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SB228Introduced in the Senate

Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private property. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Passed

Introduced by Royce Duplessis, District 5

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private property. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Where it stands

Effective date: See Act.

June 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Vote on SB 228 CONCUR (#1586) · May 31, 2026

32

Yes

4

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

39 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Robert Owen1Yes
Edward Price2Yes
Sidney Barthelemy3Yes
Jimmy Harris4Yes
Royce Duplessis5Yes
Rick Edmonds6Yes
Gary Carter7Yes
Patrick Connick8Yes
Cameron Henry9Yes
Kirk Talbot10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  2. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  3. Reported favorably.

  4. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title; failed to pass by a vote of 24 yeas and 11 nays.

  6. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

  7. Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  8. Called from the Calendar.

  9. Previous floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  11. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  12. Reported with amendments (13-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  13. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  14. Reported without amendments (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  15. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  16. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  18. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  19. Called from the calendar.

  20. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 13. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  21. Received from the House with amendments.

  22. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 4 nays.

  23. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  24. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  25. Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  26. Becomes Act No. 607

  27. Effective date: See Act.

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