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LouisianaHB 6652026 Regular SessionHouse

FISHING/NETS: Prohibits hoop nets and seines from being utilized in North Pass and Manchac Pass

Sponsored By: Shane Mack (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

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New net-fishing limits in two Louisiana passes

These rules cover North Pass and Manchac Pass, from Interstate 55 to Lake Pontchartrain. People cannot dump or release dead fish from hoop nets or seines in this area. They can tend these nets only from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. Breaking either rule is a Class 2-A violation. The provided text does not state the penalty amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Shane Mack

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 244 • No: 2

House vote • 5/20/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 4/9/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 2

House vote • 4/1/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 17 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 562.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    5/20/2026House

  7. Called from the calendar.

    5/20/2026House

  8. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/20/2026House

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

    5/19/2026House

  10. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

  11. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/5/2026Senate

  13. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/4/2026Senate

  14. Reported with amendments.

    4/29/2026Senate

  15. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  17. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/9/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/7/2026House

  20. Reported with amendments (17-0).

    4/1/2026House

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

    3/9/2026House

  22. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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