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type: "Bill"
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title: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units"
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description: "PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 235"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 235 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Coates"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-27"
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last_action: "2024-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245848"
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source_hash: "df490d0032639c26fe3cd22f91362ed3324193550f7097c3b14c6deddd7560a0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# 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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB235 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347739)
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2. **HB235 Act 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375925)
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3. **HB235 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355079)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #1094, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353555)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1308, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355016)
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6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2080, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366364)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2107, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366510)
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8. **HB235 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372334)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — **100–3** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#467) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#886) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Coates — primary (person)
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- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
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- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
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- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
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- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 68. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2024-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/2024.
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- **2024-04-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2024-03-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/2024.
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- **2024-03-19** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6699144-f29b-45c5-92ae-07a83de930f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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