---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROCUREMENT: Authorizes a public entity to reject the lowest bid on a procurement contract when a vendor engages in a boycott of Israel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PROCUREMENT: Authorizes a public entity to reject the lowest bid on a procurement contract when a vendor engages in a boycott of Israel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Louisiana HB 245 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f5d346-5b2c-484f-8dd2-d584c85466fc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235973"
source_hash: "e38c80d3274333e591d7af6188f07dd097a0cac8934f673c99c6a7cf44bfa3f1"
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 245 (2019) — PROCUREMENT: Authorizes a public entity to reject the lowest bid on a procurement contract when a vendor engages in a boycott of Israel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB245 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119478)
2. **HB245 Act 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143688)
3. **HB245 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128269)
4. **HB245 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132680)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2129, Hodges, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130881)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2246, Appel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136433)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2356, Morrell, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137198)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3047, Long, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140326)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3229, Morrell, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141003)
10. **HB245 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143060)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#907) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#995) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#215) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 06/06/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 155. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, roll called, yeas 85, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-05-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-05-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably (18-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f5d346-5b2c-484f-8dd2-d584c85466fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).