Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 R · 5 D cosponsors

HCR 86 — WILDLIFE/HABITAT: Expresses legislative support for a request by Senator John N. Kennedy to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study addressing the impact of land use changes and habitat loss on migratory waterfowl behavior

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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    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 27, 2026. Enacted.

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

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (15 R · 5 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill supports a study on land use impacts on migratory waterfowl.

This measure expresses support for a study requested by Senator John N. Kennedy. The study will focus on how land use changes and habitat loss affect migratory waterfowl behavior.

What this means for you
  • Environment: This means that the findings could influence future land use policies and conservation efforts impacting wildlife habitats.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

44 added · 53 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised bill, HCR 86, now explicitly requests a study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to understand how land use changes and habitat loss impact not just migratory waterfowl behavior but also their productivity and breeding populations. It emphasizes the significant decline in the Louisiana wintering mallard population, highlighting that Louisiana has seen the largest drop in mallards among the states in the Mississippi Flyway. This change is important because it aims to address and understand the economic implications of these declines, which are crucial for local hunters and wildlife conservation efforts.

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HLS 26RS-4252 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
15 by Representative LaCombe) BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE WILDLIFE/HABITAT:
15 by Representative LaCombe) BY REPRESENTATIVES LACOMBE, BUTLER, COATES, DEWITT, ECHOLS, FIRMENT, MARTINEZ, AND SAWYER AND SENATORS BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CATHEY, EDMONDS, HENRY, JENKINS, LAMBERT, MIGUEZ, MIZELL, MYERS, PRESSLY, AND PRICE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Toexpresslegislative support for a request bySenator John N.
Expresses legislative support for a request by Senator John N.
Kennedyof Louisianato the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to initiate a formal study to evaluate how land use changes and habitat loss affect migratory waterfowl productivityandbreedingpopulationdistribution,behavior,winteringdistributions, and associated economic outcomes in the Mississippi Flyway.
Kennedy to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study addressing the impact of land use changes and habitat loss on migratory waterfowl behavior A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express legislative supportforarequestbySenator John N.
Kennedyof Louisiana to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to initiate a formal study to evaluate how land use changes and habitat loss affect migratory waterfowl productivityandbreedingpopulationdistribution,behavior,winteringdistributions, and associated economic outcomes in the Mississippi Flyway.
and WHEREAS, this same data also shows that states to the north, from Iowa to Mississippi,haveobservedaverageannualincreasesintheirmallardpopulationsofroughly eleven percent;
and WHEREAS, this same data also shows that states to the north, from Iowa to Mississippi, haveobservedaverageannualincreasesintheirmallardpopulationsofroughly eleven percent;
and Page 1 of 2 HLS 26RS-4252 ENGROSSED HCR NO.
and Page 1 of 2 HCR NO.
86 WHEREAS, the annual mallard harvest in Louisiana declined by approximately ninety-five percent between 1999 and 2021, marking the most significant decline among states within the Mississippi Flyway;
86 ENROLLED WHEREAS, the annual mallard harvest in Louisiana declined by approximately ninety-five percent between 1999 and 2021, marking the most significant decline among states within the Mississippi Flyway;
Kennedy to the USFWS to conduct astudyto evaluatevariablesthatcontribute to the observed changes inmigratorywaterfowl behavior, winter distributions, continental populations, and related economic outcomes in the Mississippi Flyway.
Kennedy to the USFWS to conduct astudyto evaluatevariablesthat contribute to theobservedchangesinmigratorywaterfowl behavior, winter distributions, continental populations, and related economic outcomes in the Mississippi Flyway.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Page 2 of 2
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 86 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session LaCombe Expresses the support of the La.
Legislature for the request bySenator John N.
Kennedyto the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to initiate a formal studyto evaluate, study, and research changes to migratorywaterfowl behavior, wintering distributions, continental populations, and associated economic outcomes in the Mississippi Flyway.
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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 32 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, returned to the calendar.

  10. Called from the calendar.

  11. Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 99, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.

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

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

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

  15. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HCR No. 15 reported by the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment (16-0).

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (127)

127 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

CO-AUTHORS (#1251)

Failed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 70020
Democrat 4007
Total 120027
% of votes cast 31%0%0%69%
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 Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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CONCUR (#1250)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 7004
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL CONSIDERATION (#897)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28002
Republican 66002
Unaffiliated 5002
Total 99006
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Stagni — 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 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 Yea
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 Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Not Voting
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 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 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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
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 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 Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HCR 86?
HCR 86 is sponsored by Edward J. Price (Democrat), Thomas A. Pressly (Republican), Brach Jerad Myers (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Sam Jenkins (Democrat), Cameron Henry (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Paul Sawyer (Republican), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), and Jeremy LaCombe (Republican).
What is the current status of HCR 86?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 27, 2026. Enacted.
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