Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 591 — ENERGY/ALTERNATE: Provides relative to fee exemptions for certain solar power generation facilities (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

  2. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  4. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/26/2023.

  6. Reported favorably (10-0).

  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  8. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.

  9. Prefiled.

  10. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

145 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#137)

Passed 73 Yea · 22 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24503
Republican 271606
Democrat 22101
Total 7322010
% of votes cast 70%21%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Brown — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Coussan — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Hollis — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
McKnight — Not Voting
Nelson — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Not Voting
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 591?
HB 591 is sponsored by Francis C. Thompson (Republican) and Adrian Fisher (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 591?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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