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---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources. (6/30/20)"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources. (6/30/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Louisiana SB 117 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Hensgens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2020-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef00e69-c813-4fc6-8a03-b4017f90fd18"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237721"
source_hash: "a218f247b871474d491e1c5f1b09d9e160f58087ef2fc5955f6334a7fc257d5b"
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 117 (2020) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources. (6/30/20)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB117 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1159288)
2. **SB117 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180291)
3. **SB117 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170100)
4. **SB117 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176601)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#489) — **980** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#99) — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bob Hensgens — primary (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-05** Effective date 6/30/2020.
- **2020-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 60. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, 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.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, 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.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** 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/8ef00e69-c813-4fc6-8a03-b4017f90fd18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).