---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District"
description: "LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "Louisiana HB 533 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955471db-f538-4056-bb27-63dcb2de9f6a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244508"
source_hash: "b0a60d53d80a91f266c6859e7983f44b0e4f3af2e9166cc0a1e11a2f3b98677e"
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 533 (2023) — LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District

## Version chain

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

1. **HB533 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309616)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4221, House Proposed, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331362)
3. **HB533 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332531)
4. **HB533 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315018)
5. **HB533 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320018)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1577, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314495)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1658, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314850)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1685, Gadberry, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314995)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2378, Johnson, Mike, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319155)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1873, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323377)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1925, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323648)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2792, Womack, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329248)
13. **HB533 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331862)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#252) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1193) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#748) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1007) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2792 BY WOMACK, HB 533 BY JOHNSON, M. (#747) — **18–20** (fail) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1094) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 372. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 61, nays 37. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Mike Johnson, Wright, and Larvadain.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of change of Senate conferees.
- **2023-06-07** Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Bernard vice McMath.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Luneau, and Cloud.
- **2023-06-06** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2023.
- **2023-05-03** Notice given.
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-04-27** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955471db-f538-4056-bb27-63dcb2de9f6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).