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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana establishes $100 nonresident landowner bear hunting license under HB 631
Last action · May 14, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Neil Riser
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes a new $100 landowner bear hunting license, effective August 1, 2026. Nonresident landowners who wish to hunt bears in the state must purchase this specific recreational license.
landowners bear a new $100 fee to hunt bears in Louisiana, creating a specific recreational license category where none previously existed for this group.
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Nonresident landowners
Nonresident landowners face a new $100 fee if they choose to purchase a bear hunting license in Louisiana.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
24 actions- May 14, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 108.
- May 14, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 12, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 12, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 7, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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- May 7, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 13, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseNotice given.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (15-0).
- 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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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance25How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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