---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Adds Pointe Coupee Parish to the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (2/3 - CA6s43(2)) (1/1/20)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Adds Pointe Coupee Parish to the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (2/3 - CA6s43(2)) (1/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Louisiana SB 30 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Ward, III"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816e0eb7-fa0d-45e8-b5a6-491490fdfb16"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235740"
source_hash: "791e9824cc57fee2a13375cccfd20b250c5c2cbade318c53bfef0bbdf0b0779d"
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 30 (2019) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Adds Pointe Coupee Parish to the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (2/3 - CA6s43(2)) (1/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB30 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1116515)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2896, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135401)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2912, THPW, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135440)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3123, Connick, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136528)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3412, LaCombe, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139064)
6. **SB30 Act 180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143919)
7. **SB30 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125369)
8. **SB30 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129281)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1296, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129185)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #969, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127023)
11. **SB30 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140992)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#732) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#654) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#185) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Ward, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 1/1/2020.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 180. `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.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** House committee amendments rejected.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-04-29** Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-04-23** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-04-22** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/816e0eb7-fa0d-45e8-b5a6-491490fdfb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).