HB 3 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

HB 3 replaces outdated bond authorizations with new ones for essential state capital projects under Louisiana's 2025 Capital Outlay Program. It repeals all prior general obligation bond authorizations (except refunding bonds and a 2006 act) and authorizes new bonds for priority infrastructure and facility improvements. The State Bond Commission can issue these bonds, with state agencies required to set aside designated revenues (like student fees) to cover debt service payments. This streamlines funding for current capital needs while reducing financial burdens from unissued bonds.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Transportation

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 22, 2025 Signed Jun 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB3 Original → HB3 Act · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered and formatted for final enactment, but its core policy content remains unchanged. It continues to repeal previous bond authorizations and authorize the issuance of new general obligation bonds for state capital projects, while maintaining specific rules for debt service reimbursement.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains the same; it still governs the state's bond issuance authority and capital project funding for the 2025 session.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED' and the page count was adjusted from 8 pages to 7 pages to reflect the final version.

Page numbering and line breaks were adjusted throughout the text to align with the official enrolled format.

The 'CAPITAL OUTLAY' section header and associated blank lines were removed as they were part of the original draft markup.

Line numbers were renumbered sequentially to match the new page structure of the enrolled act.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2025 · House May 15, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed

Total votes 37

Jun 9, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

26 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Jun 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0).

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