---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Service"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Louisiana HB 302 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Carmody"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e4ea30-e66c-4c93-88e2-dd85e1f58fae"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233628"
source_hash: "af6f155f55dd726af7cb2e826a4b572574634a6b4b2610e4443731d7dd7e96a1"
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 HB 302 (2018) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Service

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB302 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1070510)
2. **HB302 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096967)
3. **HB302 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076084)
4. **HB302 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1090394)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#532) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#126) — **91–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thomas Carmody — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 06/30/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 83. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-18** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/18.
- **2018-03-20** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-19** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89e4ea30-e66c-4c93-88e2-dd85e1f58fae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).