---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 80"
citation: "Louisiana HB 80 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/865faa05-35d6-48ea-b2b5-fe093e317ef1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243923"
source_hash: "b433352fcdc528299a479769b79acd4fd7d6095ef836259b247bc52e490bf03d"
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 80 (2023) — CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB80 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1302957)
2. **HB80 Act 113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331991)
3. **HB80 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312931)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1223, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312102)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1319, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312830)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1312, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318862)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1641, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321348)
8. **HB80 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327459)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#55) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#419) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#735) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 113. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2023.
- **2023-04-19** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/17/2023.
- **2023-03-13** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/865faa05-35d6-48ea-b2b5-fe093e317ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).