---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS/BIDS: Provides relative to procurement limits for purchases of materials and supplies by public entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "CONTRACTS/BIDS: Provides relative to procurement limits for purchases of materials and supplies by public entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Louisiana HB 221 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tanner Magee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d02744a5-e06d-457f-bf13-06d17a27304c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241804"
source_hash: "86866ba08b4e51fcabf3b7d0a3d8e48fcfa19ba101184327bb3025f8aca213f6"
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 HB 221 (2022) — CONTRACTS/BIDS: Provides relative to procurement limits for purchases of materials and supplies by public entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB221 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251886)
2. **HB221 Act 204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286766)
3. **HB221 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260619)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3125, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278420)
5. **HB221 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1282223)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#711) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#67) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1049) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tanner Magee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
- **2022-05-31** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 204. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2022-05-23** Called from the calendar.
- **2022-05-19** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/23/2022.
- **2022-05-19** Notice given.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2022-05-18** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-05-12** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-03-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2022.
- **2022-03-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-21** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.
- **2022-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d02744a5-e06d-457f-bf13-06d17a27304c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).