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LouisianaHB 2862025 Regular SessionHouse

ENVIRONMENT/ENFORCEMENT: Provides for the maximum civil penalty for citations issued through the expedited enforcement program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Chance Keith Henry (Republican)

Became Law

Natural ResourcesNatural Resources and Environment

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Higher penalties for environmental rule violations

Louisiana raises penalty caps for minor or moderate environmental violations handled through its expedited enforcement program. The maximum rises from $3,000 to $5,000 per violation, and from $5,000 to $10,000 total per violator. These are limits, not automatic charges for every person or business cited. The secretary can set program rules, authorize citations with penalties and compliance deadlines, and assign staff to run it. These enforcement actions are exempt from the state's specified legal-review requirement.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chance Keith Henry

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 9

Senate vote • 6/8/2025

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 2

House vote • 5/20/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 7. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 87 • No: 7

House vote • 5/14/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/9/2025House

  2. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/9/2025Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/9/2025House

  4. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/8/2025Senate

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/8/2025House

  6. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    6/4/2025Senate

  7. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/3/2025Senate

  8. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    5/27/2025Senate

  9. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Quality.

    5/27/2025Senate

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    5/21/2025Senate

  11. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 7. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/20/2025House

  12. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/20/2025Senate

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.

    5/19/2025House

  14. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/15/2025House

  15. Reported favorably (9-0).

    5/14/2025House

  16. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

    4/14/2025House

  17. Prefiled.

    4/2/2025House

  18. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

    4/2/2025House

  19. Becomes Act No. 492 without the Governor's signature.

    7/1/2024House

  20. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    7/1/2024House

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