---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINERALS: Provides for the administration of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (Item #16) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "MINERALS: Provides for the administration of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (Item #16) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Louisiana HB 23 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Geymann"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-11"
last_action: "2024-12-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/354169fe-a773-4873-839a-ffe91a0f8a97"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247877"
source_hash: "46ed8a7101511d3aee14dc299250aa5efa5af7b9b8925540c6109a127fd811ba"
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 23 (2024s3) — MINERALS: Provides for the administration of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (Item #16) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB23 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390479)
2. **HB23 Act 16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391661)
3. **HB23 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390752)
4. **HB23 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390817)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #116, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390679)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #82, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390614)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #145, Geymann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390810)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #112, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390944)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #90, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390899)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #185, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391180)
11. **HB23 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391419)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#46) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#35) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#73) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## 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: 07/01/2025.
- **2024-12-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 16. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-11-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-19** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-18** Rules suspended. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-11-18** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **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, amended, 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 (12-0). `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/354169fe-a773-4873-839a-ffe91a0f8a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).