---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain change orders when certain unit prices are contained in the initial contract. (8/1/23)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain change orders when certain unit prices are contained in the initial contract. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Louisiana SB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen Womack"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d932bb0f-65ee-4985-940a-66aed2292809"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244207"
source_hash: "567bad9fa8ed7e9918dc2d561cf79cb14a76f8f3897d2723130d1713c54c992b"
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 83 (2023) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for certain change orders when certain unit prices are contained in the initial contract. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB83 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1307447)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2492, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327443)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2341, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318982)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2893, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321923)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3587, Thomas, Polly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326022)
6. **SB83 Act 329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332547)
7. **SB83 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313585)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #630, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313147)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #664, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313436)
10. **SB83 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331756)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#711) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#986) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1188) — **88–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#124) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#518) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glen Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 329. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 88, nays 3. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Conference committee report received.
- **2023-06-06** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-05** House conferees appointed: Gadberry, Wright, and Coussan.
- **2023-05-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-05-30** Senate conference committee members appointed: Womack, McMath, and Morris.
- **2023-05-30** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2023-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-05-26** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-26** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments. `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`
- **2023-03-29** 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/d932bb0f-65ee-4985-940a-66aed2292809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).