republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to educational facilities improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to educational facilities improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Louisiana HB 208 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Brass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e798c1cf-2165-4ac5-8b0e-b419ca578358"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235936"
source_hash: "dba278d8554ab35e0110600f2d69cd69e022e7947bb3ad3d7aece5a83ec965ea"
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 HB 208 (2019) — DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to educational facilities improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB208 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119196)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3700, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142175)
3. **HB208 Act 422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144897)
4. **HB208 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131944)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3055, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140407)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3298, Walsworth, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141716)
7. **HB208 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143450)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1012) — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#524) — **66–26** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1025) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#956) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#888) — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 422. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 2. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/06/19.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Brass, Nancy Landry, and Wright.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Boudreaux, Morrish, and Appel.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2019-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-21** Notice given.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e798c1cf-2165-4ac5-8b0e-b419ca578358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).