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LouisianaSB 2032026 Regular SessionSenate

FISH/FISHING: Provides for possession of catch during multiday trip. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Eddie J. Lambert (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Natural Resources and EnvironmentNatural Resources

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Anglers can keep more on multiday trips

Beginning August 1, 2026, licensed Louisiana recreational anglers can possess up to three times the daily limit of certain fish. This covers largemouth bass, spotted bass, red drum and spotted sea trout caught south of U.S. Highway 90. Anglers must satisfy the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that they spent at least two days on the water or at a remote camp reachable only by water. For bass, they must show a landing receipt from a public boat launch south of U.S. Highway 90. Red drum and spotted sea trout no longer require a landing receipt. Separate labeled bags are no longer required. Fish must remain whole or whole gutted, and only the person who caught them may possess them. The existing ban on actively fishing while possessing more than the daily limit remains.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Eddie J. Lambert

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 0

House vote • 5/13/2026

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

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/25/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 475.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/13/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/11/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/7/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026House

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

    3/30/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/26/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/25/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/18/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

    2/26/2026Senate

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