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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 30, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality
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Senate • Mar 31, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
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Summary
Comments on HB 697
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Votes
YES: 96
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Adams
- Egan
- McCormick
- Bacala
- Firment
- McFarland
- Bagley
- Fisher
- McMahen
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- McMakin
- Bayham
- Freiberg
- Melerine
- Beaullieu
- Gadberry
- Mena
- Berault
- Galle
- Moore
- Billings
- Geymann
- Murray
- Boudreaux
- Glorioso
- Muscarello
- Boyd
- Green
- Newell
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Orgeron
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Owen
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Phelps
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Riser
- Bryant
- Horton
- Sawyer
- Butler
- Illg
- Schamerhorn
- Carlson
- Jackson
- Schlegel
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- St. Blanc
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, T.
- Stagni
- Carter, W.
- Jordan
- Tarver
- Carver
- Kerner
- Taylor
- Chassion
- Knox
- Thomas
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Thompson
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Turner
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Villio
- Crews
- Landry, M.
- Walters
- Deshotel
- Landry, T.
- Wilder
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wiley
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Mack
- Young
- Echols
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 31, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
- Mar 30, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (15-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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