Louisiana

Louisiana

Budget Cycle
Annual 

Governor Submits Budget
January or February (45 days before legislature convenes)

Fiscal Year Begins
July 1 

Governor Signs Budget 
20 days after receipt of the bill

Budget Links

FY2023 (proposed)
FY2022 (enacted)
FY2021 (enacted)
FY2020 (enacted)
FY2019 (enacted) 
FY2018 (enacted)

Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2023
On January 25, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released a proposed budget for fiscal 2023 that totals $38.6 billion, a decrease of 4.0 percent from the existing operating budget for fiscal 2022. The general fund portion of the budget totals $10.94 billion, an increase of 8.6 percent from the existing budget for fiscal 2022. Total revenue for fiscal 2023 is projected at $38.6 billion which is a decrease of 4.0 percent from the total revenue for the existing budget for fiscal 2022. $175 million is recommended to be deposited into the Budget Stabilization Fund. The state general fund is broken down into the following spending categories: Department of Education (36 percent); Department of Health (26 percent); Higher Education (11 percent); Corrections Services (6 percent); Non-Appropriated Requirements (5 percent); Other Requirements (6 percent); and All Other (10 percent).

Proposed Budget Highlights 

The proposed fiscal 2023 budget focuses on making investments in the future, and only using one-time money for one-time expenses. The following State General Fund items are included in the proposed budget:

  • $671.2 million to replace one-time funds from the emergency FMAP and Lottery Proceeds Fund.
  • $36.8 million to provide funds for state agency acquisitions and repairs.
  • $148.4 million for teacher and support worker pay raises.
  • $47.5 million to invest in early childhood education, including the following:
    • $25 million to increase per child rate to providers.
    • $17 million to increase LA-4 Early Childhood program rate per pupil.
    • $1.4 million to increase rate for nonpublic school early childhood development.
    • $4.1 million to add additional funding for 256 students on waitlist for Student Scholarships for Education Excellence Program.
  • $103.8 million for higher education including the following:
    • $31.7 million for faculty pay increases and related benefits.
    • $18.0 million for mandated cost increases and LSU First.
    • $25.0 million for formula funding.
    • $15.0 million for Go Grants.
    • $5.0 million for Title IX offices.
    • $5.0 million for the Pennington Biomedical Research Center youth obesity pilot program
    • $4.1 million for LSU and Southern University agriculture programs.
  • $33.8 million for Louisiana Department of Health to equalize rates for personal care services.
  • $25.7 million for a $100 per month supplemental pay increase for sheriffs’ deputies, as well as municipal police and firefighters.

Other priorities in the fiscal 2023 budget include the following:

  • Using one-time money for one-time expenses.
  • Supporting Louisiana’s businesses and unemployed workers.
    • Dedicates $550 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to replenish the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
  • $1.2 billion for improving Louisiana’s infrastructure including the following:
    • $500 million from fiscal 2022 state General Fund excess for new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge.
    • $100 million of ARPA funds for I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles.
    • $100 million for the I-49 Lafayette Connector.
    • $500 million for water and sewer improvements statewide.

Proposed Budget Information

Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal

Budget Summary

Budget Presentation

State General Fund Revenues and Expenditures

Budget Press Release

State of the State Speech