SEWERAGE: Authorizes a person to install an individual sewer treatment system in certain circumstances
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HB 235 — SEWERAGE: Authorizes a person to install an individual sewer treatment system in certain circumstances
Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
ModerateHow often bills like it became law.
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 1 recorded vote so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
15 added · 11 removedPlain-language change summary
The updated version of Bill HB 235 allows individuals to install and operate their own sewerage systems without needing prior approval from local authorities, unless a municipality specifically requires them to connect to a community system or has rules against individual systems. This change empowers residents by giving them more freedom in managing their sewage disposal. It's significant because it could potentially reduce costs and increase options for homeowners, but it also allows municipalities to set their own rules on individual systems.
HLS 26RS-672 ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
A person mayinstallmay install and operate an individual sewerage system,system subject to the approval of the local governing authority where the property is located, and is not required to connect to a community sewerage system unless the community sewerage system is owned by a city, parish, or other municipality of this state.state or local ordinances require connection to a communitysewerage system.
HLS 26RS-672 ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED HB NO.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 235 EngrossedReengrossed 2026 Regular Session Fontenot Abstract:
ProposedProposedlawprovidesthatapersonshallnotberequiredtoconnecttocommunitysewerage law provides that, subject to approval by the local governing authority, a person shall not be required to connect to communitysewerage system and mayinstallmay install and operate an individual sewerage system unless the community sewerage system is owned by a municipality of this state.state or a local ordinances require connection to a community sewerage system.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Provide that a local municipality may prohibit a person from building an individual sewerage system in an area where there is a community system if the local municipality passes an ordinance to prohibit such activity.
View plain text versions (3)
- Engrossed HB235 Reengrossed pdf
- Engrossed HB235 Engrossed Current pdf
- HB235 Original View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- House Floor Amendment, #2914, Wiley, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #2420, H&W, Adopted Adopted Show changes
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Action History
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with amendments (9-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
Sponsors
- Bryan Fontenot · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 6 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Bryan Fontenot Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 94 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 7% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Nay |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Nay |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 235?
- HB 235 is sponsored by Bryan Fontenot (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 235?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
- Where can I track HB 235?
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