---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain advertising requirements for small purchase bids. (gov sig)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain advertising requirements for small purchase bids. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Louisiana SB 127 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa86273-9d54-4e19-912d-43cd88d00cac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241922"
source_hash: "598ddaa33525b02982df10815791af261113f4184b203573956c33978ae7c1ab"
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 127 (2022) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain advertising requirements for small purchase bids. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB127 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1253660)
2. **SB127 Act 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1288685)
3. **SB127 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267955)
4. **SB127 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269744)
5. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1635, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268157)
6. **SB127 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1282850)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1118) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#255) — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03** Effective date 6/3/2022.
- **2022-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 256. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/27/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 5. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2022-05-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2022-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2022.
- **2022-05-11** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-09** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 5 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-11** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa86273-9d54-4e19-912d-43cd88d00cac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).