ENERGY: Defines biomass as it relates to the Louisiana Renewable Energy Development Act
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Mar 4, 2022
Signed Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 17, 2022 · House Mar 24, 2022
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 33
May 17, 2022
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Jun 3, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 275.
lower
May 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 17, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Foy Gadberry
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Joe Orgeron
RRepublican
Co
Lance Harris
RRepublican
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