---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. (Items #1, 2, 7, and 14) (EN DECREASE RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. (Items #1, 2, 7, and 14) (EN DECREASE RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Louisiana HB 7 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2024-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae73ec52-2934-4c18-8935-f867ab3f6618"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247850"
source_hash: "0809cf7b635b659849422c5796dae49aad67a5fcd05cc5803ff0197f44279df8"
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 7 (2024s3) — FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. (Items #1, 2, 7, and 14) (EN DECREASE RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB7 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390004)
2. **HB7 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391522)
3. **HB7 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390303)
4. **HB7 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390583)
5. **HB7 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390463)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #28, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390021)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #47, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390391)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #50, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390315)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #68, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390469)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #78, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390516)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #88, Zeringue, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390558)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #136, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391015)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #95, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390913)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #168, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391150)
15. **HB7 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391355)

## Votes

- REPORTED WITHOUT AMENDMENTS (#14) — **71–18** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL LAW (#12) — **73–14** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 88 BY ZERINGUE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#20) — **24–63** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#39) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#67) — **87–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-11-25** Becomes Act No. 1. `became-law`
- **2024-11-25** Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
- **2024-11-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 11. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-19** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-13** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-11-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 15. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/12/2024.
- **2024-11-11** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-11** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-11** Reported without amendments (11-3).
- **2024-11-11** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2024-11-11** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-11** Reported with amendments (20-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-11-08** Reported with amendments (12-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-06** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae73ec52-2934-4c18-8935-f867ab3f6618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).