---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 381"
citation: "Louisiana HB 381 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Brass"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2fd071-1728-4075-aff5-8cfca02fe146"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248368"
source_hash: "e87f20f3b84872d9b793b1163c90586b72a55905eae7b9eb0595a1857fa026ad"
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 381 (2025) — CAPITAL OUTLAY: Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB381 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403025)
2. **HB381 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425116)
3. **HB381 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407069)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1816, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415330)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1896, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415803)
6. **HB381 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421268)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#805) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#79) — **71–13** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#454) — **28–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 07/01/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 189. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-19** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a2fd071-1728-4075-aff5-8cfca02fe146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).