---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADMINISTRATION: Provides relative to the creation of digitized credentials (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "ADMINISTRATION: Provides relative to the creation of digitized credentials (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "Louisiana HB 378 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2e205f-3e66-47a3-bf17-9495f0328ad1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236194"
source_hash: "5d30e1ae3723b17213c44d3bfc2622419e93f5c571776c404ae4eb8a79d42ea6"
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 378 (2019) — ADMINISTRATION: Provides relative to the creation of digitized credentials (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB378 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121376)
2. **HB378 Act 220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144082)
3. **HB378 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128266)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2101, FNCE, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135355)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2530, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137820)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2276, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136607)
7. **HB378 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140298)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#497) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#765) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#217) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 220. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably (18-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a2e205f-3e66-47a3-bf17-9495f0328ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).