---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for methods to contract for certain airport facilities. (8/1/23)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for methods to contract for certain airport facilities. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Louisiana SB 145 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Hensgens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dee1d17-5128-4a37-80ef-ae01881ffbe7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244437"
source_hash: "06e3539a8071372bf636bf4b43cab120e9fb713ac40e0203bc1131b4d53cc0de"
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 145 (2023) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for methods to contract for certain airport facilities. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB145 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309225)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3679, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326828)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3718, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327040)
4. **SB145 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332324)
5. **SB145 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321339)
6. **SB145 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331004)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#905) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#385) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#971) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Hensgens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-09** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 244. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-06-01** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-30** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Called from the Calendar.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2023-05-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-15** 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`
- **2023-03-31** 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/9dee1d17-5128-4a37-80ef-ae01881ffbe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).