CIVIL/ACTIONS: Enacts the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 (Item #40)
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 8, 2020
Signed Jul 13, 2020
Floor votes · House Jun 15, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
13
Committee
16
Amendments
3
Jul 13, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 37.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 4 nays.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 86, nays 15. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Committee
Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Committee
The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee by a vote of 95 yeas and 0 nays.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Committee
The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
upper
Jun 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
Jun 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays.
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Peacock, and Luneau.
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 23, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 18, 2020
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 17, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 9, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments (10-0-1).
lower
Jun 8, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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1 primary · 31 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
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