---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District"
description: "WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 682"
citation: "Louisiana HB 682 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean-Paul Coussan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffa068e-8683-4b69-b8c1-de58d829928f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240808"
source_hash: "e60a671f47b1953b8e96c81abc0cfea4e1ca37e679185b257b211e262620d999"
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 682 (2021) — WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District

## Version chain

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

1. **HB682 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216069)
2. **HB682 Act 361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235689)
3. **HB682 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221044)
4. **HB682 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224322)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1698, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221721)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2980, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229934)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3018, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230264)
8. **HB682 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232562)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1024) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#761) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#423) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jean-Paul Coussan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15** Effective date: 01/08/2022.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 361. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** 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** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, 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.
- **2021-06-03** Rules suspended. 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`
- **2021-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably (11-1).
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** 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/9ffa068e-8683-4b69-b8c1-de58d829928f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).