SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 11Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 83.Became Law
   2. May 11Effective date: 06/30/2026.
   3. May 5Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 4Signed by the President of the Senate.
   5. Apr 29Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. Apr 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   7. Apr 27Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#460). Result: pass.Upper
   8. Apr 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. Apr 15Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. Apr 14Rules suspended. Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Mar 31Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.Minor
   12. Mar 30Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#178). Result: pass.Lower
   13. Mar 30Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   14. Mar 26Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
   15. Mar 25Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Mar 24Reported favorably (15-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Minor
   18. Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
   19. Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Minor
   20. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced