republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-477.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD: Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD: Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Louisiana HB 477 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Ivey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c14f35c1-7604-4f68-8ac3-1857eac906e2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238193"
source_hash: "69169b7143e694a9156288ed0d64b79e23437188d87a89f82ec89c3713d9c050"
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 477 (2020) — PURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD: Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB477 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163023)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2863, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178016)
3. **HB477 Act 273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182350)
4. **HB477 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169403)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1396, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168729)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1489, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169347)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1915, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175520)
8. **HB477 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179194)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#741) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#794) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#455) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#698) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#52) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Ivey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 273. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2020-06-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received.
- **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2020-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: White, Fred Mills, and Johns.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Ivey, Zeringue, and McKnight.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-26** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments (17-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c14f35c1-7604-4f68-8ac3-1857eac906e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).