republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020s2/hb-20.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)	TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020s2	HB 20	Louisiana HB 20 (2020s2)	bill		enacted	Rick Edmonds	11	18	3	2020-09-28	2020-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/40060600-b948-4e7c-9a2c-46624ad92a70	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239441	247fcc96577e04fc2b84e34a0a82f9ba4fb0941521909bddab264c1898bafa57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 20 (2020s2) — TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB20 Original (filed) — source
2. HB20 Act 13 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB20 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB20 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #263, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #309, W&M, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #329, Edmonds, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #273, Horton, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #458, R&F, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #582, R&F, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB20 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#34) — 85–2 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#191) — 84–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rick Edmonds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-28 Effective date: 10/28/2020.
• 2020-10-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13. executive-signature
• 2020-10-23 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2020-10-21 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-10-21 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-10-20 Read by title, roll called, yeas 84, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2020-10-20 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-20 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2020-10-19 The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-10-14 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-10-14 Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-10-07 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. referral-committee
• 2020-10-06 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-10-05 Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
• 2020-10-05 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-10-05 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-05 Reported with amendments (14-0).
• 2020-09-28 Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40060600-b948-4e7c-9a2c-46624ad92a70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).