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type: "Bill"
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title: "CONTRACTS: Provides for a \"contract limit\" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)"
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description: "CONTRACTS: Provides for a \"contract limit\" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 297"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 297 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-04-02"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59fe9597-0c49-4ef1-9fb4-6c16368d1067"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248262"
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source_hash: "1bd7f34400009ef29cfd19f83692c6f45f8c9bae03412a338cbcb25b9b4c2f42"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 297 (2025) — CONTRACTS: Provides for a "contract limit" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB297 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402184)
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2. **HB297 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425955)
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3. **HB297 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411551)
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4. **HB297 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416815)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #2484, Thompson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412737)
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6. **House Floor Amendment, #2672, Thompson, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413615)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #3245, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416549)
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8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3095, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422705)
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9. **HB297 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424407)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#812) — **36–2** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1116) — **83–3** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#512) — **87–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2025-06-11** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 83, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
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- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-06-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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- **2025-06-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Called from the calendar.
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- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.
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- **2025-05-12** Notice given.
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- **2025-05-12** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
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- **2025-05-07** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59fe9597-0c49-4ef1-9fb4-6c16368d1067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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