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LouisianaSB 3492026 Regular SessionSenate

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/26)

Sponsored By: Stewart Cathey Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana agriculture department renewed with 2031 sunset

Beginning June 30, 2026, the law re-creates Louisiana's Department of Agriculture and Forestry and its related legal entities. Their existing legal powers continue. Their authority to exist ends July 1, 2031, unless they are re-created earlier through Louisiana's legal renewal process. Related entities must begin winding down on July 1, with their legal authority ending July 1 the following year. The law does not specify new household payments, benefit eligibility rules, or individual duties.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/24/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 35.

    4/30/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 6/30/2026.

    4/30/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/29/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    4/27/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    4/23/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/9/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/24/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/18/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/17/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

    2/27/2026Senate

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