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LouisianaHB 3812025 Regular SessionHouse

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Ken Brass (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Revenue and Fiscal AffairsWays and Means

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Bill Overview

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1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More towns qualify for project funding relief

Effective July 1, 2025, Louisiana expands access to waivers of local funding requirements for state-funded construction and improvement projects. The rules apply to capital budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after that date. Municipalities with fewer than 9,500 residents qualify to apply, up from fewer than 6,000. Parishes remain eligible with 12,000 residents or fewer. Population counts exclude people held in correctional facilities. Nonstate projects normally require a local share of at least 25% of total project costs. A waiver can remove all or part of that share, but approval is not guaranteed. Applicants must show they cannot pay for reasons unrelated to government mismanagement, financial misconduct, abuse, or fraud. They must submit their two latest annual financial reports or audits, with an unqualified auditor’s opinion and no unresolved findings. They must also certify no appointment of a fiscal administrator and no overdue debts, liabilities, contract payments, or retirement payments. Existing utility projects require a rate study completed within three years before the request; waivers may require higher utility rates. The Division of Administration checks population eligibility, reviews documents, and recommends waivers. The Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay has final approval.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Ken Brass

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 212 • No: 22

House vote • 6/3/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 100 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/29/2025

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 28 • No: 9

House vote • 4/28/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 71 • No: 13

House vote • 4/22/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 189.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/4/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    6/3/2025House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.

    6/2/2025House

  8. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/29/2025Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/29/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/21/2025Senate

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

    5/20/2025Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    5/19/2025Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/30/2025Senate

  14. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/29/2025Senate

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/28/2025House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.

    4/24/2025House

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/23/2025House

  18. Reported favorably (13-0).

    4/22/2025House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    4/14/2025House

  20. Prefiled.

    4/3/2025House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    4/3/2025House

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