HB 463 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

APPROPRIATIONS/ANCILLARY: Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government

HB 463 is a procedural appropriations bill that amends a funding measure to clarify that additional coverage for state government operations will not increase costs for the self-insurance fund during Fiscal Year 2025-2026. It directly affects the state’s self-insurance fund by ensuring no new expenses are added to its budget. The bill modifies language in the appropriations bill to explicitly state this cost neutrality, with no changes to program coverage or beneficiary eligibility. As a budget clarification, it does not create new policies or impact residents or businesses.

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 4, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill was finalized into an Act (Act No. 459) and includes significant new requirements for internal auditing and agency budget management. It mandates that large agencies establish internal audit positions and adhere to professional standards, while also clarifying rules for transferring funds and reassigning staff based on resource optimization.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include specific mandates for internal audit functions and detailed procedures for transferring agency functions and assets between departments.

REQUIREMENT

Agencies with appropriations of $30 million or more must now include internal audit positions and a chief audit executive within their budget requests.

The new chief audit executive role requires adherence to Institute of Internal Auditors standards and must have direct, unrestricted access to agency leadership.

The commissioner of administration is now authorized to transfer functions, positions, assets, and funds between departments if doing so results in projected cost savings or operational efficiencies.

FISCAL

Rules for handling unexpended cash balances were updated to specify that funds remaining as of June 30, 2026, must be remitted to the state treasurer by August 14, 2026.

DEFINITION

A specific definition for 'working capital' was added, defining it as the excess of current assets over current liabilities on an accrual basis.

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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Committee

Jun 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, 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 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Jun 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. 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. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (23-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

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

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors