---
type: "Bill"
title: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: Provides for the notification of certain hazardous material releases. (8/1/23)"
description: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: Provides for the notification of certain hazardous material releases. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Louisiana SB 62 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael \"Big Mike\" Fesi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a35a1986-f729-426b-bf0b-b8ba8050098b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244136"
source_hash: "6c45cd66ca4c7bdc5b57664da1e6bd2f254a87c4900f996ce430dce3274bce99"
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 62 (2023) — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: Provides for the notification of certain hazardous material releases. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB62 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306563)
2. **SB62 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332339)
3. **SB62 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318090)
4. **SB62 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322157)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1153, ENVQ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317677)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1208, ENVQ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318059)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1340, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319016)
8. **SB62 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330089)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#951) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#293) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 250. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-30** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-24** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-15** 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`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-02** 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 Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** 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/a35a1986-f729-426b-bf0b-b8ba8050098b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).