The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
DIGEST
Thompson (SB 112)
Present law in the Public Bid Law provides for procurement by state and local public entities for
the purchase of materials and supplies and provisions. The law also provides a preference for
certain products produced or manufactured in Louisiana, including meat and meat products
processed in Louisiana from animals that are alive at the time they enter the processing plant.
Proposed law provides instead that the meat be processed in Louisiana from animals that
originated in Louisiana with traceability documentation supplied by the manufacturer.
Present law provides a similar preference relative to meat and meat products processed in
Louisiana in the State Procurement Code for supplies purchased by state agencies. Present law
also provides that meat and meat products shall be processed in Louisiana from animals that are
alive at the time they enter the processing plant.
Proposed law to the State Procurement Code proposes a revision that meat be processed in
Louisiana from animals that originated in Louisiana with traceability documentation supplied by
the manufacturer.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 38:2251(C)(3) and R.S. 39:1595(C)(3))