HB453

Provides relative to vegetation maintenance near utility infrastructure

Introduced·2/26/26
Ment Text

Louisiana HB453 mandates vegetation maintenance near utility infrastructure, requiring a four-foot clearance.

Louisiana HB453 establishes vegetation maintenance requirements near utility infrastructure, defining "utility infrastructure" and "utility provider." It mandates that utility providers maintain vegetation to ensure a four-foot clearance from their infrastructure. The Public Service Commission is tasked with adopting rules to enforce these provisions.

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Commerce Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Mar 9

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Feb 27

House

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

Feb 26

House

Prefiled.