---
type: "Bill"
title: "COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Provides relative to the disposition of funds derived from alternative energy production in the coastal area (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
description: "COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Provides relative to the disposition of funds derived from alternative energy production in the coastal area (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Louisiana HB 305 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Orgeron"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71033e21-f27e-477c-82ab-a329ba0ed822"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245943"
source_hash: "96a60c5a60a3f4bdcd1c629930f5e947799eb70c581233e74d807ecddbef2ebb"
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 305 (2024) — COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Provides relative to the disposition of funds derived from alternative energy production in the coastal area (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB305 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348846)
2. **HB305 Act 684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382705)
3. **HB305 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355656)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1334, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355161)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1396, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355604)
6. **HB305 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380747)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1361) — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#64) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Orgeron — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 684. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/21/2024.
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-19** Reported with amendments (22-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71033e21-f27e-477c-82ab-a329ba0ed822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).