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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 676"
citation: "Louisiana HB 676 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d3d2af-849c-4fcf-8453-235e9ef75216"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238435"
source_hash: "92a2b05dd202cf1376b33875d69191d5d77f984aa2ad3f1d9a9d7f319d32c803"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1164135)
2. **HB676 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182529)
3. **HB676 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169649)
4. **HB676 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173257)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1519, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169513)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1531, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169604)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1660, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171697)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1708, Freeman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172268)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2135, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176692)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2192, Jackson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176966)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2266, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177334)
12. **HB676 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178580)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d3d2af-849c-4fcf-8453-235e9ef75216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).