---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Expands the class of parishes eligible for a waiver of a matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Expands the class of parishes eligible for a waiver of a matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "Louisiana HB 857 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Carter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a0ded3-f3ff-440d-97cf-f5f58e765744"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247050"
source_hash: "dd73cf8d8a9dc5ce6423eb23c2a8b5da084761ac6469b521812d4d9af9cb0bfc"
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 857 (2024) — CAPITAL OUTLAY: Expands the class of parishes eligible for a waiver of a 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. **HB857 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360932)
2. **HB857 Act 741** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382769)
3. **HB857 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365366)
4. **HB857 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367258)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2523, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363044)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2962, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365344)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3047, Young, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365613)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3405, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373614)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3406, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373615)
10. **HB857 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380671)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1668) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#619) — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1330) — **30–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Carter — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 741. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-20** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 35. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2024.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Reported with amendments (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/b9a0ded3-f3ff-440d-97cf-f5f58e765744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).