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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 453 requires utility providers to keep vegetation exactly four feet from infrastructure
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.Sponsor: Mike Bayham
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 453 requires water, gas, and electric utility providers on public property to maintain all plants, trees, and other vegetation at a distance of exactly four feet from . The measure directs the Public Service Commission to adopt enforcement rules under the .
Utility companies and local government providers must alter vegetation clearance practices around above-ground cables, poles, and wires to comply with a strict four-foot distance requirement.
- The Public Service Commission regulates various utility services operating within Louisiana. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
utility providers
Water, gas, and electric service providers must maintain vegetation exactly four feet from utility infrastructure on public property.
Public Service Commission
The commission is required to adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to enforce the provisions of the chapter.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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