---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)"
description: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "Louisiana SB 399 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852c2db6-78cd-41bb-ac81-1c53ccd5f1ec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242837"
source_hash: "be4a0483898bbbfb88c6864e2c8d9e95a7313aaea1f6f4a0a3a81f02e0388fed"
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 399 (2022) — PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB399 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261842)
2. **SB399 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280635)
3. **SB399 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267962)
4. **SB399 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269774)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1448, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266995)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1595, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267835)
7. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1816, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269310)
8. **SB399 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278259)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#266) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#785) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleo Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-17** Effective date 5/17/2022.
- **2022-05-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 70. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/12/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2022.
- **2022-05-02** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-04-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-04-27** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-11** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. 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/852c2db6-78cd-41bb-ac81-1c53ccd5f1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).