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LouisianaHB 1212026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

SEAFOOD: Provides for the authority of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry regarding imported seafood

Sponsored By: Jessica Domangue (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Louisiana gains power to seize seafood

The law expands Louisiana's enforcement powers over imported seafood. The commissioner of agriculture and forestry can seize, hold, or destroy seafood products that violate the covered seafood rules. The law adds no new funding or fees.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jessica Domangue

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • C. Travis Johnson

    Democratic • House

  • Chance Keith Henry

    Republican • House

  • Kimberly Landry Coates

    Republican • House

  • Larry A. Bagley

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Reese "Skip" Broussard

    Republican • House

  • Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III

    Republican • House

  • Wayne McMahen

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 122.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 05/15/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/11/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    4/7/2026Senate

  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/1/2026House

  13. Called from the calendar.

    4/1/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

  15. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/1/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/31/2026House

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/30/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (12-0).

    3/26/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/13/2026House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    2/13/2026House

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

    2/13/2026House

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