---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION: Provides relative to the capital area groundwater conservation district. (8/1/24)"
description: "CONSERVATION: Provides relative to the capital area groundwater conservation district. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 432"
citation: "Louisiana SB 432 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dc2f313-fe0c-4a5d-b6e8-84e9e989bbdf"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247020"
source_hash: "60a721c31321765f244fa02be6723657dc4a5e633bc74f2d76f6ca26b578a9d8"
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 432 (2024) — CONSERVATION: Provides relative to the capital area groundwater conservation district. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB432 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360760)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4236, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372125)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4652, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374703)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #5037, Marcelle, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377600)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #5046, Bryant, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377665)
6. **SB432 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382125)
7. **SB432 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368211)
8. **SB432 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370085)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1975, ENVQ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365719)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1976, ENVQ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365720)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1992, ENVQ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365810)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2359, ENVQ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368198)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2665, Lambert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369748)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2697, Fields, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369975)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2703, Womack, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370043)
16. **SB432 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379050)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1223) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#437) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1337) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 5037 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1336) — **26–71** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 494. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-23** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 15. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Notice given.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-23** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/4dc2f313-fe0c-4a5d-b6e8-84e9e989bbdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).