---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public bid forms and specifications. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public bid forms and specifications. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Louisiana SB 182 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Bodi White, Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c9cd9c1-aeed-4ccf-8e0f-c1eccaf5a7e5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240388"
source_hash: "adcb33a13d2eaeeb6b9a8a037f389be5bfa2e1aebd133e066b07cda1b66c3991"
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 182 (2021) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public bid forms and specifications. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB182 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211156)
2. **SB182 Act 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230696)
3. **SB182 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214933)
4. **SB182 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217492)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #864, White, B, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216044)
6. **SB182 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227190)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#565) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 182 BY WHITE (#104) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 48. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/25/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-24** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-12** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c9cd9c1-aeed-4ccf-8e0f-c1eccaf5a7e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).