HB697 is sponsored by Brett F. Geymann (Republican).

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Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB697 — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality

Last action May 11, 2026 — Effective date: 06/30/2026.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on April 29, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality

Bill Text

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Action History

February 27, 2026
Prefiled.
February 27, 2026
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
February 27, 2026
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
March 09, 2026
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
March 24, 2026
Reported favorably (15-0).
March 25, 2026
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
March 26, 2026
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
March 30, 2026
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
March 30, 2026
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
March 31, 2026
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
April 14, 2026
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
April 15, 2026
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
April 20, 2026
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
April 27, 2026
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
April 28, 2026
Received from the Senate without amendments.
April 29, 2026
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 04, 2026
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 05, 2026
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 11, 2026
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 83.
May 11, 2026
Effective date: 06/30/2026.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Brett F. Geymann Republican

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Republican	23	0	0	2
Democrat	9	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	3
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Owen	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Yea
Larry Selders	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II	Democrat	Yea
Adam Bass	Republican	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Not Voting
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Brach Jerad Myers	Republican	Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Yea
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Yea
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Not Voting
Patrick McMath	Republican	Yea
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	59	0	0	6
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	2
Total	96	0	0	9
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Henry, C.	—	Yea
Owen	—	Yea
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Landry, J.	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Not Voting
Miller	—	Not Voting
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Yea
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Chasity Martinez	Democrat	Yea
Dana Henry	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Ed Murray	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	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	Yea
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	Not Voting
Chad Michael Boyer	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
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
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	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Yea
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Not Voting
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Not Voting
Mark Wright	Republican	Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Yea
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Michael Melerine	Republican	Yea
Mike Johnson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Yea
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
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Yea
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Not Voting
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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	13	0	0	0
Democrat	2	0	0	0
Total	15	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
C. Travis Johnson	Democrat	Yea
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB697 do?: SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality
Who sponsors HB697?: HB697 is sponsored by Brett F. Geymann (Republican).
What is the current status of HB697?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
Where can I track HB697?: Track HB697 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

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At a glance

Identifier: HB697
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 26RS Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 27, 2026
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Brett F. Geymann

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