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Louisiana

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Guidance La. R.S. 30:2379 (2020 natural-gas preemption) + Act 512 (2022 LPG preemption) + Landry climate-denial
Enacted: 2020-01-01

Louisiana has the strongest energy-choice preemption layer of any state surveyed — two stacked preemption statutes combined with Gov. Jeff Landry's climate-denial agenda. La. R.S. 30:2379 (2020) — natural-gas-hookup preemption, codified in Title 30 (Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality) §2379; joined the 2020 AZ/TN/OK quartet responding to Berkeley CA's July 2019 natural-gas-infrastructure ban. Act 512 of 2022 — preempts local laws prohibiting or restricting a person's ability to use liquefied petroleum gas services; extends 2020 preemption to LPG. Neither statute names lawn equipment directly, but the layered framework creates a legal shadow over any hypothetical Louisiana municipal Berkeley-style gas-specific GLB ordinance that could be characterized as restricting consumer access to fossil-fuel-based equipment. Gov. Jeff Landry (R, inaugurated January 2024, former U.S. Rep and LA AG) — characterized by Louisiana Illuminator as climate-change denier. October 15, 2025 EO (JML 25-119) halts new Class VI carbon sequestration permit applications pending policy revision. Earlier EO directed LDEQ environmental-permitting modernization for "timelier workflow." No GLB-specific EO. Landry's deregulatory posture is durable through January 2028. No state GLB/SORE bill has been filed in the 2024 or 2025 Regular Sessions. The combined preemption layer plus Landry agenda produces the most structurally hostile environment for any GLB pathway surveyed in the U.S.

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