195)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #691, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193251)
14. **HB54 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194324)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#42) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#139) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#247) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#193) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 12/22/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 21. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-22** Notice Senate discharged from the Conference Committee.
- **2020-10-22** Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- **2020-10-22** Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee and concurred in the Senate amendments.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-22** Reconsidered.
- **2020-10-22** Discharged from Conference Committee.
- **2020-10-22** Conference committee report received.
- **2020-10-22** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-10-21** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-10-21** Senate conference committee members appointed: Johns, Ward, and Peacock.
- **2020-10-21** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-10-21** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-10-21** House conferees appointed: James, Davis, and Stefanski.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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** 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 Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. 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 (16-0).
- **2020-09-30** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1540a0f-6fde-42ca-9e6a-f63359e8d7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).