---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION: Adds Ascension Parish to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District. (8/1/19)"
description: "CONSERVATION: Adds Ascension Parish to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Louisiana SB 231 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lambert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c06f4b4-0120-4784-8661-e8279fd3105d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236611"
source_hash: "e247c5619725b331dec6b13e217c13c8d6fe3708c7d006444fea5c953615816c"
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 231 (2019) — CONSERVATION: Adds Ascension Parish to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB231 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124904)
2. **SB231 Act 200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143907)
3. **SB231 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127515)
4. **SB231 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139283)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#215) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#665) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 200. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-16** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c06f4b4-0120-4784-8661-e8279fd3105d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).