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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
2026-05-26
Official status
Pending House floor action
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details about the exact composition of the task force, only that it includes certain specified members. The candidate explanation's claim about including 'various legislative committees and state agencies' is too broad based on the provided information.

Task Force on Construction Management at Risk

This resolution creates a task force to study and recommend changes related to construction management at risk (CMaR) for public works projects in Louisiana.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR).
  • The task force will review past laws, policies, and industry practices about CMaR.
  • It requires the task force to submit a report with recommendations by March 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public entities that use or may use construction management at risk (CMaR) for projects.
  • State agencies involved in public works projects.
  • Legislators who will receive recommendations from the task force.

Terms To Know

Construction Management at Risk (CMaR)
A project delivery method where a contractor commits to deliver a project within a guaranteed maximum price, taking on financial risk for cost overruns not caused by changes from the owner.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify how much funding will be provided for the task force.
  • It is unclear what specific recommendations or legislation the task force might propose.

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 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 exact roles and responsibilities of these new members are not detailed in the amendment text.
Draft

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 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. 2026-05-26 H

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

  2. 2026-05-18 H

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

  3. 2026-05-13 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  4. 2026-05-13 H

    Received in the House from the Senate.

  5. 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.

  6. 2026-05-12 S

    Rules suspended.

  7. 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 
SLS 26RS-2669 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 64
BY SENATOR PRICE
PUBLIC WORKS. Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR).
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 To create and provide for the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) to
3 study the historical purpose of the legislation and to recommend any action or
4 legislation the task force deems necessary and appropriate.
5 WHEREAS, Act 782 of the 2014 Regular Session created the construction
6 management at risk project delivery method; and
7 WHEREAS, R.S. 38:2225.2.4 establishes CMaR as an alternative project delivery
8 method for public entities when deemed to be in the public interest and beneficial to the
9 owner; and
10 WHEREAS, R.S. 38:2225.2.4 defines CMaR as a delivery method in which the
11 owner separately contracts with a design professional and a CMaR contractor during the
12 preconstruction phase, with the CMaR contractor thereafter potentially providing
13 construction services under a guaranteed maximum price arrangement; and
14 WHEREAS, the original statutory framework limited CMaR use for projects
15 estimated to cost more than twenty-five million dollars; and
16 WHEREAS, Act 163 of the 2015 Regular Session established a CMaR pilot program
17 and reduced the project threshold for any public entity to use the CMaR method for projects
18 costing three million dollars or more; and
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SLS 26RS-2669 ENGROSSED
1 WHEREAS, subsequent legislation reduced the project cost threshold including
2 provisions permitting use on projects estimated to cost less than fifteen million dollars
3 subject to prior notification and approval by the House and Senate committees on
4 transportation, highways and public works; and
5 WHEREAS, additional legislation expanded the availability of CMaR to additional
6 public entities, specifically hospital districts, which included lower cost requirements than
7 other public entities subject to prior notification and approval by the House and Senate
8 committees on transportation, highways and public works; and
9 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has
10 recognized R.S. 38:2225.2.4 as legislative authorization for the use of CMaR on public
11 works projects and has published administrative guidance concerning implementation of the
12 delivery method; and
13 WHEREAS, with the CMaR delivery method, the contractor assumes financial risk
14 by committing to deliver the project within a guaranteed maximum price and the contractor
15 is responsible for cost overruns not caused by owner-directed changes or unforeseen
16 conditions, thereby placing the risk of managing construction costs, subcontractor
17 performance, and schedule execution on the contractor rather than the public owner; and
18 WHEREAS, it is necessary to assess the viability, needs, and effects of the CMaR
19 project delivery method regarding public entities and state agencies.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
21 establish and provide for the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk to study the
22 viability and necessity for certain provisions and restrictions, and to propose
23 recommendations, together with specific proposals for legislation, in a written report to the
24 legislature and to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by R.S.
25 24:771 and 772, no later than March 1, 2028.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall include consideration of past
27 and current laws, policy, and industry practices.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of the following
29 members:
30 (1) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public
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SLS 26RS-2669 ENGROSSED
1 Works, or his designee who shall serve as the chairman of the committee.
2 (2) The vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and
3 Public Works, or his designee.
4 (3) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, or his designee.
5 (4) The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public
6 Works, or his designee.
7 (5) The vice chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and
8 Public Works, or his designee.
9 (6)The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, or his designee.
10 (7) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, or his
11 designee.
12 (8) The commissioner of the Division of Administration, or his designee.
13 (9) The president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, or his designee.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the names of members serving, or their
15 designees, on the task force shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Transportation,
16 Highways and Public Works staff no later than August 30, 2026.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the task force shall convene for its first meeting no
18 later than November 1, 2026, at the call of chairman of the committee, and at the first
19 meeting, the members shall elect a vice chairman.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a majority of the task force shall constitute a
21 quorum for the transaction of business. All official actions of the task force shall require the
22 affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate on the date of the
24 submission of its report or March 1, 2028, whichever occurs first.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
26 chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the vice
27 chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the
28 chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, the chairman of the House Committee on
29 Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the vice chair of the House Committee on
30 Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the chairman of the House Committee on
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SLS 26RS-2669 ENGROSSED
1 Appropriations, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
2 Development and the commissioner of the Division of Administration.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof
or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
DIGEST
SCR 64 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Price
Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to original bill
1. Adds the president of Police Jury Association of La. as member of the task
force.
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