Natural Resources
π Next Meeting: TBD
π§Ύ Bills Pending: 16
Members
π₯
Bob Hensgens
(R)
π₯
Michael Fesi
(R)
Bills Pending in Natural Resources
HB841: Provides for expropriation procedures (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-05-07
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Brett Geymann
Co-sponsors: Jacob Braud Dewith Carrier Kimberly Coates Jason DeWitt Jessica Domangue Travis Johnson Timothy Kerner Jacob Landry Danny McCormick Joseph Orgeron Paul Sawyer
HB1209: Provides for the withdrawal of surface water
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-05-07
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Gabe Firment
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHB508: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-05-06
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Danny McCormick
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HB599: Prohibits the sale of Louisiana running surface water outside of the state
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-05-06
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Rodney Schamerhorn
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HB1171: Authorizes the use of airboats in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Last Action:
Date: 2026-05-06
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Shane Mack
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteHCR4: Suspends rules relative to chronic wasting disease (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-04-28
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Danny McCormick
Co-sponsors: Charles Owen Michael Echols Beryl Amedee Rhonda Butler Dewith Carrier Kimberly Coates Jason DeWitt Kellee Dickerson Kathy Edmonston Peter Egan Gabe Firment Bryan Fontenot Dodie Horton Steven Jackson Mike Johnson Rodney Schamerhorn Roger Wilder
SB452: Prohibits issuance of certain coastal use permits on Lake Maurepas. (8/1/26) (OR -$1,142,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-04-01
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: William Wheat
Co-sponsors: Valarie Hodges
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB446: Provides for the menhaden fishery. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-31
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Michael Fesi
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB428: Provides for the regulation of pipeline servitudes. (8/1/26)
Last Action:
Date: 2026-03-31
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Bob Hensgens
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB63: Prohibits construction of pipelines on certain wildlife management areas. (8/1/26) (OR -$3,292,850 SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: William Wheat
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB59: Provides for menhaden. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Robert Allain
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB62: Provides relative to construction of pipelines on certain water bodies. (8/1/26) (OR -$1,142,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: William Wheat
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB61: Authorizes parish governing authorities and citizens to determine whether Class VI injection wells, carbon dioxide sequestration, or carbon dioxide pipelines may be permitted within a parish. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: William Wheat
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB60: Enacts the Louisiana Landowners Protection Act. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Last Action:
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: William Wheat
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SB188: Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB186: Provides for the menhaden fishery. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Michael Fesi