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---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER/DRINKING WATER: Provides relative to water cooperatives"
description: "WATER/DRINKING WATER: Provides relative to water cooperatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 656"
citation: "Louisiana HB 656 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip DeVillier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e0a29b-f12b-4a22-a878-467b31fac088"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245079"
source_hash: "ec43600003cc7dd15f44adf35890a8b4aaf37b157085a078089845f127c4d539"
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 656 (2023) — WATER/DRINKING WATER: Provides relative to water cooperatives
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB656 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321509)
2. **HB656 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332518)
3. **HB656 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321587)
4. **HB656 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329479)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#705) — **380** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#566) — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Phillip DeVillier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-12** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 360. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-02** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-06-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2023.
- **2023-05-16** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 373 reported by the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs (12-0).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e0a29b-f12b-4a22-a878-467b31fac088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).