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LouisianaSB 692025 Regular SessionSenate

HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for hunting and fishing licenses. (8/1/25) (EN -$1,302,912 SD RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Brach Jerad Myers (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Natural Resources and EnvironmentNatural Resources

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Donated outdoor licenses for disabled veterans

Beginning August 1, 2025, license-purchase donations fund hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans through a dedicated state account. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation Escrow Account also pays for commemorative durable cards showing license information. Aside from administrative costs capped at 10%, account money is reserved for these purchases. Unspent, uncommitted money stays in the account after each fiscal year. The state treasurer invests it under the same rules as state general fund money. Veterans receive this help when account funds purchase their licenses; the law does not guarantee every disabled veteran a license.

Veterans and seniors get outdoor license options

Beginning August 1, 2025, qualifying Louisiana residents who are honorably discharged veterans can get annual hunting and fishing licenses for $20. This includes qualifying Louisiana Army and Air National Guard veterans. Retired service members also qualify for a $20 annual license if born in Louisiana or living there as bona fide residents. Applicants must show identification and eligibility records; DD-214 or NGB-22 records are accepted as proof. Resident senior annual licenses are free for those who turned 60 before June 1, 2000. They cost $5 for those who turned 60 from June 1, 2000, through May 31, 2022. Residents turning 65 on or after June 1, 2027, pay $20 annually. The law also offers eligible resident seniors and veterans a $20 annual combination license covering all hunting, fishing, and wildlife management area access privileges.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Brach Jerad Myers

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

  • Blake Miguez

    Republican • Senate

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gregory A. Miller

    Republican • Senate

  • Jeremy Stine

    Republican • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Kirk Talbot

    Republican • Senate

  • Larry Selders

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Mark Abraham

    Republican • Senate

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 161 • No: 0

House vote • 6/8/2025

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 • 6/2/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 15 • No: 0

House vote • 5/21/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2025

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. 321.

    6/11/2025Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2025.

    6/11/2025Senate

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

    6/10/2025Senate

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

    6/9/2025Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/9/2025House

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

    6/8/2025House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    6/8/2025Senate

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

    6/4/2025House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.

    6/4/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    6/3/2025House

  11. Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/2/2025House

  12. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    5/22/2025House

  13. Reported favorably (13-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    5/21/2025House

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

    5/14/2025House

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

    5/13/2025House

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

    5/12/2025Senate

  17. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    5/8/2025Senate

  18. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/8/2025Senate

  19. Rules suspended. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    5/7/2025Senate

  20. Reported favorably.

    5/6/2025Senate

  21. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/28/2025Senate

  22. Reported with amendments.

    4/23/2025Senate

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

    4/14/2025Senate

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

    4/2/2025Senate

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