republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-481.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to students impacted due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)"
description: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to students impacted due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "Louisiana SB 481 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2fd60ac-2412-4a40-86f1-59aa2a6802fa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238809"
source_hash: "9fa9ccd269b58ac77a2414fa7a00a9b4e30e3e33a980663e7477726e3c93b9af"
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 481 (2020) — STUDENTS: Provides relative to students impacted due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB481 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168179)
2. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1754, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174360)
3. **SB481 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182302)
4. **SB481 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170271)
5. **SB481 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171275)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1084, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169919)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1181, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170709)
8. **SB481 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178043)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#124) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#623) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#125) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#512) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleo Fields — primary (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 245. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House with 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, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (11-0). 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** 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 Education. `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/c2fd60ac-2412-4a40-86f1-59aa2a6802fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).