---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to sharing of student information for the purpose of administering the pandemic electronic benefits transfer (P-EBT) program (Item #28)"
description: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to sharing of student information for the purpose of administering the pandemic electronic benefits transfer (P-EBT) program (Item #28)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Louisiana HB 96 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Adatto Freeman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43c84380-608e-40d5-aa9d-78318af047d3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239657"
source_hash: "23026caad9d4114ee2588113e7d65406881d46eba1cf381090fca06f8d62f9a1"
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 96 (2020s2) — STUDENTS: Provides relative to sharing of student information for the purpose of administering the pandemic electronic benefits transfer (P-EBT) program (Item #28)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB96 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191819)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #712, House Adopted, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193957)
3. **HB96 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1195052)
4. **HB96 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192525)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #525, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192363)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #532, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192391)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #538, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192519)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #715, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193339)
9. **HB96 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194466)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#171) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#232) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#231) — **88–6** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#268) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#149) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aimee Adatto Freeman — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-11-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 49. `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** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-10-23** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-10-23** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2020-10-23** Conference committee report received.
- **2020-10-23** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-10-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-23** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2020-10-23** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-10-23** House conferees appointed: Freeman, Garofalo, and Hilferty.
- **2020-10-22** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Talbot, and Mizell.
- **2020-10-22** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-10-22** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 6, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-10-21** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-21** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-20** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-15** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2020-10-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43c84380-608e-40d5-aa9d-78318af047d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).