---
type: "Bill"
title: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the regulation of unmanned aerial and aircrafts systems and the Louisiana Drone Advisory Committee"
description: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the regulation of unmanned aerial and aircrafts systems and the Louisiana Drone Advisory Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 587"
citation: "Louisiana HB 587 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert \"Bob\" Owen"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66909e73-d71e-45b5-8c8e-1c6afb945c26"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240556"
source_hash: "80a81ac17407bde1300f3e305d76efd20deb01b5f2d18fbe0dcb14d4402a6fe4"
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 587 (2021) — AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the regulation of unmanned aerial and aircrafts systems and the Louisiana Drone Advisory Committee

## Version chain

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

1. **HB587 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212089)
2. **HB587 Act 328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235644)
3. **HB587 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222911)
4. **HB587 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225446)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2184, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220369)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2574, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222595)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2799, Owen, Robert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223865)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2982, Owen, Robert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225111)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3053, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225310)
10. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1906, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223081)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2765, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228831)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2791, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229088)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3103, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230621)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3621, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233144)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3627, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233182)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3631, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233232)
17. **HB587 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234463)

## Votes

- TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH CALENDAR DAY (#1180) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1220) — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1051) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#475) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#1036) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert "Bob" Owen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 328. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 63, nays 33, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2021.
- **2021-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-09** 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`
- **2021-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-06-09** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2021-06-09** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2021-06-09** By a vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-10** Reported with amendments (13-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66909e73-d71e-45b5-8c8e-1c6afb945c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).