House committee
House Natural Resources and Environment
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
HR312
Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate the water quality in the Shreveport vicinity and provide written recommendations regarding the safety for public use and consumption
May 25, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HR311
Urges and requests the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to conduct a comprehensive study of Louisiana's Scenic Rivers Program and the long-term stewardship, protection, management, and conservation of Scenic River resources, including issues affecting the Tangipahoa River following the Smitty's Supply incident
May 25, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HCR80
Expresses the legislature's commitment to protecting private property rights
April 27, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HCR59
Urges and requests the state, its agencies, and the legislature to repudiate the Louisiana Climate Action Plan of 2022
April 16, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1206
Provides relative to permitting and reporting of water usage at data centers
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1205
Provides for the conservation of aquifer systems (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1202
Provides for metering devices
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1169
Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1156
Enacts safety regulations for carbon dioxide transport and sequestration
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1152
Provides relative to the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1144
Provides for hazardous material pipeline signage
April 1, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1042
Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Jefferson Parish
March 31, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
SB243
Provides for requirements to stop and board a vessel. (8/1/26)
March 24, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB710
Provides for withdrawal of surface water from Lake Bistineau
March 24, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB899
Provides with respect to land reclamation following non-coal mining (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB890
Imposes additional requirements for certain coastal use permits on Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB879
Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB878
Prohibits any carbon capture operations under a scenic river
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB877
Prohibits carbon capture facilities from sharing pipelines
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB863
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Requires a search warrant before wildlife enforcement agents can conduct inspections
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB862
Provides with respect to not-for-profit wildlife rehabilitation organizations
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB840
Estalishes notice and public hearing requirements prior to issuance of orders, permits, or certificates for carbon dioxide sequestration (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB820
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Requires tracking of carbon dioxide transported by pipeline (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB770
Decreases the term of oyster leases on state water bottoms
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB754
Creates sanctuaries on Lake Pontchartrain (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB724
Provides for rehabilitation of wildlife
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB711
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to control and supervision of the wildlife of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB706
Provides for the operation of commercial saltwater disposal wells (OR +$330,397 SD EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB704
Increases the cap on fees collected for the Waste Tire Management Dedicated Fund Account and dedicates additional revenue for a tire buy back program (OR +$5,100,000 SG RV See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB671
Prohibits the ability of private companies to request or exercise expropriation for geologic storage of carbon dioxide
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB589
Requires a five hundred foot setback for carbon dioxide pipelines
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB510
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Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB500
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Provides relative to nonconsenting mineral interest owners within a carbon dioxide storage unit (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB499
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Provides relative to compensation for pore space owners (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB496
Provides for the operation of saltwater disposal wells in the parishes of Bossier, Caddo, and Webster (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB495
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Authorizes the governing authority of Grant Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB327
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Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration is illegal without a property owner's consent (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment