republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-794.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)	PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 794	Louisiana HB 794 (2024)	bill		enacted	Foy Gadberry	8	23	3	2024-03-27	2024-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/4c75da04-87e4-4e92-8c7a-d82eef7c2aff	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246924	3bfc803cdce4390e8c721b52c1a07d64d0d4b044f654eebad2cce72437887b7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 794 (2024) — PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)

Version chain

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

1. HB794 Original (filed) — source
2. HB794 Act 788 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB794 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB794 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #2989, Gadberry, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #2852, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #2868, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. HB794 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1583) — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#471) — 88–10 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1179) — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-25 Effective date: 08/01/2024.
• 2024-06-25 Becomes Act No. 788 without the Governor's signature. became-law
• 2024-06-03 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-31 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-30 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-29 Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2024-05-28 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
• 2024-05-28 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-23 The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-23 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2024-05-16 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2024-05-16 Rules suspended.
• 2024-05-07 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-06 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-01 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-17 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-11 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2024.
• 2024-04-09 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-08 Reported favorably (10-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c75da04-87e4-4e92-8c7a-d82eef7c2aff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).