---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 794"
citation: "Louisiana HB 794 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c75da04-87e4-4e92-8c7a-d82eef7c2aff"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246924"
source_hash: "3bfc803cdce4390e8c721b52c1a07d64d0d4b044f654eebad2cce72437887b7f"
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 794 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB794 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358745)
2. **HB794 Act 788** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383085)
3. **HB794 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363101)
4. **HB794 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365540)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2989, Gadberry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365379)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2852, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370859)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2868, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370912)
8. **HB794 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379984)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1583) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#471) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1179) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 788 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-16** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** 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/4c75da04-87e4-4e92-8c7a-d82eef7c2aff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).