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LouisianaSB 3672026 Regular SessionSenate

WATER MANAGEMENT: Creates the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationsFinance

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

New restoration funding for Amite River Basin

Beginning July 1, 2026, the law creates the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund. It supports restoring and caring for Amite River Basin lands and watersheds affected by sand and gravel mining. Flood-prone areas and damaged watersheds get priority. After required constitutional and legal allocations, including the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, it receives dedicated sand tax revenue. This equals 100 percent of recurring sand severance taxes from the basin that otherwise would enter the state general fund. Designated donations, gifts, grants, and other revenue also go into the fund; the law sets no total dollar amount. Money is appropriated to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Amite River Basin district board to use. Fund assets follow state general fund investment rules, and investment earnings stay in the fund. Unspent money not committed to expenses stays in the fund after each fiscal year. By March 1 each year, the authority's board must report receipts, spending, and funded activities to two legislative committees: the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 140 • No: 3

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 3

House vote • 5/18/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/29/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 31 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 761.

    6/2/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 7/1/2026.

    6/2/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/29/2026Senate

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

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/26/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/20/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/18/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/6/2026House

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

    5/5/2026House

  14. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/29/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/28/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

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

    2/27/2026Senate

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