--- type: "Bill" title: "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25)" description: "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 73" citation: "Louisiana SB 73 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-04-02" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b170d1b7-ad77-48e9-982d-52dbb3f80b76" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248229" source_hash: "12d8ed020badef9fc46f038ab7e64e217d7593ce50a12480ca83bbf051dcb44f" 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 73 (2025) — ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB73 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1401976) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #2968, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422599) 3. **House Floor Amendment, #3387, Landry, Jacob, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417483) 4. **SB73 Act 414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425973) 5. **SB73 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406071) 6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #538, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405856) 7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #573, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405999) 8. **SB73 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425265) ## Votes - REJECT (#411) — **38–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1279) — **94–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#580) — **89–1** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#49) — **38–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT (#994) — **34–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Mike Reese — primary (person) - Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person) - Charles Owen — cosponsor (person) - Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person) - Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2025. - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 414. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2025-06-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `enrolled` - **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2025-06-12** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules. - **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays. - **2025-06-10** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2025-06-10** House conferees appointed: Jacob Landry, Geymann, and Carlson. - **2025-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2025-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Hensgens, Reese, and Wheat. - **2025-05-28** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments. - **2025-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. - **2025-05-27** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025. - **2025-05-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - **2025-04-30** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - **2025-04-23** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `filing, referral-committee` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b170d1b7-ad77-48e9-982d-52dbb3f80b76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).