republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BONDS: Authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance deferred maintenance projects included in the College and University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "BONDS: Authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance deferred maintenance projects included in the College and University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 940"
citation: "Louisiana HB 940 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Turner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a2e23a-7a94-4920-96b3-99738070d6c1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247161"
source_hash: "e846e2a68ff001123e675eade11b737af114cd616892c155f6a06d12156cf45e"
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 940 (2024) — BONDS: Authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance deferred maintenance projects included in the College and University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB940 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361366)
2. **HB940 Act 751** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382780)
3. **HB940 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366747)
4. **HB940 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368544)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2629, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363633)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3242, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366715)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #3435, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367540)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #3598, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368506)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4321, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379365)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4326, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379624)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4426, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380910)
12. **HB940 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381257)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1720) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1414) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#794) — **98–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Turner — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 06/19/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 751. `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 99, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-31** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-31** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-31** 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`
- **2024-05-31** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 4. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-23** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments (10-0) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77a2e23a-7a94-4920-96b3-99738070d6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).