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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 245: FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the "Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 245 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana Senate on May 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: FISCAL CONTROLS: Creates the "Transparent Responsible Use of State Tax-dollars (T.R.U.S.T.) Act" to provide for requirements for nongovernmental entities and provides for a nongovernmental entity database. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX). Primary sponsor: Heather Cloud (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 30, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 467.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Heather CloudPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Larry BagleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Rhonda ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Dewith CarrierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Barbara FreibergCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
John IllgCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Tim KernerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Francis ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 467.
  2. Effective date 6/30/2025.
  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays.
  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  8. Called from the calendar.
  9. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
  10. Received from the House with amendments.
  11. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source