---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Louisiana HB 235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Coates"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-27"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245848"
source_hash: "df490d0032639c26fe3cd22f91362ed3324193550f7097c3b14c6deddd7560a0"
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 235 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units

## Version chain

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

1. **HB235 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347739)
2. **HB235 Act 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375925)
3. **HB235 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355079)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1094, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353555)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1308, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355016)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2080, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366364)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2107, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366510)
8. **HB235 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372334)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — **100–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#467) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#886) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Coates — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 68. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/2024.
- **2024-04-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/2024.
- **2024-03-19** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).