HB 676 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

This bill establishes a licensing requirement for wholesale and retail seafood dealers in the state. It creates an exemption from this license for restaurants and retail grocers that only buy seafood from licensed dealers and sell it fully prepared for immediate consumption. The legislation sets the annual license fee at three hundred dollars and mandates that all licensed dealers maintain specific records.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2024

Committee Review

May 2024

House Passage

May 2024

Senate Passage

May 2024

Signed into Law

Jun 2024

Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed Jun 19, 2024

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Apr 3, 2024

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 38

May 29, 2024

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican26

24 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 30, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

lower

May 29, 2024

Upper · Passed

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 28, 2024

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 28, 2024

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

upper

May 16, 2024

Committee

Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

upper

May 16, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

upper

May 15, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Apr 3, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 10. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (14-0).

lower

Mar 11, 2024

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

lower

Mar 1, 2024

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

lower

1 primary · 21 co-sponsors