---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENT/FEES: Authorizes an increase in certain fees collected by the Department of Environmental Quality (EN +$2,003,044 SG RV See Note)"
description: "ENVIRONMENT/FEES: Authorizes an increase in certain fees collected by the Department of Environmental Quality (EN +$2,003,044 SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 670"
citation: "Louisiana HB 670 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2103b140-f43c-4de4-b76d-b9901ee0996a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240751"
source_hash: "1abd1de1c9527bff84d4fe7f91a43dfec284e453441c0eba42d0ab30f181d40f"
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 670 (2021) — ENVIRONMENT/FEES: Authorizes an increase in certain fees collected by the Department of Environmental Quality (EN +$2,003,044 SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB670 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214345)
2. **HB670 Act 405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235803)
3. **HB670 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216401)
4. **HB670 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228756)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2054, Carter, Gary, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219730)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #993, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216948)
7. **HB670 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232969)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#876) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#757) — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 405. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-27** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 18. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-18** Notice removed
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-17** Notice given.
- **2021-05-13** Notice removed
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Notice given.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2021.
- **2021-04-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2021-04-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2103b140-f43c-4de4-b76d-b9901ee0996a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).