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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the \"Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act\" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
+description: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the \"Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act\" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 245"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 245 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-05-14"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5345eb-89ce-4a6b-98ee-13e48c509a70"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249183"
+source_hash: "ed9b06c97365e407a491e37d4d2a4b35bc3dd766d69976891e5ad3af73eb437f"
+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 245 (2025) — FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the "Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB245 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414656)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #3816, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419879)
+3. **House Committee Amendment, #3879, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420400)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #4288, Bacala, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423425)
+5. **SB245 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426855)
+6. **SB245 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416254)
+7. **SB245 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416766)
+8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1998, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416408)
+9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2010, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416446)
+10. **SB245 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424233)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR (#900) — **30–7** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#290) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1028) — **72–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
+- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-30** Effective date 6/30/2025.
+- **2025-06-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 467. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2025-06-11** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-10** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays.
+- **2025-06-09** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar.
+- **2025-06-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
+- **2025-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
+- **2025-06-04** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2025-06-02** Reported with amendments (21-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2025-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2025-05-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2025-05-14** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 184. 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/2c5345eb-89ce-4a6b-98ee-13e48c509a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+