HB 283 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

APPROPRIATIONS: Limits the amount of recurring State General Fund (Direct) revenues that may be appropriated in a fiscal year for recurring expenses and restricts use of such revenues above that limit (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

House Bill 283 sets limits on the amount of recurring State General Fund revenues that can be appropriated each fiscal year. Specifically, it restricts how much of these funds can be used to cover the state's ongoing recurring expenses. The bill also includes provisions that govern and restrict the use of any recurring State General Fund revenues that exceed this established limit. This legislation directly affects state budgeting and appropriations processes.

Issues: ✗ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB283 Reengrossed → HB283 Engrossed · 2 edits · Apr 28, 2025

MINOR

The bill was formally reclassified from 'Reengrossed' to 'Engrossed,' indicating it has passed a final review stage. The primary substantive change involves formatting corrections, such as fixing a missing capitalization in a subsection reference and renumbering lines to align with the official text. No new policies, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were added or removed in this version.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; the text continues to govern the calculation of state expenditure limits.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a formatting error where a subsection reference was missing its capital letter.

Adjusted line numbers and spacing to match the official legislative text.

Floor votes · House Apr 28, 2025

How they voted

75–10

Passed · 16 other

Total votes 101

Apr 28, 2025

D Democratic30

11 Yea 10 Nay 9

36% Yea

R Republican71

64 Yea 7

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (16-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

1 primary · 25 co-sponsors