2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
SB46
Legislative Summary
To prohibit the intentional release, or dispersion of chemicals into the environment of this state with the express purpose of affecting temperature. (8/1/25)
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Bill History
3/31/2025
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
Senate
4/14/2025
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
Senate
4/22/2025
Reported with amendments.
Senate
4/23/2025
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
4/28/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 12 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
4/28/2025
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
House of Representatives
5/20/2025
Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
House of Representatives
5/21/2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
House of Representatives
5/22/2025
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/28/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2025.
House of Representatives
5/29/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 58, nays 33. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/29/2025
Received from the House with amendments.
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #715 ENVQ Proposed
Senate Committee Amendment #715 ENVQ Proposed
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #636 ENVQ Draft
Senate Committee Amendment #636 ENVQ Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #3174 NATR Draft
House Committee Amendment #3174 NATR Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #3238 NATR Proposed
House Committee Amendment #3238 NATR Proposed
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3626 Coates Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3626 Coates Adopted
Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on SB 46 MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#725)
5/29/2025
21
Yea
55
Nay
0
Not Voting
29
Absent
Result: FAILED
House Vote on SB 46 FINAL PASSAGE (#726)
5/29/2025
58
Yea
33
Nay
0
Not Voting
14
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Vote on SB 46 FINAL PASSAGE (#64)
4/28/2025
27
Yea
12
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Vote on SB 46 CO-AUTHORS (#65)
4/28/2025
2
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
37
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/28/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 14
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Michael Fesi
Republican
Co-Sponsors (14)
Heather Cloud
Republican
Valarie Hodges
Republican
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Mike Bayham
Republican
Marcus Bryant
Democrat
Kimberly Coates
Republican
Raymond Crews
Republican
Kellee Dickerson
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Republican
Peter Egan
Republican
Dodie Horton
Republican
Danny McCormick
Republican
Charles Owen
Republican
Rodney Schamerhorn
Republican