---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE: Provides relative to the Statewide Flood Control Program"
description: "DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE: Provides relative to the Statewide Flood Control Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 558"
citation: "Louisiana HB 558 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2a1745-5164-4806-a699-38ae7232e941"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236408"
source_hash: "67f30796fb97fb8a2d3a801e76310e63b3d8d62806e93f168500186074677f5d"
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 558 (2019) — DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE: Provides relative to the Statewide Flood Control Program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB558 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122284)
2. **HB558 Act 246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144111)
3. **HB558 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133619)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2555, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133342)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2575, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133472)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3272, Thompson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141583)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3303, Walsworth, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141726)
8. **HB558 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142729)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#964) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#885) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — 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. 246. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-30** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-13** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be2a1745-5164-4806-a699-38ae7232e941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).