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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana exempts wildlife GPS data from public records requests
Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Neil Riser
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes a for Global Positioning System data collected by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that reveals the location of individual animals, taking effect on August 1, 2026.
Restricts public access to specific tracking data held by state wildlife officials regarding individual animals.
Who It Affects
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Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
The department's collected global positioning data on individual animals is exempted from public records disclosure.
Members of the public
Individuals seeking public records can no longer obtain Department of Wildlife and Fisheries GPS data that reveals the location of individual animals.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 15, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 181.
- May 15, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 14, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 14, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 13, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 12, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 4, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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