BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Urges and requests the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to modify administrative rules regarding the use of airboats in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
This resolution asks the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to change its rules to allow airboats in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Currently, airboats are banned across all state wildlife areas, but motorboats are permitted in many parts of this specific swamp. The bill requests that airboats be allowed in any section where motorboats are already operating, aiming to align the two types of boat access. It does not create new laws but instead urges the commission to update its administrative guidelines to match existing motorboat traffic patterns.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 13, 2024
Last action May 31, 2024
Floor votes · House May 28, 2024
How they voted
100–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 105
May 28, 2024
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican73
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.
lower
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
May 14, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shane Mack
RRepublican
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