---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 878"
citation: "Louisiana HB 878 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Riser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8668868-9279-4eb9-a2af-cfc57c8eb0aa"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247073"
source_hash: "1e29faedd6f6293af59df4c16575c899b69ff1ccc7019c96dc21919318ac3200"
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 878 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB878 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361073)
2. **HB878 Act 663** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382688)
3. **HB878 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376469)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2911, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365135)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4854, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376438)
6. **HB878 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381731)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1452) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1469) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 vote (#1468) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- To the Senate to consider after 82 day (#1755) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Riser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 663. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-06-03** By a vote of 98 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2024-06-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-06-03** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2024-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-31** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-29** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Discharged from the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-05-20** Reported with amendments (18-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8668868-9279-4eb9-a2af-cfc57c8eb0aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).