---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Louisiana SB 144 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen Womack"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f79a97-5b6a-49b0-9c60-f68e814e3dbb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248497"
source_hash: "aa6669d066bd8dfa5236be06800841915a85175254e43b69da4b4b3c2feda3ed"
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 144 (2025) — LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB144 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403859)
2. **SB144 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425531)
3. **SB144 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405496)
4. **SB144 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421495)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#835) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#31) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glen Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 333. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-08** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-27** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f79a97-5b6a-49b0-9c60-f68e814e3dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).