republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-411.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides for the procedure for returning excess campaign contributions"
description: "CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides for the procedure for returning excess campaign contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Louisiana HB 411 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61dd20e1-672b-45f2-a287-3b03fdc97dea"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246101"
source_hash: "f8868d23ade54fd66a12c711deea860cfd80392e512199aff9dc27dec00a1de2"
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 411 (2024) — CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides for the procedure for returning excess campaign contributions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB411 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350676)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5021, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377591)
3. **HB411 Act 615** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382344)
4. **HB411 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358206)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1719, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357518)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1806, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358189)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3299, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372960)
8. **HB411 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381173)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1643) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#202) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1181) — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#666) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1407) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 615. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-22** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-22** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-22** House conferees appointed: Gadberry, Beaullieu, and Schamerhorn.
- **2024-05-21** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Miller, and Reese.
- **2024-05-21** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 2, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** 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`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61dd20e1-672b-45f2-a287-3b03fdc97dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).