---
type: "Bill"
title: "ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Economic Development. (6/30/18)"
description: "ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Economic Development. (6/30/18)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Louisiana SB 63 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Martiny"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6633c50-7c2b-48f7-82e3-8fd2572a41e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233280"
source_hash: "10608bca13ef2f2829b42130090c7e5ad6b5e30e0e0a46a2ac9b9cc443d0df3a"
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 63 (2018) — ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Economic Development. (6/30/18)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB63 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1065758)
2. **SB63 Act 24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097218)
3. **SB63 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074945)
4. **SB63 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1091292)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#613) — **82–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#93) — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Danny Martiny — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** Effective date 6/30/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-04-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/18.
- **2018-04-12** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-10** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-20** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Called from the Calendar.
- **2018-03-19** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6633c50-7c2b-48f7-82e3-8fd2572a41e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).