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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 855 Sets Minimum Depth Requirement for Commercial Purse Seines
Last action · April 14, 2026: Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 46, nays 49. Failed to pass.Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 855 restricts the commercial use of nets exclusively to saltwater areas that are at least twenty-two feet deep. The measure failed to pass the House on final passage during the 2026 regular session.
Commercial fishers operating nets face a new depth threshold that would prohibit their use in shallow coastal waters, altering permitted fishing grounds.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
commercial fishers
Commercial fishers using purse seines would be prohibited from deploying them in saltwater areas shallower than twenty-two feet.
Key Facts
- House Bill 855 restricts the use of purse seines to saltwater areas with a depth of at least twenty-two feet.
- The measure enacts R.S. 56:322(C)(6)(d).
- The bill failed House final passage with 46 yeas and 49 nays during the 2026 Regular Session.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 14, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 46, nays 49. Failed to pass.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (8-7-1).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
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- 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- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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