republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020s1/hb-37.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Louisiana HB 37 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Harris"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-05"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ddcd407-b7f3-4249-bb07-e38756b8230e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239188"
source_hash: "a6d09787e97da0ce331df1f3c2275d8d8c991680a44e2099fcb9afc60e8e0c3c"
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 37 (2020s1) — REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Revenue to waive penalties and interest for certain taxpayers for tax years 2019 and 2020 (Item #29) (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB37 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180023)
2. **HB37 Act 31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185898)
3. **HB37 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181039)
4. **HB37 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182487)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #172, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180652)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #207, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181020)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #167, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181417)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #297, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183127)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #317, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183216)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #359, Carter, Troy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183552)
11. **HB37 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184163)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#94) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#132) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#95) — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lance Harris — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date: 07/01/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 31. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-28** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-24** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/25/20.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-06-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/16/20.
- **2020-06-11** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-10** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2020-06-05** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ddcd407-b7f3-4249-bb07-e38756b8230e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).