All Roll Calls
Yes: 145 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 8582026 Regular SessionHouse
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Establishes a public records exemption for Global Positioning System data collected on wildlife and aquatic life
Sponsored By: Neil Riser (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Public access to wildlife location records narrows
The law exempts certain GPS data about wildlife and aquatic life from Louisiana's public records law. The exemption applies when the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries collected or holds the data. The data must reveal the location of individual animals.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Neil Riser
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/12/2026
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/30/2026
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 • 3/24/2026
Reported favorably
Yes: 12 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 181.
5/15/2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
5/15/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
5/14/2026SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
5/14/2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
5/13/2026HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
5/13/2026HouseRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
5/12/2026SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
5/4/2026SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
4/29/2026SenateReported favorably.
4/28/2026SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
3/31/2026SenateRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
3/30/2026HouseReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
3/30/2026SenateScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
3/26/2026HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
3/25/2026HouseReported favorably (12-0).
3/24/2026HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
3/9/2026HousePrefiled.
2/27/2026HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2/27/2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2/27/2026House
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