---
type: "Bill"
title: "COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH: Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to meet at a location with internet audio and video streaming capability when votes are scheduled to occur. (gov sig)"
description: "COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH: Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to meet at a location with internet audio and video streaming capability when votes are scheduled to occur. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Louisiana SB 439 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norby Chabert"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0c5453-c929-4d20-b2d8-4e7c7730a9c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234266"
source_hash: "02e956ea45445b2356ea90310e93d3bb6221ae2f331e3667a6835cc0d5c23c2b"
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 439 (2018) — COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH: Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to meet at a location with internet audio and video streaming capability when votes are scheduled to occur. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB439 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1073442)
2. **SB439 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097980)
3. **SB439 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078182)
4. **SB439 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1081640)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1894, Chabert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1081590)
6. **SB439 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093812)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#201) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#740) — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norby Chabert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 157. `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.
- **2018-05-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-17** Reported favorably (14-0). 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.
- **2018-04-02** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-26** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d0c5453-c929-4d20-b2d8-4e7c7730a9c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).