FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Signed May 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2022 · House Apr 25, 2022
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 27
May 18, 2022
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican18
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
May 25, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 100.
lower
May 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
lower
May 18, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
upper
Apr 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (8-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tim Kerner
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jerome Zeringue
RRepublican
Co
Joe Orgeron
RRepublican
Co
John Illg
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Bryant
DDemocratic
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