SB 2 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to public water systems. (1/1/26) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

SB 2 is a technical amendment to existing public water system regulations, correcting wording in legal references (changing terms like "Subparagraph (a)" to "Paragraph (1)" and "Section 3" to "Section 2"). It does not create new requirements or affect water system operators directly; it only updates the phrasing of current law. The bill passed the Senate on April 30, 2025, with 24 votes in favor and 10 against, and is now pending in the House. As a procedural correction, it has no substantive policy impact.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB2 Reengrossed → SB2 Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MINOR

The bill was re-engrossed to clarify its purpose by explicitly prohibiting the use of chlorine gas in public water systems, effective January 1, 2029. The text was also reorganized to move the chlorine gas prohibition to a new subsection (5.11.B) while retaining the existing rules for water fluoridation and the exemption process for systems that do not meet optimal fluoride levels.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include a specific ban on chlorine gas in addition to its existing focus on fluoridation standards.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new prohibition banning the use of chlorine gas to treat public water systems in Louisiana, effective January 1, 2029.

STRUCTURE

Reorganized the bill's text to separate the chlorine gas ban from the fluoridation program details, creating distinct subsections for clarity.

TIMELINE

Updated the effective date for the chlorine gas prohibition to January 1, 2029, while keeping the fluoridation-related effective date at January 1, 2026.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

22–10

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 37

Apr 30, 2025

D Democratic11

1 Yea 8 Nay 2

72% Nay

R Republican26

21 Yea 2 Nay 3

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 6, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 24 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

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

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors