---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC WORKS: Increases \"contract limit\" that requires public bid for public work related to drainage projects done by regular maintenance employees in St. Charles Parish. (8/1/19)"
description: "PUBLIC WORKS: Increases \"contract limit\" that requires public bid for public work related to drainage projects done by regular maintenance employees in St. Charles Parish. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Louisiana SB 233 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Smith, Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-17"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dab3963-15e4-44f7-827e-89d7f7bd6727"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236626"
source_hash: "a423bbc830682438dd57e73b56d61cef6fa299f5783f16b5069e793a95be22a0"
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 233 (2019) — PUBLIC WORKS: Increases "contract limit" that requires public bid for public work related to drainage projects done by regular maintenance employees in St. Charles Parish. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB233 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125028)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3482, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139762)
3. **SB233 Act 201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143908)
4. **SB233 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127740)
5. **SB233 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130024)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1060, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127591)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1100, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127854)
8. **SB233 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140581)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#216) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#728) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#672) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 201. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dab3963-15e4-44f7-827e-89d7f7bd6727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).