republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-396.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Louisiana SB 396 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec6bb70b-a4c8-414d-9d7b-d3ebacb44457"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238495"
source_hash: "b83d5886efbd37bb406b7493654012d1dbbfb141172e1421eb1b579835c68b65"
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 396 (2020) — TAX/AD VALOREM: Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB396 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1164309)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2590, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175846)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2596, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175883)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2746, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176811)
5. **SB396 Act 240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182294)
6. **SB396 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173554)
7. **SB396 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174760)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1569, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173360)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1811, Morris, Jay, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174624)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1814, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174628)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1815, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174646)
12. **SB396 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178504)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#562) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#642) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#268) — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 240. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 33. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-26** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-26** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-26** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- **2020-05-21** Discharged from the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- **2020-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-19** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal 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/ec6bb70b-a4c8-414d-9d7b-d3ebacb44457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).