UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law
HB 397 amends the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law to remove outdated sections that are no longer relevant. This change directly affects the state's legal framework governing how utilities and construction projects manage underground infrastructure to prevent damage. By eliminating obsolete provisions, the bill aims to streamline the law without altering its core operational requirements. The amendment is a procedural update designed to modernize the statute's language rather than introduce new regulations or policies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Mar 21, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vinney St. Blanc
RRepublican
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