---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the \"Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act\" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the \"Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act\" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Louisiana SB 245 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-14"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5345eb-89ce-4a6b-98ee-13e48c509a70"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249183"
source_hash: "ed9b06c97365e407a491e37d4d2a4b35bc3dd766d69976891e5ad3af73eb437f"
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 245 (2025) — FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the "Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB245 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414656)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3816, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419879)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3879, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420400)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4288, Bacala, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423425)
5. **SB245 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426855)
6. **SB245 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416254)
7. **SB245 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416766)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1998, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416408)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2010, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416446)
10. **SB245 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424233)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#900) — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#290) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1028) — **72–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-30** Effective date 6/30/2025.
- **2025-06-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 467. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-11** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-10** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays.
- **2025-06-09** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-06-02** Reported with amendments (21-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-14** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 184. 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/2c5345eb-89ce-4a6b-98ee-13e48c509a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).