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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Resolution

HR 197: ENERGY: Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to study distributed energy generation and storage

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HR 197 is a resolution introduced in the Louisiana House on April 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: ENERGY: Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to study distributed energy generation and storage. Primary sponsor: Joe Orgeron (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2026): Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe OrgeronPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Roy AdamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Mike BayhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
Adrian FisherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Barbara FreibergCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Terry Landry JrCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Vanessa LaFleurCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Paul SawyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Laurie SchlegelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Jerome ZeringueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
  2. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  3. Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.
  4. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
  6. Reported with amendments (11-0).
  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
  8. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source