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)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Jun 5, 2020
Signed Jul 13, 2020
Floor votes · House Jun 16, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jul 13, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 31.
lower
Jun 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 24, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
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.
upper
Jun 22, 2020
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 18, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
Jun 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 10, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Jun 5, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lance Harris
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
GS
Gary Smith Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
Glen Womack
RRepublican
Co
Jimmy Harris
DDemocratic
Co
LB
Louie Bernard
RRepublican
Co
Mike Reese
RRepublican
Co
Patrick McMath
RRepublican
Co
PP
Patrick Page Cortez
RRepublican
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