republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-676.md

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Bill	HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)	HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	HB 676	Louisiana HB 676 (2020)	bill		enacted	Julie Emerson	12	19	3	2020-02-28	2020-06-13	openstates	ocd-bill/24d3d2af-849c-4fcf-8453-235e9ef75216	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238435	92a2b05dd202cf1376b33875d69191d5d77f984aa2ad3f1d9a9d7f319d32c803	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 676 (2020) — HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB676 Original (filed) — source
2. HB676 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB676 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB676 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1519, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1531, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #1660, Emerson, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Amendment, #1708, Freeman, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #2135, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #2192, Jackson, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2266, Fields, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. HB676 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• HB 676 BY EMERSON (#156) — 69–26 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#719) — 88–6 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#589) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Julie Emerson — primary (person)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-13 Effective date: 08/01/2020.
• 2020-06-13 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 334. 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 88, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2020-05-29 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
• 2020-05-29 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2020-05-29 Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-28 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-05-28 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-18 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-05-15 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 26. 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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-07 Reported with amendments (11-3).
• 2020-03-09 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24d3d2af-849c-4fcf-8453-235e9ef75216. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).