---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of state property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)"
description: "PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of state property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 422"
citation: "Louisiana SB 422 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-04"
last_action: "2022-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c343fd20-5854-4193-997d-1d5d0e8b777f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242954"
source_hash: "e9b6cb51fbfb3c93c167da50f7bbc256052d50bad920f83d641467a7059c5784"
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 422 (2022) — PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of state property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB422 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1264912)
2. **SB422 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280636)
3. **SB422 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267845)
4. **SB422 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278262)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#786) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#268) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — 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. 71. `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 (9-0). 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** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-11** Reported favorably.
- **2022-04-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** 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/c343fd20-5854-4193-997d-1d5d0e8b777f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).