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SB188

Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)

Introduced·2/26/26
Ment Text

Louisiana SB188 amends existing law to prohibit the waste of oil or gas.

Louisiana SB188 amends and reenacts R.S. 30:2 to retain the prohibition on the waste of oil or gas. The bill specifies that the waste of oil or gas, as defined in the chapter, is prohibited. The law is effective August 1, 2026.

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Current
Natural Resources Committee
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Committee decision

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History

Mar 9

Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

Feb 26

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.