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HB 725LOUISIANASession 2026State BillSigned into law

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Louisiana requires seafood retailers to keep import purchase invoices for six months and prohibits fraud

Original title: SEAFOOD: Requires retailers to retain invoices from imported seafood vendors for six months

Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Jessica Domangue

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What This Bill Does

Louisiana retailers who buy seafood are now required to keep purchase records for at least six months and make them available for state inspection, effective August 1, 2026. The law prohibits maintaining false or fraudulent purchase records, subjecting violators to determined by the commissioner.

Why it matters

Seafood retailers face new compliance obligations and potential for failing to maintain records or submitting fraudulent purchase documentation to the state.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

retailers who purchase seafood

Seafood retailers must retain purchase records for six months, make them available for state inspection, and avoid fraudulent recordkeeping under threat of civil penalties.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long must seafood retailers keep their purchase records?

Retailers must maintain records of all seafood purchases for at least six months from the date of purchase.

What happens if a retailer submits false or fraudulent purchase records?

Knowingly creating or submitting false or fraudulent purchase records is a violation subject to determined by the commissioner.

Who is allowed to inspect the seafood purchase records?

The records must be made available for inspection by the department.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

21 actions

May 15, 2026HouseEnrolled
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 172.
May 15, 2026House
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
May 14, 2026SenateEnrolled
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 14, 2026House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 13, 2026House
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 13, 2026HouseEnrolled
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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May 12, 2026SenateFloor
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.
May 4, 2026SenateFloor
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Apr 29, 2026SenateIntroduced
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Apr 28, 2026SenateCommittee
Reported favorably.
Apr 7, 2026SenateCommittee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
Apr 1, 2026House
Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
Apr 1, 2026HouseFloor
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Apr 1, 2026Senate
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Mar 31, 2026House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
Mar 30, 2026HouseFloor
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
Mar 26, 2026House
Reported with amendments (10-0).
Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
Feb 27, 2026House
Prefiled.
Feb 27, 2026HouseCommittee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
Feb 27, 2026House
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

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Connected Entities

Jessica Domangue

PersonJessica Domangue“Representative who authored House Bill 725”Map →

Sources

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www.legis.la.gov

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