WATERWAYS: Extends the period for which the Comite River is exempt from certain provisions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Signed Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2021 · House May 3, 2021
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 28
May 25, 2021
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 16, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 368.
lower
Jun 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 26, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 18, 2021
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 5, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
upper
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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