---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles"
description: "TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "Louisiana HB 514 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Willard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c6bf68-27aa-4830-a439-e7105c6b8848"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238230"
source_hash: "993966e838fa0d507cbe94f5ac81374c6824bfd6ad6cb83f8df66bb474729646"
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 514 (2020) — TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles

## Version chain

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

1. **HB514 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163217)
2. **HB514 Act 152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183350)
3. **HB514 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169291)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1871, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174957)
5. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1900, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175230)
6. **HB514 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178463)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#53) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#655) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#373) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 152. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-26** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-21** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1c6bf68-27aa-4830-a439-e7105c6b8848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).