---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINERALS/MINING: Levies an annual reclamation fee on surface mining operations (EN +$226,068 SD RV See Note)"
description: "MINERALS/MINING: Levies an annual reclamation fee on surface mining operations (EN +$226,068 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 183"
citation: "Louisiana HB 183 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenny Cox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b83425d-1adc-44a5-8f2a-71e14dde219c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235886"
source_hash: "6d2a6a396ba6bafb525be4bd615ae0969b7027b3a414a5d032b6c21ae1cc20cf"
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 183 (2019) — MINERALS/MINING: Levies an annual reclamation fee on surface mining operations (EN +$226,068 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB183 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118669)
2. **HB183 Act 150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143683)
3. **HB183 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126975)
4. **HB183 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141408)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#266) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#126) — **57–34** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#826) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenny Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 150. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-30** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-13** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.
- **2019-05-06** Notice given.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 57, nays 34. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
- **2019-05-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b83425d-1adc-44a5-8f2a-71e14dde219c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).