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LouisianaHB 3702026 Regular SessionHouse

AGRICULTURE/GRAIN: Provides for the assessment rate on agricultural commodities for the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN +$626,130 SD RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Grain and cotton buyers pay higher fees

Louisiana doubles the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund assessment from 0.04% to 0.08% of covered commodity value. It applies to all commodities regulated under this law and sold to grain dealers or cotton merchants. The commission assesses the charge, and the licensed business must pay it at the first point of sale.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 148 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 156.

    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. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/11/2026House

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

    4/29/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/27/2026Senate

  11. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/15/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, 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 (14-0).

    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. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

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

    2/24/2026House

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