HB 856 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides relative to Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Construction Phase Contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

HB 856 authorizes Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development to use Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for highway and bridge maintenance, repair, and construction projects. This allows the department to award contracts for ongoing work through competitive processes (either "low bid" or "best value" methods) with task orders specifying exact work, rather than bidding each project separately. The bill establishes procedures for issuing notices, requests for proposals, and evaluating bids, while requiring contracts to last no longer than five years and comply with federal rules for federally funded projects. This directly affects the DOT and contractors who may bid on these ID/IQ contracts for infrastructure work.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB856 Original → HB856 Act 678 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was enrolled as Act 678, adding a new co-sponsor and expanding the definition of eligible agencies to include the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction alongside the Department of Transportation and Development. The act also updated the legal citation to include a reference to public records exceptions and refined definitions to specifically address 'construction' contracts and work orders.

Scope change

The scope of the bill was expanded to include the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction as an authorized entity for using Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracting, in addition to the Department of Transportation and Development.

ELIGIBILITY

Added the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction as an authorized agency to use ID/IQ contracts for maintenance and construction projects.

Added a new co-sponsor, Representative Thompson, to the bill.

DEFINITION

Updated definitions to explicitly include 'construction' and 'rehabilitation' in the scope of ID/IQ contracts and clarified that work orders must specify pay items and unit prices.

TECHNICAL

Amended the legal citation in R.S. 44:4.1(B)(34) to include a reference to R.S. 48:255.1 regarding public records exceptions.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Mar 23, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

May 21, 2026

D Democratic12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 12, 2026

Committee

Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (16-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor