---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION: Provides relative to powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (8/1/20)"
description: "CONSERVATION: Provides relative to powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (8/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Louisiana SB 447 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. L. Bret Allain, II"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e18e95fb-bf3e-4403-b3f8-4fabb291759e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238737"
source_hash: "a5bb6a97db63b4a78847654618932d9925214c4bee04b917fad224c77c6be272"
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 447 (2020) — CONSERVATION: Provides relative to powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (8/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB447 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168007)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2221, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173807)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2253, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174040)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2723, Coussan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176708)
5. **SB447 Act 242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182299)
6. **SB447 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170106)
7. **SB447 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178001)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#510) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#192) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#620) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. L. Bret Allain, II — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 242. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e18e95fb-bf3e-4403-b3f8-4fabb291759e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).