---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund Account. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund Account. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Louisiana SB 247 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11958706-8d87-4ae7-8671-7919ab5987a8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246470"
source_hash: "f74e6fc2d852c25b2d9ee63d191400054b94a4c05f092e30bd5a20ca047c3f55"
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 247 (2024) — ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund Account. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB247 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352310)
2. **SB247 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379403)
3. **SB247 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363502)
4. **SB247 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365622)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1631, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362427)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1699, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363070)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1772, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363676)
8. **SB247 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374577)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1058) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#282) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 167. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11958706-8d87-4ae7-8671-7919ab5987a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).