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LouisianaSB 4802026 Regular SessionSenate

FISH/FISHING: Provides for anchorage in certain waterways with fishing gear restriction. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Robert Allain (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.

More anchoring access for Oyster Bayou boaters

Beginning August 1, 2026, boats can anchor in the waters covered by Louisiana's Oyster Bayou law, R.S. 56:499.3(A). The boat must be outside oyster lease boundaries, and someone must remain aboard the entire time it is anchored. This permission applies even when other rules in that same section restrict anchoring.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Robert Allain

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 141 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 5/26/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/20/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 903.

    6/9/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/9/2026Senate

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

    6/1/2026Senate

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

    5/31/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/31/2026House

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/29/2026House

  8. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/29/2026Senate

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

    5/28/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/27/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  13. Rules suspended.

    5/25/2026House

  14. Read by title, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

    5/25/2026House

  15. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  17. Reported with amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    4/1/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/31/2026Senate

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