Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 5 D cosponsors

HB 718 — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to hunting and fishing licenses for nonresident veterans, retired military personnel, and Purple Heart recipients

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 229.

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  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 04, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 26 sponsors

    1 primary, 25 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 5 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 229.

  2. Effective date: See Act.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

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

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  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. 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. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/26/2022.

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

  16. Reported favorably (11-0).

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

  18. Prefiled.

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

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (25)

Not signed on (121)

121 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 (#778)

Passed 25 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10005
Democrat 5001
Republican 10007
Total 250013
% of votes cast 66%0%0%34%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Mills, F. — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#777)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 17000
Democrat 6000
Total 38000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Henry — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris 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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#456)

Passed 101 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32000
Republican 47002
Democrat 22002
Total 101004
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Marino — Yea
Willard — Yea
Frieman — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety veterans
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 718?
HB 718 is sponsored by Charles Owen (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Louie Bernard, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Patrick Page Cortez, Michael "Big Mike" Fesi, Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Cameron Henry, Sharon Hewitt, Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Patrick McMath (Republican), Barry Milligan, Robert Mills, Beth Mizell (Republican), John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Barrow Peacock, J. Rogers Pope, Mike Reese (Republican), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Jeremy Stine, Kirk Talbot (Republican), and Glen Womack (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 718?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2022. Enacted.
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