---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROCUREMENT CODE: Increases threshold amount that requires a public bid for the procurement of certain law enforcement vehicles by a local government unit. (8/1/22)"
description: "PROCUREMENT CODE: Increases threshold amount that requires a public bid for the procurement of certain law enforcement vehicles by a local government unit. (8/1/22)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Louisiana SB 78 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614bed06-c07e-44f6-9e0d-4b1ad244a4f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241774"
source_hash: "c64fb10f3b045a85003523f52cc82c492d756d0587348815e569457e7da60815"
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 78 (2022) — PROCUREMENT CODE: Increases threshold amount that requires a public bid for the procurement of certain law enforcement vehicles by a local government unit. (8/1/22)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB78 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251035)
2. **SB78 Act 179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286278)
3. **SB78 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261765)
4. **SB78 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1282789)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#86) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1104) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Reese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-31** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 179. `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 95, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** 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 (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-03-29** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-23** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal 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/614bed06-c07e-44f6-9e0d-4b1ad244a4f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).