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LouisianaSB 2142026 Regular SessionSenate

WATER MANAGEMENT: Provides for emergency preparedness. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Bob Hensgens (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Natural Resources and EnvironmentNatural Resources

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Less damage recovery for flood preparations

Beginning August 1, 2026, the law limits damage recovery against certain Louisiana local government bodies and their officers, employees, and agents. These bodies must be created under Chapter 13 and authorized to establish, build, run, and maintain freshwater systems. Their territory must cover four parishes, including at least one with 145,000 to 350,000 people in the latest federal decennial census. Covered actions include reducing or stopping pumping, or operating water control structures, to lower water levels. Actions or failures to act must follow an operational plan preparing for a weather event forecast by the National Weather Service or the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. This liability limit overrides conflicting laws but does not cover gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Households suffering other covered damage have fewer options to recover payment from these bodies and their personnel.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bob Hensgens

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 140 • No: 0

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/25/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 366.

    5/22/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/19/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/13/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/11/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/7/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026House

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

    3/30/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/26/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/25/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/18/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    2/26/2026Senate

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