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type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for participation in certain meetings by teleconferencing or other electronic means for legislative bodies. (gov sig) (Item #25)"
description: "PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for participation in certain meetings by teleconferencing or other electronic means for legislative bodies. (gov sig) (Item #25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Louisiana SB 71 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-07"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ced08b9-9507-4638-8316-8c205c66a703"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239644"
source_hash: "9a253c32f9b983b48c8b66fc88f57b1f9bd8f450618884162528bcf3725e5d52"
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 71 (2020s2) — PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for participation in certain meetings by teleconferencing or other electronic means for legislative bodies. (gov sig) (Item #25)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB71 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191484)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #643, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193305)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #655, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193416)
4. **SB71 Act 43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194826)
5. **SB71 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191800)
6. **SB71 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192332)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #522, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192220)
8. **SB71 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194097)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#89) — **278** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#220) — **950** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#180) — **350** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 522 BY LUNEAU, SB 71 BY PEACOCK (#88) — **2311** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barrow Peacock — 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. 43. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-10-21** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-10-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-10-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/21/20.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-20** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-12** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-07** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ced08b9-9507-4638-8316-8c205c66a703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).