HB 588 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

SEAFOOD: Adds members to the Seafood Safety Task Force

HB 588 adds three new industry representatives to Louisiana's Seafood Safety Task Force: one from the oyster industry, one from the crab industry, and one from the finfish industry. This expands the task force's membership from 14 to 17 members without altering the task force's existing duties or responsibilities. The bill specifically defines these new roles as mandatory positions within the existing statutory structure.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Signed May 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB588 Original → HB588 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the Seafood Safety Task Force by updating the legal citation to include a new category for the crawfish industry. The change ensures that representatives from the oyster, crab, finfish, and crawfish industries are all officially appointed to the task force to provide expert advice on seafood safety.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of the Seafood Safety Task Force by formally adding the crawfish industry as a required member category, alongside the oyster, crab, and finfish industries.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the legal citation for the task force composition from subsections (15) through (17) to (15) through (18) to accommodate the new crawfish representative.

Added a new requirement for the task force to include a representative from the crawfish industry appointed by the Louisiana Finfish Task Force.

Clarified that representatives from the oyster, crab, and finfish industries are specifically appointed by their respective industry task forces rather than serving as general industry representatives.

Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House Apr 7, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 39

May 12, 2026

D Democratic11

8 Yea 3

72% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (15-0-1).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

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

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors