---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the commission for the Port of South Louisiana to set contract limits. (8/1/23)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the commission for the Port of South Louisiana to set contract limits. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Louisiana SB 131 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Price"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63056dec-fddd-4563-b8bd-02a7ac1c966a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244384"
source_hash: "9e902810311719b42dd85dd922e697fb360be4dbe2a8f28c5dc73e555d7048d5"
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 131 (2023) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the commission for the Port of South Louisiana to set contract limits. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB131 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308849)
2. **SB131 Act 102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331770)
3. **SB131 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316916)
4. **SB131 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319853)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1292, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318638)
6. **SB131 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327494)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#748) — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#220) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 102. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** 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`
- **2023-03-30** 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/63056dec-fddd-4563-b8bd-02a7ac1c966a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).