---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINERALS/MINERAL BOARD: Provides for the leasing of state property for energy-related purposes (Item #17) (EN +$38,175 SD RV See Note)"
description: "MINERALS/MINERAL BOARD: Provides for the leasing of state property for energy-related purposes (Item #17) (EN +$38,175 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Louisiana HB 24 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Geymann"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-11"
last_action: "2024-12-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f78ee63-5c85-4b84-a173-77fdea9817d2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247878"
source_hash: "c8c4afbbea66d1ec0e2829613ba901663e19c510c4023fb9c1f8868df4fda492"
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 24 (2024s3) — MINERALS/MINERAL BOARD: Provides for the leasing of state property for energy-related purposes (Item #17) (EN +$38,175 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB24 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390485)
2. **HB24 Act 17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391662)
3. **HB24 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390751)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #100, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390656)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #119, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390690)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #110, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390943)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #113, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390945)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #132, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391018)
9. **HB24 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391208)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#53) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#36) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#23) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brett Geymann — primary (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-04** Effective date: 01/01/2025.
- **2024-12-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 17. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-11-22** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-11-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-11-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 11/21/2024.
- **2024-11-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-18** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/14/2024.
- **2024-11-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-13** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-13** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-11** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f78ee63-5c85-4b84-a173-77fdea9817d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).