Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 665 — FISHING/NETS: Prohibits hoop nets and seines from being utilized in North Pass and Manchac Pass

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 562.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 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 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill prohibits hoop nets and seines in North Pass and Manchac Pass.

This legislation restricts the use of specific fishing gear, namely hoop nets and seines, in designated waterways. These restrictions aim to manage fishing practices in North Pass and Manchac Pass.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

17 added · 34 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 665 removed a reference to an earlier law, ACT No. 562. This change simplifies the bill by eliminating unnecessary legal jargon, making it clearer for readers to understand what the new legislation entails. It matters because clearer laws help ensure that everyone knows their rights and responsibilities without getting confused by outdated references.

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HLS 26RS-860 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
665 BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK FISHING/NETS:
665 BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK AN ACT To enact R.S.
Prohibits hoop nets and seines from being utilized in North Pass and Manchac Pass AN ACT To enact R.S.
56:322.3 and to repeal R.S.
to prohibit the use of hoop nets and seines in North Pass and Manchac Pass;
to restrict the use of hoop nets and seines in North Pass and Manchac Pass;
prohibition in North Pass and Manchac Pass Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the use of hoop nets and seines shall be prohibited in North Pass and Manchac Pass from Interstate 55 to Lake Pontchartrain from Mayfirst to August thirty-first.
restrictions in North Pass and Manchac Pass A.
Section 2.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, dumping or releasing of dead fish from hoop nets or seines is prohibited in North Pass and Pass Manchac from Interstate 55 to Lake Pontchartrain.
R.S.
B.
56:322.3 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Tending of hoop nets and seines is restricted to the period of time from thirty minutes before sunrise to thirty minutes after sunset.
Section 3.(A) This Section and Section 1 shall become effective August 1, 2026.
C.ViolationofanyprovisionofthisSectionconstitutesaclass2-Aviolation.
(B) Section 2 shall become effective August 1, 2028.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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 665 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Mack Abstract:
Prohibits the use of hoop nets and seines in North Pass and Manchac Pass from May first to August thirty-first.
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Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HLS 26RS-860 ENGROSSED HB NO.
665 ProposedlawprohibitstheuseofhoopnetsandseinesinNorthPassandManchacPassfrom I-55 to Lake Pontchartrain between May1 and August 31st.
(Adds R.S.
56:322.3;
Repeals R.S.
56:322.3) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House TheCommitteeAmendmentsProposedbyHouseCommittee onNaturalResourcesand Environment to the original bill:
1.
Limit the prohibition on hoop nets to May 1 through August 31 each year.
2.
Add a two-year sunset on the prohibition.
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Amendments

3 amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 562.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  7. Called from the calendar.

  8. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

  10. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  11. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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

  13. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. Reported with amendments.

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

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

  17. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

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

  20. Reported with amendments (17-0).

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

  22. Prefiled.

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

  24. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 2 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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1453)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 27003
Republican 63005
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
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 Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#838)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 10001
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
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 Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
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 Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
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 Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
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 Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#407)

Passed 94 Yea · 2 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 59108
Democrat 28101
Total 94209
% of votes cast 90%2%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
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 Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Not Voting
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Not Voting
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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HB 665 is sponsored by Shane Mack (Republican).
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