republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-198.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (8/1/20)"
description: "SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (8/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Louisiana SB 198 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef0d9ca-b462-4cd7-8eb1-a98594447197"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237879"
source_hash: "12a0b02d874ec6d7d2a7a912df82864c2900c20d732ddb403d1f43327043a97e"
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 SB 198 (2020) — SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (8/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB198 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1160765)
2. **SB198 Act 221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181999)
3. **SB198 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165265)
4. **SB198 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171265)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #820, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166724)
6. **SB198 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177011)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#91) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#497) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrow Peacock — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 221. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-11** Reported favorably.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef0d9ca-b462-4cd7-8eb1-a98594447197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).