republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-423.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Louisiana SB 423 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Bodi White, Jr."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-11"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233a70c6-ba8f-476d-a8d5-aa6bb72d6037"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238576"
source_hash: "f977891fed2a951d9d180b7609db847e369c62f303f47884a6300fda69843556"
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 423 (2020) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB423 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165392)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #2696, Marcelle, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176389)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #2789, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177286)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2824, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177517)
5. **SB423 Act 361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182577)
6. **SB423 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173550)
7. **SB423 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174767)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #754, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173456)
9. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1765, White, B, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174387)
10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1684, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173930)
11. **SB423 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178489)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 2696 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#600) — **30–65** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#274) — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#602) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#645) — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2824 BY MILLER, G., MOTION TO ADOPT (#601) — **56–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2020.
- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 361. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2020-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
- **2020-05-26** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-26** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-26** Reported favorably (12-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-22** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- **2020-05-22** Discharged from the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- **2020-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 8 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-19** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-03-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/233a70c6-ba8f-476d-a8d5-aa6bb72d6037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).