republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-466.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 466"
citation: "Louisiana SB 466 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c32c54-8168-4038-a010-b5791b1166b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238768"
source_hash: "86c65efd792766385fa256c9810d9bf59180a0bd97b60d6d84f76db19bdfde0e"
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 466 (2020) — PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB466 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168088)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2435, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175695)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2568, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175674)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2651, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176223)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2670, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176442)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2798, Dwight, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177393)
7. **SB466 Act 302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182327)
8. **SB466 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172265)
9. **SB466 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174219)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1378, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171841)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1549, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172861)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1725, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174152)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1728, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174159)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1729, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174162)
15. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1506, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172662)
16. **SB466 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178453)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#248) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#648) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#603) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 302. `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 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-27** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c32c54-8168-4038-a010-b5791b1166b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).