Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 7 R · 1 D cosponsors

HCR 78 — SEAFOOD: Memorializes Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026

Last action — Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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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 April 21, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 27, 2026.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The resolution urges Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026.

This resolution memorializes Congress to support the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026, highlighting the importance of seafood competitiveness. It reflects a collective push for legislation aimed at enhancing the seafood industry.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 60 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill HCR 78 adds specific language highlighting the benefits of the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026 for Louisiana's commercial fisheries. It emphasizes that the Act will help these businesses access USDA loans and grants, thus supporting the local economy and ensuring that fishermen can maintain their operations amidst competition from imported seafood. This change clarifies the financial support available to both commercial fishermen and fish processors, which is crucial for preserving jobs and economic stability in the state.

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HLS 26RS-2777 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
78 BY REPRESENTATIVES DOMANGUE, BRAUD, BRYANT, GEYMANN, KERNER, MACK, ORGERON, AND ZERINGUE SEAFOOD:
78 BY REPRESENTATIVES DOMANGUE, BRAUD, BRYANT, GEYMANN, KERNER, MACK, ORGERON, AND ZERINGUE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as arenecessaryto pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026.
MemorializesCongresstopasstheAmericanSeafoodCompetitivenessActof 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as arenecessaryto pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026.
and WHEREAS,undertheAct,commercialfishermenwouldbeeligibleforUSDAfarm ownershiploans,whichtheycouldusetopurchasecommercialfishinglicensesandvessels, Page 1 of 3 HLS 26RS-2777 ENGROSSED HCR NO.
and WHEREAS,undertheAct,commercialfishermenwouldbeeligibleforUSDAfarm ownershiploans,whichtheycouldusetopurchasecommercialfishinglicensesandvessels, and for farm operating loans, which they could use to cover operating and maintenance costs;
78 and for farm operating loans, which they could use to cover operating and maintenance costs;
and Page 1 of 2 HCR NO.
and WHEREAS,undertheAct,fishprocessorswouldalsobeeligibleforfarmownership loans, which they could use to acquire or upgrade processing facilities, and for farm operating loans, which they could use to help address the significant operating and maintenance costs that continue to rise;
78 ENROLLED WHEREAS,undertheAct,fishprocessorswouldalsobeeligibleforfarmownership loans, which they could use to acquire or upgrade processing facilities, and for farm operating loans, which they could use to help address the significant operating and maintenance costs that continue to rise;
and WHEREAS,theActwouldextendeligibilityforfarmcredittothosebusinessesthat provide services to commercial fishermen and fish processing facilities so that businesses and rural communities that rely on the coastal fishing economy would gain an additional optiontofinancetheirbusinessesinthesamewaythatbusinessesandcommunitiesthatrely on the farming economy do;
and WHEREAS,theActwouldextendeligibilityforfarmcreditto thosebusinessesthat provide services to commercial fishermen and fish processing facilities so that businesses and rural communities that rely on the coastal fishing economy would gain an additional optiontofinancetheirbusinessesinthesamewaythatbusinessesandcommunitiesthatrely on the farming economy do;
Page 2 of 3 HLS 26RS-2777 ENGROSSED HCR NO.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Page 2 of 2
78 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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)] HCR 78 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Domangue Urges and requests Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026.
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Action History

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

  2. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. Rules suspended.

  4. Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  7. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

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

  9. Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 94, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

  13. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (139)

139 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 (#1248)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 7004
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
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 Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
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 CONSIDERATION (#1059)

Passed 94 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 61007
Democrat 26004
Total 940011
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
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 Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Not Voting
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HCR 78?
HCR 78 is sponsored by Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Brett F. Geymann (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Jacob Braud (Republican), and Jessica Domangue (Republican).
What is the current status of HCR 78?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 21, 2026. Enacted.
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