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LouisianaHB 7672026 Regular SessionHouse

WILDLIFE/FEES: Authorizes recreational alligator hunting license and lottery fees

Sponsored By: Neil Riser (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

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

New alligator hunting access and fees

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission must set rules for an alligator tag lottery charging $50 per application, without refunds. Selected applicants who qualify can receive tags at no cost. Recreational alligator hunting licenses cost Louisiana residents $25 per year and nonresidents $150. Lottery application money and any auction proceeds go into the Conservation Fund. These changes take effect only when Senate Bill 244 of the 2026 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Neil Riser

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 150 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/22/2026

Rules suspended. 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 • 3/30/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 3/24/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 33.

    5/5/2026House

  2. Effective date: See Act.

    5/5/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    4/27/2026Senate

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    4/23/2026House

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

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    4/1/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/30/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (16-0).

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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