republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-235.md

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Bill	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 235	Louisiana HB 235 (2024)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Coates	8	21	3	2024-02-27	2024-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245848	df490d0032639c26fe3cd22f91362ed3324193550f7097c3b14c6deddd7560a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 235 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units

Version chain

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

1. HB235 Original (filed) — source
2. HB235 Act 68 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB235 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #1094, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1308, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #2080, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #2107, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. HB235 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — 100–3 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#467) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#886) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Coates — primary (person)
• Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
• John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
• Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-15 Effective date: 08/01/2024.
• 2024-05-15 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 68. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-09 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-08 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-08 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-07 Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2024-05-06 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/2024.
• 2024-04-30 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-04-30 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-04-23 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-04-22 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-04-17 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-25 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-03-20 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-03-19 Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/2024.
• 2024-03-19 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-18 Reported with amendments (11-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).