CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
HB 2 is a budget amendment that adjusts specific funding allocations within Louisiana's Capital Outlay budget. It reallocates existing funds for state infrastructure projects, such as $600,000 for TPC Louisiana improvements, $10.6 million for Iberia Parish sewer construction, and $26.5 million for the Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience. The bill modifies budget line items by adding, deleting, or adjusting dollar amounts for various projects across multiple parishes. This is a procedural budget adjustment, not a new policy, directly affecting state-funded infrastructure projects.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 22, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions
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MINOR
The bill was converted from a draft version to an enrolled Act, changing the header and page count. The substantive text regarding capital outlay priorities and bond funding rules remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments and line renumbering.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated from 'HLS 25RS-562 ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED ACT No. 2', indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and is now law.
Page numbering was updated from 136 pages to 162 pages, reflecting the inclusion of additional text or formatting changes during the finalization process.
Line numbers and paragraph breaks were restructured throughout the document, though the core legal language regarding capital outlay priorities and bond issuance rules appears intact.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2025 · House May 15, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 9, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Jun 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 104, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. 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
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
May 12, 2025
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
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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