republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020s2/sb-45.md

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Bill	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the "Lod Cook Act" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the "Lod Cook Act" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020s2	SB 45	Louisiana SB 45 (2020s2)	bill		enacted	Cleo Fields	12	17	4	2020-09-30	2020-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d03b5e8d-33a4-4182-abc7-e7e3ae52d18d	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239553	03bcd7a469df4d7d8faa4f6ac07b333e385d2973c25b70b02b63255057e58361	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 45 (2020s2) — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the "Lod Cook Act" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB45 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #502, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #540, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB45 Act 38 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB45 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. SB45 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #220, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #334, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #439, Fields, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #471, White, B, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #395, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. SB45 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR (#131) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• CO-AUTHORS (#62) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#61) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#158) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cleo Fields — primary (person)
• Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
• Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
• Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
• J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
• Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
• Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Reese — 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.

• 2020-10-28 Effective date: See Act.
• 2020-10-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 38. executive-signature
• 2020-10-21 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2020-10-21 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-10-20 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-10-19 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2020-10-15 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2020-10-15 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-10-14 Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
• 2020-10-14 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-10-14 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-14 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2020-10-14 Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-10-13 Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-10-12 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-10-07 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-09-30 Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d03b5e8d-33a4-4182-abc7-e7e3ae52d18d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).