republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/sb-244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Louisiana SB 244 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Hensgens"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f002d69d-e19b-4962-a24c-2f84cdbc8017"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249159"
source_hash: "9305e4d622a5a77b862368e8ea2ba4371ae74c94607d1c5af7dad5a8b26d2283"
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 244 (2025) — NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB244 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414074)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3360, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417400)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3521, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418143)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3569, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418401)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3571, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418447)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3739, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419495)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #3977, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421188)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #4027, Geymann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421355)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #4155, Geymann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422463)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #4158, Landry, Jacob, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422464)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #4159, Geymann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422465)
12. **House Floor Amendment, #4164, Orgeron, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422488)
13. **House Floor Amendment, #4167, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422492)
14. **SB244 Act 458** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426071)
15. **SB244 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415043)
16. **SB244 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416210)
17. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1897, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415846)
18. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1925, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416035)
19. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1910, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415855)
20. **SB244 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424192)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 4164 BY ORGERON, MOTION TO ADOPT (#943) — **25–71** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#944) — **77–19** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 4158 BY LANDRY, J., MOTION TO ADOPT (#942) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#936) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#274) — **28–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Hensgens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-24** Effective date: See Act.
- **2025-06-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 458. `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. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-11** Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-10** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 19. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments (13-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 8 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-13** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 193. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f002d69d-e19b-4962-a24c-2f84cdbc8017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).