---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health to sell or transfer title to certain property. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health to sell or transfer title to certain property. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Louisiana SB 69 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John R. Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f7ac9e-5b69-4e9d-8f72-d4b261c5b951"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235919"
source_hash: "f247e364af586ba60a4442e598012b5d95e5bde95b4f5cb13fad2e68c32da9e6"
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 69 (2019) — PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health to sell or transfer title to certain property. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB69 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118887)
2. **SB69 Act 342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144302)
3. **SB69 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133006)
4. **SB69 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139982)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#739) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#360) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John R. Smith — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (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. 342. `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.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. 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** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** 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/b3f7ac9e-5b69-4e9d-8f72-d4b261c5b951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).