Jacob Landry — House - District 49
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🕗 Bills Pending: 2
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HB526: Provides that a website established and maintained by the commissioner of administration shall be the official journal of the state and requires him to post certain information about boards and commissions on it (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Effective date: 07/01/2027.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
Co-sponsors: Chad Boyer (R) Dewith Carrier (R) Daryl Deshotel (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Michael Echols (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Les Farnum (R) Foy Gadberry (R) Troy Hebert (R) Chance Henry (R) Charles Owen (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Debbie Villio (R) Mark Wright (R)
...and 11 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HB692: Establishes state policy regarding affordable, reliable energy and grid resilience (EN +$119,859 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-24
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
THIS IS A REPLACEMENT BILL FOR HB583
DOES NOT INDICATE WHICH SENATE AMENDMENTS ON THE WEBSITE WERE ADOPTED LINKED HERE
Sets Louisiana’s energy policy to prioritize affordable, reliable, domestically produced energy for enhanced grid security. It directs state agencies to limit dependence on foreign sources, defines criteria for reliable and dispatchable energy—including nuclear and natural gas—and classifies nuclear and qualifying natural gas generation as "green energy" for state-funded initiatives. Other green enery models like solar and wind are MUCH less reliable.
HB583: Establishes state policy regarding affordable, reliable energy and grid resilience (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Becomes HB 692.
Date: 2025-05-15
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Establishes state policy to prioritize affordable, reliable, and clean energy with a focus on domestic energy production and grid resilience.
- Directs the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, in coordination with the Public Service Commission, to prioritize energy sources primarily produced in the U.S.
- Seeks to minimize reliance on foreign nations for energy infrastructure and materials.
- Defines "affordable energy sources" as those with stable, predictable costs, available year-round, and includes hydrocarbon-generated energy.
- Defines "reliable energy sources" as those with high availability, a minimum 50% capacity factor, dispatchable output, quick ramping capability, and ability to support renewables; includes hydrocarbons.
- Defines "green energy" as sources meeting emission standards equivalent to pipeline-quality natural gas, including nuclear and natural gas; this definition applies to all state-funded green or clean energy programs.
HB564: Establishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: See Act.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE committee amendments [LINK] rename the fund as an account (Louisiana Conservation Incentive Program Account), to allow broader funding sources, tie grant awards to specific appropriations, simplify rulemaking language, and delay the program’s start until funding is enacted.
Establishes the Louisiana Conservation Incentive Program to assist private landowners in enhancing wildlife habitats and managing native species on private lands.
Key Provisions:
- Creates the "Conservation Incentive Program" within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, funded through a dedicated subaccount in the Conservation Fund.
- Funds may come from legislative appropriations, grants, donations, or other sources.
- Eligible projects include forest stand improvement, wetland and waterfowl habitat enhancement, prescribed burns, and feral swine control.
- Requires the department to adopt rules and procedures for project selection and implementation.
- Program is contingent on legislative appropriation of sufficient funds.
HB602: Provides relative to remediation of oilfield and exploration and production sites
Last Action: Becomes HB 694.
Date: 2025-05-15
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Reforms oilfield site remediation law by centralizing authority with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and limiting damages.
Key Provisions:
- DENR has primary authority to bring claims and determine the “most feasible plan” for remediation.
- Court must adopt DENR’s plan unless proven arbitrary and capricious by clear and convincing evidence.
- Limits appeals to the First Circuit; removes de novo review.
- Allows direct payment of remediation costs with bond; requires quarterly reports.
- Once a plan is adopted, no further attorney or expert fees allowed.
- Narrows definition of “environmental damage” and limits damages to:
- Fair market value of property
- Activities after June 30, 1989 or within 30 years
- Areas within 36 inches of surface
- Cost of implementing DENR’s plan, contractually required remediation, proven unreasonable operations, and non-remediation damages.
HB634: To provide relative to remediation of oilfield sites (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Jacob Landry (R)
Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources and Environment 33 📅 Not Scheduled
Establishes a new regulatory process for resolving environmental remediation disputes related to oilfield and E&P site contamination, applicable to lawsuits filed on or after January 1, 2026.
Key Provisions:
- Removes current remediation procedures for suits filed on or after January 1, 2026.
- Creates a review panel process to handle disputes between landowners and operators.
- Requires timely operator notice to the Department of Conservation and Energy and landowners upon discovery of contamination.
- Mandates immediate remediation efforts during panel process.
- Review panel consists of three experts, one selected by each party, and a third mutually agreed upon or randomly appointed.
- Panel evaluates contamination, causation, and responsible parties through a formal evaluation and remediation plan.
- Final plan must be approved by multiple state agencies.
- Responsible party must deposit remediation and agency review costs into a state-managed account.
- Appeals are heard by the Division of Administrative Law, with judicial appeal to the First Circuit.
- Panel records are admissible as evidence; participants have immunity from civil liability.
HB694: Provides relative to remediation of oilfield and exploration and production sites
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2025-05-21
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 4 📅 Not Scheduled
SUBSTITUTE FOR HB602
Revises Louisiana's process for addressing environmental damage at oilfield sites. It sets standards for adopting the "most feasible plan" for remediation, explicitly includes the RECAP standards, and imposes a stricter "clear and convincing" burden of proof to challenge a plan. The bill allows responsible parties to directly fund remediation instead of depositing funds into court, provided a bond is posted. It limits remediation requirements to explicit contractual obligations and restricts non-remediation damages to economic losses or reduced property value. The changes apply to all cases without an approved plan by January 1, 2026.
HR304: Commends Elizabeth Grace "Gracie" Bourque on being crowned the seventy-second Delcambre Shrimp Festival Queen
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
Co-sponsors: Mike Bayham (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SENATE floor amendments [LINK] strike SENATE committee amendments in full and delay the bill’s effective date to mid‑2027
SENATE floor amendments [LINK] allow the legislature to publish ads, public notices, or proclamations on its own website instead of in newspapers, unless the Louisiana Constitution requires otherwise. They also change some mandatory language to optional by replacing "shall" with "may."
SENATE committee amendments [LINK] let state agencies publish notices on a legislative website or in a newspaper with a website, chosen by competitive bid. Print publication is still allowed if deemed more effective or legally required. The Secretary of State must send acts to the state journal on time. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
HOUSE floor amendment [LINK] Requires the commissioner of administration to set rules and fees, under the Administrative Procedure Act, allowing individuals to publish notices in the Official Journal of the State, at no cost to the state, for proposed changes to public employee retirement laws or constitutional provision.
Designates a state-managed website, rather than a newspaper, as the official journal of the state for publishing advertisements, notices, and other public information. It removes statutory requirements for using a physical newspaper, including those related to bidding, printing, and contracts. The commissioner of administration will manage this website and ensure that public bodies submit and maintain various information on it.
Key Provisions:
- Requires all official state notices to be posted on a website maintained by the commissioner of administration
- Eliminates the use of newspapers as the official journal of the state
- Expands requirements for boards, commissions, and similar entities to include:
- Meeting notices, minutes, and recordings
- Membership, compensation, and contact details
- Employee rosters and salaries
- Financial and budget information
- Rules, regulations, and statutory authority
- Sets compliance deadlines and authorizes legislative oversight to recommend termination or reform of noncompliant entities
- Requires online posting of license and permit information by state entities
- Authorizes the commissioner to set rules for electronic submission
- Repeals related outdated statutes
Does not eliminate newspapers as the official notice of publication for local projects that are constitutionally required. Separate legislation would be needed to change local public notice requirements.
The bill applies only to the state level. It designates a state-managed website as the official journal for state government notices, replacing the requirement to publish in a newspaper for the legislature and executive branch agencies. Saves money being paid to newspapers for publication costs for STATE not locals.