HB 684 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

HUNTING: Provides relative to bear hunting

This bill updates Louisiana regulations for black bear hunting by requiring hunters to obtain a specific bear license and a separate harvest permit. The harvest permit will be distributed through a lottery system with a $50 entry fee, while one permit will be sold via public auction. All money from these permits and the new $25 bear hunting license fee will go into a dedicated fund used exclusively for black bear conservation and habitat management. Additionally, the law clarifies that feeding wild bears is generally prohibited but allows licensed hunters to use bait for hunting purposes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024

How they voted

331
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 22, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican25
23 Yea 1 Nay 1
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 10. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
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 · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors