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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana removes confidentiality for commercial menhaden fishing reports shared with legislative committees
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana HB 886 removes protections for commercial harvest reports received by legislative committees and repeals prior reporting exemptions, taking effect on August 1, 2026.
Commercial fishing data submitted to lawmakers can now be reviewed publicly without being shielded by state rules.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
commercial menhaden fishing industry
Harvest data submitted to legislative committees is stripped of confidentiality protections.
legislative committees
Committees receiving menhaden harvest reports are no longer bound by confidentiality restrictions regarding those documents.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 444.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 22, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 21, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 20, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 19, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 4, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- 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 (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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