republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget"
description: "CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Louisiana HB 2 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d642c3a-74ef-4bf2-b025-a65e5940fbab"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240793"
source_hash: "b992f9a4f7e9a07176a49efca58073978cdb3a28d161972203a86bb5c2bc74f4"
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 2 (2021) — CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215532)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4022, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233669)
3. **HB2 Act 485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236592)
4. **HB2 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222549)
5. **HB2 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224731)
6. **HB2 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223280)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2436, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221979)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2539, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222477)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2640, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223109)
10. **House Committee Amendment, #2689, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223223)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #2905, Bishop, S., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224412)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2522, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227673)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2601, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228121)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2762, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229144)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2781, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228991)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2844, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229479)
17. **HB2 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234719)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#431) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1144) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#612) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1264) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#859) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-07-20** Veto message read. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-07-01** Effective date: 07/01/2021.
- **2021-07-01** Signed by the Governor with one or more line-item vetoes. Becomes Act No. 485. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 104, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-02** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-01** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Allain, and Peterson.
- **2021-06-01** Notice of change in House Conference Committee membership.
- **2021-06-01** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-01** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Notice of change in House conferees: Bishop,Stefanski, Schexnayder.
- **2021-05-27** House conferees appointed: Bishop, Magee, and Schexnayder.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title, roll called, yeas 103, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-25** Read by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 2 for 5/27.
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-25** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-24** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Made Special Order of the day No. 1 for 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-11** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-05-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-10** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** 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/0d642c3a-74ef-4bf2-b025-a65e5940fbab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).