Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 1189 — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for charter boat fishing guide licenses

Last action — Becomes Act No. 937 without the Governor's signature.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 23, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

The bill establishes licensing requirements for charter boat fishing guides.

This bill creates a licensing system for charter boat fishing guides. It aims to ensure that guides meet specific standards for safety and expertise.

What this means for you
  • Small Business: Charter boat operators will need to obtain a license to legally guide fishing trips.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 50 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 1189, a specific reference to "ACT No. 937" has been removed. This change is significant because it may clarify or simplify the bill, helping to avoid confusion regarding which laws or regulations are being referenced. By streamlining the text, lawmakers aim to make the bill easier to understand and implement.

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HLS 26RS-1911 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
1189 BY REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT WILDLIFE & FISHERIES:
1189 BY REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.56:302.9(A)(1)(b)and(3),relativetocharterboatfishingguides;
Provides for charter boat fishing guide licenses AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.56:302.9(A)(1)(b)and(3),relativetocharterboatfishingguides;
It shall not be a violation of this Section for a person to represent himself as a charter boat fishing guide if that person held a valid license during the previous thirty days but has not Page 1 of 3 CODING:
It shall not be a violation of this Section for a person to represent himself as a charter boat fishing guide if that person held a valid license during the previous thirty days but has not renewedthe license.
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HLS 26RS-1911 REENGROSSED HB NO.
1189 renewedthe license.
(ii) A freshwater charter boat fishing guide, if operating on waters of the United States located in Louisiana, shall possess a valid captain's license issued by the United States Coast Guard.
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HB NO.
1189 ENROLLED (ii) A freshwater charter boat fishing guide, if operating on waters of the United States located in Louisiana, shall possess a valid captain's license issued by the United States Coast Guard.
* * * DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
Itconstitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1189 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Bryant Abstract:
Requires freshwater charter boat fishing guides to have a United States Coast Guard captain's license in addition to the state charter boat fishing guide license if operating on waters of the United States located in La.
Present law requirescharterboat fishing guides to have a charterboat fishing guide license, proof of commercial marine insurance, and a state recreational fishinglicense.
Present law furtherrequiresthat the Dept.
of Wildlife and Fisheries provided written notice to freshwater charter boat fishing guides that they may be subject to other legal requirements, including holding a U.S.
Coast Guard captain's license.
Proposedlawprovidesthatfreshwatercharterboatfishingguidesmusthaveavalidcaptain's license issued by the U.S.
Coast Guard if operating on waters of the U.S.
located in La.
Present law requires a nonresident saltwater charter boat fishingguide license be available only to individuals possessing a valid captain's license issued by the U.S.
Coast Guard.
Proposed law modifies present law bychanging the reference from a nonresident saltwater charter boat fishing guide license to a nonresident charter boat fishing guide license.
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HLS 26RS-1911 REENGROSSED HB NO.
1189 (Amends R.S.
56:302.9(A)(1)(b) and (3)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Limit the requirement for freshwater charter boat fishing guide's to possess a valid captain's license issued by the United States Coast Guard to apply if the guide is operating in United States waters located within La.
2.
Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Becomes Act No. 937 without the Governor's signature.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Called from the calendar.

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 54, nays 41. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  17. Notice given.

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

  19. Notice given.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

  21. Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

  23. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  24. Reported favorably (15-0).

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

  26. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 42 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1459)

Passed 31 Yea · 4 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 20403
Democrat 10001
Total 31404
% of votes cast 79%10%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#795)

Passed 54 Yea · 41 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3400
Democrat 26004
Republican 253706
Total 5441010
% of votes cast 51%39%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Galle — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Nay
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Not Voting
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Josh Carlson Republican Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Nay
Kim Carver Republican Nay
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Paul Sawyer Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Nay
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Nay

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Who sponsors HB 1189?
HB 1189 is sponsored by Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1189?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.
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