---
type: "Bill"
title: "AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Removes the ten year lease provision and the associated exceptions for airport facilities"
description: "AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Removes the ten year lease provision and the associated exceptions for airport facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Louisiana HB 281 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raymond Crews"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e95f65c5-ec8b-46ff-a6e6-73691b6733a1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245918"
source_hash: "c665f02054ed9931f5a06f34f9bfef0bd355717ae37ce2b01ff572a3ccd2265c"
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 281 (2024) — AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Removes the ten year lease provision and the associated exceptions for airport facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB281 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348644)
2. **HB281 Act 605** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382334)
3. **HB281 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354484)
4. **HB281 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356384)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1512, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356336)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2481, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368846)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2482, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368849)
8. **HB281 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379366)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#59) — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1477) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#862) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raymond Crews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 605. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 8, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-03-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/2024.
- **2024-03-19** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Reported favorably (10-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e95f65c5-ec8b-46ff-a6e6-73691b6733a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).