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Bill	TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020s2	HB 74	Louisiana HB 74 (2020s2)	bill		enacted	Daryl Deshotel	14	19	3	2020-10-02	2020-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/1a1b9317-09e1-4bae-93af-46c9a4cc88d4	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239579	a6abbbc6c5d33f45bc7a537435c667e2a1cb3deed41c075c2593546a21573b32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 74 (2020s2) — TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Creates the state office of broadband (Item #39) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB74 Original (filed) — source
2. HB74 Act 24 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB74 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB74 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #271, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #292, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #365, Deshotel, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #548, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #549, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #562, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Committee Amendment, #654, FNCE, Draft (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Committee Amendment, #661, FNCE, Draft (committee substitute) — source
13. Senate Committee Amendment, #689, FNCE, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
14. HB74 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#227) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#44) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#163) — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daryl Deshotel — primary (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
• Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
• Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
• Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
• Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
• Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-28 Effective date: See Act.
• 2020-10-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24. executive-signature
• 2020-10-23 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2020-10-22 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-10-22 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-10-21 Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2020-10-21 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-21 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2020-10-21 The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-10-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-10-20 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-10-14 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• 2020-10-07 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. referral-committee
• 2020-10-06 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. 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 (16-0).
• 2020-10-02 Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a1b9317-09e1-4bae-93af-46c9a4cc88d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).