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+type: "Bill"
+title: "WATER/WATERWAYS: Exempts the Comite River from certain provisions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for a set period of time. (8/1/18)"
+description: "WATER/WATERWAYS: Exempts the Comite River from certain provisions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for a set period of time. (8/1/18)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 490"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 490 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mack Bodi White, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-27"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca92fde-4ac1-4861-9b13-0e6406a21be4"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234524"
+source_hash: "1d3b99568d33955b88bc6a9bca5dc44c1a71719d904dc7ef9390152ea8a511cd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana SB 490 (2018) — WATER/WATERWAYS: Exempts the Comite River from certain provisions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for a set period of time. (8/1/18)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB490 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079402)
+2. **SB490 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097991)
+3. **SB490 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079983)
+4. **SB490 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093836)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 490 BY WHITE (#226) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#691) — **90–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-15** Effective date 8/1/2018.
+- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 163. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2018-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2018-05-07** Received from the House without amendments.
+- **2018-05-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/18.
+- **2018-04-16** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2018-04-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2018-04-12** Reported favorably (17-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2018-04-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-03** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2018-04-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2018-03-28** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2018-03-27** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 430. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca92fde-4ac1-4861-9b13-0e6406a21be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+