---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Relative to the development of vertiports. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Relative to the development of vertiports. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Louisiana SB 215 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael \"Big Mike\" Fesi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0417c6-e94d-49aa-979d-667f0a516838"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246371"
source_hash: "32a2690d6199a23fd4ca2f57cad32a54831ac41b2de62deba3c4714c239b7620"
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 215 (2024) — TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Relative to the development of vertiports. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB215 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351941)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4151, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371557)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4209, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371882)
4. **SB215 Act 316** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380788)
5. **SB215 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362028)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1493, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361434)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1528, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361799)
8. **SB215 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377226)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#257) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1162) — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1028) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 316. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 7. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-06** Reported with amendments (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-22** Reported favorably (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-03** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0417c6-e94d-49aa-979d-667f0a516838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).