CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
HB 2 establishes the state's comprehensive Capital Outlay budget for the fiscal year, authorizing specific funding amounts for various infrastructure and facility projects. The bill directly impacts state agencies and institutions by allocating money from designated funds such as the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Fund, and Criminal Justice and First Responder Fund. Key provisions include setting aside millions of dollars for priorities like the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, courthouse construction, and higher education campus revitalization. Additionally, the legislation makes minor administrative adjustments to fund names and corrects specific numerical figures within the budget document.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 20, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House Apr 25, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Jun 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 104, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
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.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (22-0).
lower
Apr 22, 2024
Committee
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
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