republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Louisiana HB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd46dfd-ce44-45ea-9f00-be1af4c26527"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244116"
source_hash: "6d57d3dbddaf8c25bd477e19d825513517984a690eb7276f0c43dda9bb9eea16"
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 244 (2023) — FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB244 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306327)
2. **HB244 Act 198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332251)
3. **HB244 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319749)
4. **HB244 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322389)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2437, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319509)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2465, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319703)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2857, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321797)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2923, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322174)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2661, Allain, R. L. Bret, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328506)
10. **HB244 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330972)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#611) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1066) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#583) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date: See Act.
- **2023-06-12** Becomes Act No. 198. `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-04** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2023.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments (13-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccd46dfd-ce44-45ea-9f00-be1af4c26527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).