---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and functions of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and functions of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Louisiana SB 480 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54e21560-07e9-467a-b899-46d665491aa8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247177"
source_hash: "afa4280c3dd3e4c5b9d197a3e4635d9f02799cee211e36818fd0b2eb7b3aa237"
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 480 (2024) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and functions of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB480 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361465)
2. **SB480 Act 531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382236)
3. **SB480 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366703)
4. **SB480 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368531)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1960, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365520)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2118, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366556)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2185, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367280)
8. **SB480 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378453)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1362) — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#396) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 6/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 531. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 11. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54e21560-07e9-467a-b899-46d665491aa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).