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type: "Bill"
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title: "UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)"
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description: "UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 492"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 492 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-03-31"
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last_action: "2020-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f53087fb-7d74-48cb-8c79-3b1f397d9d20"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238826"
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source_hash: "e361a6f1032aef6c1d6d8edc293dbe09c8be66a077052c9444751d1c8de4e415"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana SB 492 (2020) — UTILITIES: Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB492 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168214)
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2. **House Floor Amendment, #2625, DeVillier, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176028)
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3. **House Floor Amendment, #2658, Coussan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176310)
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4. **SB492 Act 46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179929)
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5. **SB492 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170102)
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6. **SB492 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172592)
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7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1141, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170560)
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8. **SB492 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177181)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#195) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR (#443) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#476) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- AMENDMENT # 2625 BY DEVILLIER (#475) — **22–69** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2020.
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- **2020-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2020-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2020-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
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- **2020-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
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- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2020-05-18** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-31** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f53087fb-7d74-48cb-8c79-3b1f397d9d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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