---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENT: Provides for the computation of time allowed to seek review of decisions by the Dept. of Environmental Quality"
description: "ENVIRONMENT: Provides for the computation of time allowed to seek review of decisions by the Dept. of Environmental Quality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Louisiana HB 214 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuel Jenkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7d4c6ed-17be-400b-96ac-ff52ab331ab8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235942"
source_hash: "6e3d1769a8bf78f20fc763f5baf4f0e442aa539ae12d3b98bdb4be9572170250"
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 214 (2019) — ENVIRONMENT: Provides for the computation of time allowed to seek review of decisions by the Dept. of Environmental Quality

## Version chain

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

1. **HB214 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119203)
2. **HB214 Act 300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144230)
3. **HB214 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125761)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2239, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136310)
5. **HB214 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140304)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#56) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#506) — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#757) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuel Jenkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 300. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/19.
- **2019-04-23** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-22** Reported favorably (7-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7d4c6ed-17be-400b-96ac-ff52ab331ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).