republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-265.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public contracts and public works. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public contracts and public works. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Louisiana SB 265 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen Womack"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c1906c4-907b-4f4c-a40c-26874f1242e1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246522"
source_hash: "b7a5b32dabd13c954f7d5be42724f2035049aded743eb61ef6a1ea2ebc0a98cd"
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 SB 265 (2024) — CONTRACTS: Provides relative to public contracts and public works. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB265 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352525)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4465, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381423)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #5260, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379683)
4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #4123, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377891)
5. **SB265 Act 761** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382651)
6. **SB265 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373777)
7. **SB265 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376690)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3361, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373416)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3370, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373507)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3863, Womack, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376237)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3479, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374054)
12. **SB265 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381720)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1012) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1480) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1769) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT (#1346) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1597) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glen Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date 6/19/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 761. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee report received.
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-31** Senate conference committee members appointed: Womack, Miller, and Stine.
- **2024-05-30** House conferees appointed: Gadberry, Bourriaque, and Romero.
- **2024-05-30** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-30** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-22** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- **2024-05-21** Discharged from the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- **2024-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-14** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c1906c4-907b-4f4c-a40c-26874f1242e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).