HB 259 - Louisiana House (2026) - UTILITIES: Provides relative to the repair of damaged infrastructure from certain excavators or demolishers (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor

First Action

Feb 23, 2026

Latest Action

May 29, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

259

State

Louisiana

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Jason DeWitt

Primary

House Votes (2)

Senate Votes (1)

Motion Text

REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1727)

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Adrian Fisher

Yes

Aimee Adatto Freeman

Yes

Alonzo L. Knox

Yes

Amedee

Yes

Annie Spell

Yes

Barbara Reich Freiberg

Yes

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Daryl Andrew Deshotel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Galle

Yes

Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jerome "Zee" Zeringue

Yes

Yes

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kendricks "Ken" Brass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley

Other

Leslie "Les" Farnum

Yes

Mandie Landry

Yes

Marcus Anthony Bryant

Yes

Mark Wright

Yes

Michael "Gabe" Firment

Yes

Michael Charles Echols

Other

Michael Melerine

Yes

Michael T. Johnson

Yes

Mike Bayham

Other

Mr. Speaker

Other

Neil Riser

Yes

Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn

Yes

Roger Wilder

Yes

Roy Daryl Adams

Yes

Ryan Joseph Bourriaque

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vanessa Caston LaFleur

Yes

Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III

Yes

Vincent Cox

Yes

Wayne McMahen

Yes

Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (9)

HB259 Reengrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459536

HB259 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1456303

HB259 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1441772

Senate Committee Amendment, #3740, COM, Adopted

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1472264

Senate Committee Amendment, #3673, COM, Draft

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471790

House Floor Amendment, #3178, Dewitt, Adopted

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459178

House Floor Amendment, #3146, Dewitt, Adopted

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459061

House Committee Amendment, #2785, COM, Adopted

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1456201

House Committee Amendment, #2746, COM, Draft

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1455477

Documents (5)

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB259

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1478473

Senate Green Sheet Digest for HB259

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1472430

Digest of HB259 Reengrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459655

Digest of HB259 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1456558

Digest of HB259 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1441788

Actions (13)

Show Only Major Actions

05/29/2026

House

Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

05/29/2026

Senate

Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

05/29/2026

House

House conferees appointed: Dewitt, Deshotel, and LaFleur.

05/29/2026

House

Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

05/27/2026

Senate

The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

05/21/2026

Senate

Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

05/18/2026

Senate

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

05/13/2026

Senate

Reported with amendments.

04/08/2026

Senate

Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

04/01/2026

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

03/30/2026

House

Reported with amendments (16-0).

02/27/2026

House

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

02/23/2026

House

Prefiled.

Sources

LA Legislature

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249963

Open States

https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB259/

Record Created

Feb 23, 2026 8:28:06 PM

Record Updated

May 30, 2026 5:10:34 AM