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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana adds Department of Agriculture and Forestry to Oyster Task Force recommendations list
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Mike Bayham
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana expands the list of state agencies receiving recommendations from the to include the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, effective August 1, 2026.
Oyster industry policy proposals and production guidance will formally route to an additional state agricultural agency alongside existing environmental and health departments.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Oyster Task Force
The task force must now submit its industry recommendations to an additional state department.
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
The department is designated to receive formal recommendations from the Oyster Task Force.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 82.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 7, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 7, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 6, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 6, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 5, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseReported with amendments (15-0-1).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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