---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)"
description: "DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Louisiana HB 647 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Travis Johnson"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d06c3d4-fb9a-4121-8374-864225fd0d0e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240642"
source_hash: "93c7afa35f7416f37b27b41deed01408de9828a47879073fb073b37dec5c5342"
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 647 (2021) — DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB647 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212349)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3993, House Proposed, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233376)
3. **Conference Committee Report, #4034, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233845)
4. **HB647 Act 337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235666)
5. **HB647 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219268)
6. **HB647 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222934)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1086, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213096)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #1928, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218973)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2267, Johnson, Travis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220872)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2543, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227671)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2545, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227681)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2577, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227963)
13. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2749, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228802)
14. **HB647 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234561)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#326) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1193) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1023) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1072) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1063) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#713) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Travis Johnson — primary (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (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. 337. `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** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 104, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-09** Notice the Senate has Recommmitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-09** The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-09** The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2021.
- **2021-06-08** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Jackson, and Womack.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Travis Johnson, McFarland, and Hughes.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-02** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-26** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-10** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-29** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d06c3d4-fb9a-4121-8374-864225fd0d0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).