---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for regulation of leases of land for solar farms. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
description: "NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for regulation of leases of land for solar farms. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Louisiana SB 185 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. L. Bret Allain, II"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf1ebb9f-5118-40da-a445-25a16dd50a69"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240391"
source_hash: "a69af1b8a9ed7fd26c11052d45a9f80672ab56d7a29fe052ffc117ca494219f3"
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 185 (2021) — NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for regulation of leases of land for solar farms. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB185 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211191)
2. **SB185 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235566)
3. **SB185 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219193)
4. **SB185 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224224)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1315, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218863)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1352, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219134)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2003, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223987)
8. **SB185 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232512)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1029) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#354) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 301. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-12** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-03** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf1ebb9f-5118-40da-a445-25a16dd50a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).