republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations"
description: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Louisiana HB 210 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0f5009-1b46-49a7-a93f-612f66191104"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237716"
source_hash: "4cc35133f591ddb8989740fd91a3d87d8891e3bcdaa74e03c75325390e6c7b0d"
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 210 (2020) — CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB210 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1158878)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2886, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178404)
3. **HB210 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181910)
4. **HB210 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173597)
5. **HB210 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175477)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1755, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174361)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2288, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177501)
8. **HB210 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179127)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#672) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#553) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#770) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#345) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#734) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 01/01/2021.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 177. `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.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Peacock, McMath, and Luneau.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Mike Johnson, Gregory Miller, and Pressly.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 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 favorably. Rules suspended. 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 Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (10-0-1).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/24/2020.
- **2020-02-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0f5009-1b46-49a7-a93f-612f66191104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).