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SCR64 • 2026

PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR).

PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR).

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ed Price
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
Signed by the President
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the exact composition of the task force beyond mentioning certain roles. The candidate explanation includes more detail than is explicitly stated in the official text.

Task Force on Construction Management at Risk

This resolution establishes a task force to study the construction management at risk (CMaR) method and recommend necessary changes or new laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a task force to examine the CMaR project delivery method used in Louisiana.
  • Includes members from legislative committees, state agencies, and industry groups on the task force.
  • Requires the task force to submit a report with recommendations by March 1, 2028.
  • Allows the task force to meet and make decisions as long as they have a majority of its members present.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  • Public entities using CMaR for construction projects
  • Construction industry professionals in Louisiana

Terms To Know

CMaR (Construction Management at Risk)
A method where a contractor is responsible for delivering a project within a guaranteed maximum price, taking on financial risks.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify what changes or new laws the task force will recommend.
  • It's unclear how the recommendations from the task force will be implemented after the report is submitted.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds two new members to the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) and makes some technical changes.

  • Adds the chief executive officer of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors or their chosen representative as a member of the task force.
  • Adds the president of the Associated Builders and Contractors or their chosen representative as a member of the task force.
  • The amendment mentions 'technical changes' but does not specify what these are, so we cannot explain them further.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds two new members to the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) and modifies a list of task force members.

  • Adds the chief executive officer of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors or their designee as a member of the task force.
  • Adds the president of the Associated Builders and Contractors or their designee as a member of the task force.
  • Modifies the existing list of task force members to include the new additions.
  • The amendment does not provide details on how these changes will affect the task force's operations beyond adding new members.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment adds two new members to the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) and modifies a line related to task force membership.

  • Adds the chief executive officer of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors or their designee as a member of the task force.
  • Adds the president of the Associated Builders and Contractors or their designee as a member of the task force.
  • Modifies a line on page 4 to include the new members mentioned above.
  • The exact roles and responsibilities of these new members are not detailed in the amendment text.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a new member to the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR), specifically the president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana or their chosen representative.

  • Adds the president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, or their designee, as a new member of the task force.
  • The amendment does not provide details about how this addition will affect the task force's operations or decision-making processes.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 S

    Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  2. 2026-06-01 H

    Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  3. 2026-06-01 S

    Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Received from the House with amendments.

  5. 2026-06-01 H

    Read by title, concurred in by vote of 94 yeas, 0 nays.

  6. 2026-05-28 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.

  7. 2026-05-28 H

    Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  8. 2026-05-28 H

    Discharged from the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  9. 2026-05-27 H

    Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  10. 2026-05-26 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0) To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  11. 2026-05-18 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  12. 2026-05-13 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  13. 2026-05-13 H

    Received in the House from the Senate.

  14. 2026-05-12 S

    Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered engrossed and sent to the House.

  15. 2026-05-12 S

    Rules suspended.

  16. 2026-05-11 S

    Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Official Summary Text

PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR).

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 64
BY SENATOR PRICE
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To create and provide for the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) to
study the historical purpose of the legislation and to recommend any action or
legislation the task force deems necessary and appropriate.
WHEREAS, Act 782 of the 2014 Regular Session created the construction
management at risk project delivery method; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 38:2225.2.4 establishes CMaR as an alternative project delivery
method for public entities when deemed to be in the public interest and beneficial to the
owner; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 38:2225.2.4 defines CMaR as a delivery method in which the
owner separately contracts with a design professional and a CMaR contractor during the
preconstruction phase, with the CMaR contractor thereafter potentially providing
construction services under a guaranteed maximum price arrangement; and
WHEREAS, the original statutory framework limited CMaR use for projects
estimated to cost more than twenty-five million dollars; and
WHEREAS, Act 163 of the 2015 Regular Session established a CMaR pilot program
and reduced the project threshold for any public entity to use the CMaR method for projects
costing three million dollars or more; and
WHEREAS, subsequent legislation reduced the project cost threshold including
provisions permitting use on projects estimated to cost less than fifteen million dollars
subject to prior notification and approval by the House and Senate committees on
transportation, highways and public works; and
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WHEREAS, additional legislation expanded the availability of CMaR to additional
public entities, specifically hospital districts, which included lower cost requirements than
other public entities subject to prior notification and approval by the House and Senate
committees on transportation, highways and public works; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has
recognized R.S. 38:2225.2.4 as legislative authorization for the use of CMaR on public
works projects and has published administrative guidance concerning implementation of the
delivery method; and
WHEREAS, with the CMaR delivery method, the contractor assumes financial risk
by committing to deliver the project within a guaranteed maximum price and the contractor
is responsible for cost overruns not caused by owner-directed changes or unforeseen
conditions, thereby placing the risk of managing construction costs, subcontractor
performance, and schedule execution on the contractor rather than the public owner; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to assess the viability, needs, and effects of the CMaR
project delivery method regarding public entities and state agencies.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
establish and provide for the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk to study the
viability and necessity for certain provisions and restrictions, and to propose
recommendations, together with specific proposals for legislation, in a written report to the
legislature and to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by R.S.
24:771 and 772, no later than March 1, 2028.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall include consideration of past
and current laws, policy, and industry practices.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of the following
members:
(1) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public
Works, or his designee, who shall serve as the chairman of the committee.
(2) The vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and
Public Works, or his designee.
(3) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, or his designee.
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(4) The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public
Works, or his designee.
(5) The vice chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and
Public Works, or his designee.
(6)The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, or his designee.
(7) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, or his
designee.
(8) The commissioner of the Division of Administration, or his designee.
(9) The president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, or his designee.
(10) The chief executive officer of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors, or
his designee.
(11) The president of the Associated Builders and Contractors, or his designee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the names of members serving, or their
designees, on the task force shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works staff no later than August 30, 2026.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall convene for its first meeting
no later than November 1, 2026, at the call of the chairman of the committee, and at the first
meeting, the members shall elect a vice chairman.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a majority of the task force shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. All official actions of the task force shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate on the date of the
submission of its report or March 1, 2028, whichever occurs first.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the vice
chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the
chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, the chairman of the House Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the vice chairman of the House Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriations, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
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Development, the commissioner of the Division of Administration, the chief executive
officer of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors, and the president of the Associated
Builders and Contractors.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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