BUDGETARY CONTROLS: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (RE SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 30, 2021
Last action Jun 7, 2021
Floor votes · House May 24, 2021
How they voted
43–16
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 64
May 24, 2021
D
Democratic21
71% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican42
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
1
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 6, 2021
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 22. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 3, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (11-0-1).
lower
Apr 27, 2021
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Committee
Reported favorably (12-4. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Jean-Paul Coussan
RRepublican
Co
Joe Orgeron
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
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