---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Prohibits a hospital service district from using \"construction management at risk\" for projects estimated to cost less than two million dollars (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Prohibits a hospital service district from using \"construction management at risk\" for projects estimated to cost less than two million dollars (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Louisiana HB 797 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Coates"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93efe926-dc68-4997-aa30-42f27f947803"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246932"
source_hash: "4b5e73af9b3cac1c3a36b4a2835d2130d60e78f544114d0299c96c90ac8be07a"
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 797 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Prohibits a hospital service district from using "construction management at risk" for projects estimated to cost less than two million dollars (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB797 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358982)
2. **HB797 Act 725** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382750)
3. **HB797 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363311)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2483, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362896)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2566, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363211)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2896, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371003)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2899, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371004)
8. **HB797 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379970)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#676) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#600) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1594) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Coates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 725. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Notice given.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** 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`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2024.
- **2024-04-15** Notice given.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93efe926-dc68-4997-aa30-42f27f947803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).