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type: "Bill"
title: "BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code"
description: "BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Louisiana HB 437 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/665dd5c4-1589-4928-b4f7-72c143b3298e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240369"
source_hash: "bf0d0cba020326fb4630660a59043520e49db5425d42ae28a452e65e07bd0da4"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211076)
2. **HB437 Act 338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235667)
3. **HB437 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213871)
4. **HB437 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220917)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1427, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215644)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1964, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223818)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1970, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223860)
8. **HB437 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233570)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#221) — **6621** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1116) — **858** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#948) — **380** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/665dd5c4-1589-4928-b4f7-72c143b3298e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).