---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION/COMMISSR: Relative to responsibilities for actions related to sequestration of carbon dioxide (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CONSERVATION/COMMISSR: Relative to responsibilities for actions related to sequestration of carbon dioxide (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Louisiana HB 163 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raymond Crews"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cbdb9a-208e-4435-aaa4-741123aeb3b6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235866"
source_hash: "5b903475b181f0dfa3b875edfb8a76a1f49223a45579e221bb0f573b0156b1f1"
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 163 (2019) — CONSERVATION/COMMISSR: Relative to responsibilities for actions related to sequestration of carbon dioxide (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB163 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118630)
2. **HB163 Act 297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144227)
3. **HB163 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127015)
4. **HB163 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129261)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1026, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1123841)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1490, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126940)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1698, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128308)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1005, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127342)
9. **HB163 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143992)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#731) — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#110) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raymond Crews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 297. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cbdb9a-208e-4435-aaa4-741123aeb3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).