---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the selection of architectural and engineering professional services for certain projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the selection of architectural and engineering professional services for certain projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Louisiana HB 312 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d017410-d576-4cc4-9cba-37a63f150665"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248277"
source_hash: "6864971ccda5d62d8c07c0fadf479252dc40938546c4f5a031ca61889b2e89d5"
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 312 (2025) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the selection of architectural and engineering professional services for certain projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB312 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402281)
2. **HB312 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425104)
3. **HB312 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407159)
4. **HB312 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409395)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1368, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406578)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1462, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407040)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1772, Gadberry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408805)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1328, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411981)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1437, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412764)
10. **HB312 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421309)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#418) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#801) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#72) — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 180. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d017410-d576-4cc4-9cba-37a63f150665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).