---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINERALS: Provides for a continuing security interest clause in mineral leases. (8/1/19)"
description: "MINERALS: Provides for a continuing security interest clause in mineral leases. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Louisiana SB 242 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. L. Bret Allain, II"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25cfffe-5cba-455d-aa40-e2467f2b08ea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236996"
source_hash: "042ab6dc5c99a6a5f5acece9f78fd5e66f45ce054d5b66a5f7cb27c412374357"
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 242 (2019) — MINERALS: Provides for a continuing security interest clause in mineral leases. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB242 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133900)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3467, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143124)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3034, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135989)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3037, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136000)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3038, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136004)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3156, Morris, Jim, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136708)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3349, Morris, Jim, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138474)
8. **SB242 Act 403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144786)
9. **SB242 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133951)
10. **SB242 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143470)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#375) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#675) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#751) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1034) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1009) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. L. Bret Allain, II — primary (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-19** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 403. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/7/2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee report received.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Jim Morris, Bishop, and Schexnayder.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Allain, Chabert, and Hewitt.
- **2019-06-02** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-14** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 179. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f25cfffe-5cba-455d-aa40-e2467f2b08ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).