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LouisianaHB 4782026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

UTILITIES: Provides with respect to reimbursement for utility overcharges

Sponsored By: Alonzo L. Knox (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Utility customers get full overcharge refunds

Louisiana water, gas, and electric utilities must refund the full amount charged above a lawful rate or authorized charge. This covers utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission or local governments, plus utilities owned or operated by local governments. Refunds are due within 90 calendar days after the utility discovers the overcharge or reasonably should have discovered it. If you ended service, the utility must send your refund to your last known address. All refunds must be labeled as an overcharge reimbursement or a similar description, unless the regulator orders otherwise.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Ed Larvadain III

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 150 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/27/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 101 • No: 0

House vote • 4/21/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 553.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/18/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/14/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    4/29/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

  13. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/27/2026House

  14. Called from the calendar.

    4/27/2026House

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/27/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

    4/23/2026House

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

    4/22/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (15-0).

    4/21/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/26/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    2/26/2026House

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