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type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Louisiana HB 709 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-11"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91818aa3-f5d2-4734-ad05-ec4d84ea34de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238566"
source_hash: "89bca3ca99ff866c0fbbfe8e6628f85f0f96713700166b468f11368714e20f42"
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 709 (2020) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB709 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165325)
2. **HB709 Act 296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182373)
3. **HB709 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172452)
4. **HB709 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177673)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#324) — **951** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#535) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-12** Effective date: 06/30/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 296. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. 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 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 Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. 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 (13-0).
- **2020-03-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91818aa3-f5d2-4734-ad05-ec4d84ea34de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).