---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOLID WASTE: Provides for advanced recycling facilities and processes for the conversion of certain recovered materials. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "SOLID WASTE: Provides for advanced recycling facilities and processes for the conversion of certain recovered materials. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Louisiana SB 97 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233ac37a-09a4-4e5f-bd72-483a37cdc226"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240133"
source_hash: "f3f2c13b2a4f624ada036cb32ef52fd62016409d9b58e51531f778ff867d8e27"
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 97 (2021) — SOLID WASTE: Provides for advanced recycling facilities and processes for the conversion of certain recovered materials. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB97 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208847)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3432, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227825)
3. **SB97 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236234)
4. **SB97 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217951)
5. **SB97 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220005)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1135, ENVQ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217808)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #958, ENVQ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216911)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1445, Lambert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219731)
9. **SB97 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230578)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#635) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#737) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#206) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 460. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-03** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably (9-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-03** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/233ac37a-09a4-4e5f-bd72-483a37cdc226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).