PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in the parishes of Webster and Bienville
HB 154 authorizes the Louisiana state to transfer specific parcels of land in Webster and Bienville Parishes to private owners. It directly affects two named couples: Mark Alan Dean and Amy Redden Dean (for three small tracts totaling 0.81 acres), and Mark Jason Woods and Jennifer Michelle Woods (for two tracts totaling 0.84 acres). The bill also authorizes the transfer of approximately 1,400 acres of dried lake bed land in the specified parishes to any qualified buyer, excluding mineral rights, with transfers requiring payment at appraised value. All transfers must follow standard property conveyance procedures outlined in the bill.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB154 Original
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HB154 Act 64
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MINOR
The bill was converted from a pre-filed draft to an enrolled Act (Act No. 64), making it official law. The substantive policy regarding the transfer of state land in Webster Parish to two specific individuals remains unchanged, though the text was reorganized to remove header information and add standard signatures.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still authorizes the transfer of specific state properties in Webster Parish to Mark Alan Dean and Amy Redden Dean, and to Mark Jason Woods and Jennifer Michelle Woods.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft headers, pre-filed status, and legislative service digest, replacing them with official enrolled formatting, page numbers, and signatures from the Speaker, Senate President, and Governor.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 37
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wayne McMahen
RRepublican
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