Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice
House Bill 2, arguably the second most important measure in front of the Louisiana Legislature during its regular session, funds state and local construction projects.
Capital outlay projects from throughout the state regained hope for funding Monday as the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee quickly passed amendments to the capital budget bill, adding $25 million for more than 200 previously eliminated or funding-reduced projects.
The House voted 80-14 Friday to reprioritize more than a billion dollars in capital outlay projects after a presentation by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, showed the state does not have anywhere near the money to handle the projects on its current plate.
Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, presents his capital outlay budget bill to the House Ways and Means Committee Monday. Credit: Justin DiCharia
More than a quarter of a billion dollars in eliminations and reductions to Louisiana’s capital outlay projects for the fiscal year beginning July 1 were dispatched to the full House on a unanimous vote Monday in the Ways and Means Committee following the introduction of 375 amendments to House Bi
