---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 676"
citation: "Louisiana HB 676 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Domangue"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-29"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/423986b0-fbc7-44c4-9990-3dff88e7c671"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249000"
source_hash: "f4c71c6a715be6a82669fd54425621f6ab93624bf6b599b9457e632e795e0e77"
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 676 (2025) — WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB676 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409355)
2. **HB676 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425148)
3. **HB676 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409453)
4. **HB676 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412640)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2454, Domangue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412412)
6. **HB676 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421423)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#646) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#264) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica Domangue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 216. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-01** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-07** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2025.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 301 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (9-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/423986b0-fbc7-44c4-9990-3dff88e7c671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).