---
type: "Bill"
title: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides for the definition of an airport sponsor and replaces engineer with sponsor for the approval, inspection, and certification of airport construction projects. (gov sig)"
description: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides for the definition of an airport sponsor and replaces engineer with sponsor for the approval, inspection, and certification of airport construction projects. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Louisiana SB 181 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5350a7-8e3d-4924-8df9-84661d2dc87c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242122"
source_hash: "6579816f0c0410837b4eb69359b5b31ce539de1b17f83e83e29062b4549a47ed"
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 181 (2022) — AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides for the definition of an airport sponsor and replaces engineer with sponsor for the approval, inspection, and certification of airport construction projects. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB181 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1255281)
2. **SB181 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280632)
3. **SB181 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267951)
4. **SB181 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269737)
5. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1651, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268173)
6. **SB181 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278255)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#796) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#257) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-17** Effective date 5/17/2022.
- **2022-05-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 67. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/12/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2022.
- **2022-05-04** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-02** 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** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, 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`
- **2022-03-03** 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/2d5350a7-8e3d-4924-8df9-84661d2dc87c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).