republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-492.md

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Bill	UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)	UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	SB 492	Louisiana SB 492 (2020)	bill		enacted	Stewart Cathey , Jr.	8	17	4	2020-03-31	2020-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/f53087fb-7d74-48cb-8c79-3b1f397d9d20	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238826	e361a6f1032aef6c1d6d8edc293dbe09c8be66a077052c9444751d1c8de4e415	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 492 (2020) — UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)

Version chain

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

1. SB492 Original (filed) — source
2. House Floor Amendment, #2625, DeVillier, Rejected (committee substitute) — source
3. House Floor Amendment, #2658, Coussan, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB492 Act 46 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB492 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. SB492 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1141, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. SB492 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#195) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR (#443) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#476) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• AMENDMENT # 2625 BY DEVILLIER (#475) — 22–69 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-04 Effective date 8/1/2020.
• 2020-06-04 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46. executive-signature
• 2020-06-01 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2020-06-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-05-29 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-05-28 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2020-05-27 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2020-05-27 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-05-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
• 2020-05-21 Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2020-05-18 Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-15 Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2020-05-14 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-07 Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-05-04 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2020-03-31 Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f53087fb-7d74-48cb-8c79-3b1f397d9d20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).