---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Allen Parish. (8/1/24)"
description: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Allen Parish. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Louisiana SB 71 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f244ff88-32c9-47e5-96d2-bdd2a0077a87"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245900"
source_hash: "695a23e1a194160dace4aba099d38a1c5bd229f9b4fca99bd1c7c5e3f35b7bd5"
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 71 (2024) — PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Allen Parish. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB71 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348517)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4149, Carrier, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371618)
3. **SB71 Act 52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375763)
4. **SB71 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359163)
5. **SB71 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372420)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#193) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#528) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#869) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 52. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/9/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-06** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2024.
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-17** Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-27** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** 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/f244ff88-32c9-47e5-96d2-bdd2a0077a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).