republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-254.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Repeals provisions in the Louisiana Constitution related to various funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Repeals provisions in the Louisiana Constitution related to various funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "Louisiana HB 254 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Polly Thomas"]
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/5255fcb2-9d5c-44f4-90ea-70f128322646"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244126"
source_hash: "6d4aba9a78dc2c6dcc5ae8f2bea844ff370a6fdae3394b9e2874eeb24b2fc94f"
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 254 (2023) — FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Repeals provisions in the Louisiana Constitution related to various funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB254 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306387)
2. **HB254 Act 199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332252)
3. **HB254 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313461)
4. **HB254 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323478)
5. **HB254 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319846)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2485, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319786)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1601, Thomas, Polly, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314574)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2320, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326592)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2369, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326674)
10. **HB254 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330981)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1067) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#790) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Polly Thomas — 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. 199. `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 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2023.
- **2023-05-09** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably (17-0. 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/5255fcb2-9d5c-44f4-90ea-70f128322646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).