---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC PROPERTY: Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions"
description: "PUBLIC PROPERTY: Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "Louisiana HB 590 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dc3367-7d0b-4d57-89c3-11a67ed01414"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238334"
source_hash: "d3cc16c61febbcb784ca07e00ac1f30caeedd072bc8f38c88a5b38d7857526bc"
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 590 (2020) — PUBLIC PROPERTY: Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB590 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163734)
2. **HB590 Act 279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182356)
3. **HB590 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172317)
4. **HB590 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175396)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2275, Johnson, Mike, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174121)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2022, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176207)
7. **HB590 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178606)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#708) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#321) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#493) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 279. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** 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 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-15** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `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/85dc3367-7d0b-4d57-89c3-11a67ed01414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).