HB 48 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to requirements for enactment of appropriations

This bill proposes a small change to the state constitution to adjust the deadline for passing spending bills. Currently, the law requires such bills to be enacted by November 5, but this amendment would move that date to December 7. The change directly affects the legislative process by giving lawmakers an extra month to finalize budgets before the fiscal year begins. No new programs or funding levels are created; the bill only alters the procedural timeline for how appropriations are approved.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Jan 31, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2024 · House May 1, 2024

How they voted

300
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 37
May 23, 2024
D Democratic12
7 Yea 5
58% Yea
R Republican25
23 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 16, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2024
Introduced
Reported without amendments (11-0-1).
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-6). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 37 co-sponsors

Sponsors