AGRICULTURE: Provides relative to agriculture land protection against foreign adversaries (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
This bill amends a law regarding the protection of agricultural land from foreign adversaries by adding a specific legal definition for "land." The change requires that the term "land" in the statute be interpreted according to the definition found in R.S. 3:3602. This clarification directly affects how agricultural properties are identified and protected under the existing legislation. The bill is currently under consideration by the Committee on Appropriations after being referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 18, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
7
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (19-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0), with the recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
lower
1 primary · 29 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael Echols
RRepublican
Co
Adam Bass
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wheat
RRepublican
Co
Chad Boyer
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Emily Chenevert
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Glen Womack
RRepublican
Co
Jacob Landry
RRepublican
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