republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-437.md

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Bill	BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code	BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	HB 437	Louisiana HB 437 (2021)	bill		enacted	Foy Gadberry	8	34	3	2021-04-01	2021-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/665dd5c4-1589-4928-b4f7-72c143b3298e	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240369	bf0d0cba020326fb4630660a59043520e49db5425d42ae28a452e65e07bd0da4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 437 (2021) — BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code

Version chain

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

1. HB437 Original (filed) — source
2. HB437 Act 338 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB437 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB437 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #1427, Ivey, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #1964, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #1970, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. HB437 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#221) — 66–21 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1116) — 85–8 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#948) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-15 Effective date: 08/01/2021.
• 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 338. executive-signature
• 2021-06-11 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-09 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-09 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-08 Read by title, roll called, yeas 85, nays 8, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2021-06-07 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
• 2021-06-07 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2021-06-07 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
• 2021-06-07 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2021-05-27 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2021-05-27 Rules suspended.
• 2021-05-17 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-05-13 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-12 Reported with amendments.
• 2021-05-06 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2021-05-04 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-05-04 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-03 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/04/2021.
• 2021-05-03 Notice given.
• 2021-04-21 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-04-21 Notice removed
• 2021-04-21 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-04-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2021.
• 2021-04-20 Notice given.
• 2021-04-20 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-04-15 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2021.
• 2021-04-15 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-04-14 Reported favorably (14-0).
• 2021-04-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2021-04-02 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
• 2021-04-01 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/665dd5c4-1589-4928-b4f7-72c143b3298e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).