republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for the confidentiality of documents related to local and parish economic development projects"
description: "PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for the confidentiality of documents related to local and parish economic development projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Louisiana HB 461 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Jackson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ca3c24-d8e6-4d52-be2d-1d43785fd8ab"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246180"
source_hash: "490d40a3ee56e00e47f3ce67b8c6ac0c29f045c81738b65ba8b0ef3540099972"
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 461 (2024) — PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for the confidentiality of documents related to local and parish economic development projects

## Version chain

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

1. **HB461 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350878)
2. **HB461 Act 618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382347)
3. **HB461 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362403)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3050, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371825)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3217, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372635)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3228, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372665)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3997, Coussan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377064)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4107, Coussan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377715)
9. **HB461 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381114)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1061) — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#463) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1697) — **71–18** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1369) — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 4107 BY COUSSAN, HB 461 BY JACKSON (#1368) — **20–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Jackson — 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. 618. `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** Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 20 yeas and 18 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-28** Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-21** Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
- **2024-05-21** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title; failed to pass by a vote of 19 yeas and 19 nays.
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024.
- **2024-04-10** Notice given.
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Reported favorably (14-0). `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/a5ca3c24-d8e6-4d52-be2d-1d43785fd8ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).