---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers of all gravity drainage districts. (8/1/19)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers of all gravity drainage districts. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "Louisiana SB 105 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f32cd771-2d85-4515-8aa1-dc35e236de4a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235997"
source_hash: "d8b20784b7f02ccfe94cc178e28953033a01246b9e1b9c487a92f9cc309ddd9e"
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 105 (2019) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers of all gravity drainage districts. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB105 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119682)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3288, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137646)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3352, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138483)
4. **SB105 Act 269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144030)
5. **SB105 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133131)
6. **SB105 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134683)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1739, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132776)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1988, Lambert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134427)
9. **SB105 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142627)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#821) — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#923) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#361) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 269. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-30** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-13** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** 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/f32cd771-2d85-4515-8aa1-dc35e236de4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).