---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Louisiana SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7672431-5dda-4519-a995-4a8bd0a230f7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244073"
source_hash: "89bffd49af3c9cace60e75637bf9aec132ea19188369c0ae1bca5b9e0b1d73f5"
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 53 (2023) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB53 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1305304)
2. **SB53 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329068)
3. **SB53 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313536)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #559, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312647)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #665, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313437)
6. **SB53 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326739)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#691) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#117) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louie Bernard — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 37. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-26** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7672431-5dda-4519-a995-4a8bd0a230f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).