republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-423.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)	LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2019	HB 423	Louisiana HB 423 (2019)	bill		enacted	Julie Emerson	9	21	3	2019-03-29	2019-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0aa145ce-9eb5-4a0f-982c-9397ab082688	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236243	1ab2800b63be354cfc86a52d3a8e4907ec21c048900ec5548edeb15ac27831a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 423 (2019) — LICENSING: Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB423 Original (filed) — source
2. HB423 Act 227 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB423 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB423 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #936, Pierre, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #1965, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Floor Amendment, #2529, Peacock, Proposed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2069, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB423 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#808) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#81) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#618) — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Julie Emerson — primary (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
• Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
• Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
• Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
• Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)
• Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-11 Effective date: 08/01/2019.
• 2019-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 227. executive-signature
• 2019-06-05 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-04 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2019-06-04 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2019-06-02 Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2019-05-31 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/19.
• 2019-05-30 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2019-05-30 Rules suspended. 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
• 2019-05-20 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2019-05-16 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2019-05-15 Reported with amendments.
• 2019-05-01 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2019-04-29 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2019-04-25 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/19.
• 2019-04-24 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2019-04-23 Reported favorably (14-0).
• 2019-04-08 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0aa145ce-9eb5-4a0f-982c-9397ab082688. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).