republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-842.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "Louisiana HB 842 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Hilferty"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fd95c2-e80a-4a8a-9b97-f0cdc35481c2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238843"
source_hash: "54482e9cd653c36aa8a94427853b58addfb6056d6e0879a6b737ea50325ac993"
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 842 (2020) — COURTS: Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB842 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168252)
2. **HB842 Act 110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180968)
3. **HB842 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170220)
4. **HB842 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173303)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1423, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168997)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1553, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169708)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1602, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170183)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2012, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172756)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2066, Duplessis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173082)
10. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1199, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170763)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2271, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177535)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2467, Carter, Troy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178789)
13. **HB842 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179135)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER (#707) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#710) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#712) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 842 BY HILFERTY (#170) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#776) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#706) — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 vote (#705) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Hilferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/20.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 110. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** By a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Reconsidered.
- **2020-06-01** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-31** By a vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-20** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary B.
- **2020-05-20** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2020-05-18** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. 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 (10-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fd95c2-e80a-4a8a-9b97-f0cdc35481c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).