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SB469Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. (8/1/26)

Passed

Introduced by Mark Abraham, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. (8/1/26)

Where it stands

Effective date 8/1/2026.

June 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on SB 469 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1850) · June 1, 2026

92

Yes

0

No

13

Absent or Not Voting

105 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Danny McCormick1Absent
Steven Jackson2Yes
Tammy Phelps3Absent
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Absent
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Absent
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  2. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  6. Called from the Calendar.

  7. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  9. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  10. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Received from the House with amendments.

  16. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  17. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  18. House conferees appointed: St. Blanc, Deshotel, and Riser.

  19. Senate conference committee members appointed: Abraham, Miller, and Talbot.

  20. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  21. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  22. Conference Committee report received.

  23. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  24. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  25. Rules suspended.

  26. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  27. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  28. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  29. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  30. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  31. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 902.

  32. Effective date 8/1/2026.

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