Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana SB 280

CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to the authority of the State Licensing Board for Contractors to issue certain licenses. (8/1/26)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Mark Abraham (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Committee Amendment, #934, COM, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #991, COM, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #1465, Abraham, Adopted
• House Committee Amendment, #3989, COM, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #4857, COM, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #4976, COM, Adopted
• SB280 Original
• SB280 Engrossed
• SB280 Reengrossed
• SB280 Enrolled
• SB280 Act 481

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Actions

• Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
  Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
• Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• Mar 31, 2026 · House
  Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
• May 5, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• May 11, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 12, 2026 · Senate
  Received from the House with amendments.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 20, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 481.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Effective date 7/1/2026.