SB379Introduced in the Senate
Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)
Introduced by Bob Hensgens, District 26
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)
Where it stands
Effective date 6/2/2026.
June 2, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
3 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Vote on SB 379 CONCUR (#1433) · May 27, 2026
36
Yes
0
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
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Owen | 1 | Yes |
| Edward Price | 2 | Yes |
| Sidney Barthelemy | 3 | Yes |
| Jimmy Harris | 4 | Yes |
| Royce Duplessis | 5 | Yes |
| Rick Edmonds | 6 | Yes |
| Gary Carter | 7 | Yes |
| Patrick Connick | 8 | Yes |
| Cameron Henry | 9 | Yes |
| Kirk Talbot | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Reported with amendments.
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Received from the House with amendments.
Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
Senate conference committee members appointed: Hensgens, Allain, and Kleinpeter.
House conferees appointed: Geymann, Jacob Landry, and Zeringue.
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
Rules suspended.
Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
Notice Senate discharged from Conference Committee.
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
Discharged from Conference Committee.
Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 762.
Effective date 6/2/2026.
Verify the information
- Official page on the Louisiana Legislature website
- Senate Committee Amendment #791 NATR Proposed (amendment)
- Senate Committee Amendment #664 NATR Draft (amendment)
- Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #812 Hensgens Proposed (amendment)
- Senate Floor Amendment #962 Hensgens Adopted (amendment)
- House Committee Amendment #4899 NATR Draft (amendment)
- House Committee Amendment #4908 NATR Draft (amendment)
- House Committee Amendment #5088 NATR Proposed (amendment)
- House Floor Amendment #5310 Geymann Proposed (amendment)
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