---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Provides relative to reporting of state expenditures through the fiscal transparency website. (Item #32) (7/1/18) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "FISCAL CONTROLS: Provides relative to reporting of state expenditures through the fiscal transparency website. (Item #32) (7/1/18) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018 2nd Extraordinary Session"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Louisiana SB 13 (2018 2nd Extraordinary Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Ward, III"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-22"
last_action: "2018-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e81e52-bf3c-4d45-82e7-cfd50c0c6aa4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235412"
source_hash: "0a3fd25fcba2bfb2798abda46e1e3388a542d4e57de7b23e4c30e55d3134a71e"
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 13 (2018 2nd Extraordinary Session) — FISCAL CONTROLS: Provides relative to reporting of state expenditures through the fiscal transparency website. (Item #32) (7/1/18) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB13 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1100210)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #290, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103124)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #301, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103444)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #318, Havard, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103466)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #320, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103480)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #321, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103503)
7. **SB13 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1104223)
8. **SB13 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1100347)
9. **SB13 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1102186)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #55, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1100330)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #71, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1100631)
12. **SB13 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1103479)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#94) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#32) — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#68) — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rick Ward, III — primary (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Havard — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-08** Effective date 7/1/2018.
- **2018-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/6/2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/6/2018.
- **2018-06-04** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2018-06-04** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2018-06-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-06-04** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-06-04** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/04/2018.
- **2018-06-03** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2018-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-06-03** Reported with amendments (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-05-31** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-24** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-23** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2018-05-22** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e81e52-bf3c-4d45-82e7-cfd50c0c6aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).