republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-517.md

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Bill	WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Provides for continuation of the weekly death benefit for the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty upon remarriage. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)	WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Provides for continuation of the weekly death benefit for the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty upon remarriage. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	SB 517	Louisiana SB 517 (2020)	bill		enacted	Cleo Fields	8	16	4	2020-05-13	2020-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/e2ed4b98-8d58-4dd7-a8d5-4664482bd095	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238994	18744676bef033197df455c75fb946cc93e98ad3e34c9e3cc66f8eebdbda0f8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 517 (2020) — WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Provides for continuation of the weekly death benefit for the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty upon remarriage. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Version chain

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

1. SB517 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #2334, L&IR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #2354, L&IR, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB517 Act 364 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB517 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. SB517 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1511, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. SB517 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CO-AUTHORS (#227) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#226) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#536) — 82–14 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR (#626) — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cleo Fields — primary (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
• Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
• J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
• Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — 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)
• R. L. Bret Allain, II — 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)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-12 Effective date 8/1/2020.
• 2020-06-12 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 364. 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.
• 2020-05-31 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-05-29 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 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 82, nays 14. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-05-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
• 2020-05-22 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-21 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2020-05-20 Reported with amendments (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-18 Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. referral-committee
• 2020-05-15 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-14 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-05-13 Substitute for Senate Bill No. 388. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2ed4b98-8d58-4dd7-a8d5-4664482bd095. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).