Louisiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 26 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 238 — AGRICULTURE: Provides relative to agriculture land protection against foreign adversaries (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 420.

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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, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 03, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 30 sponsors

    1 primary, 29 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (26 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 420.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2024.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  12. Reported favorably.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

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

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2024.

  18. Reported with amendments (19-0).

  19. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  20. Reported favorably (15-0), with the recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations.

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

  22. Prefiled.

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 29 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 48 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (29)

Not signed on (117)

117 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

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 61005
Unaffiliated 11001
Democrat 21006
Total 930012
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Galle — Yea
Romero — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Davis — Yea
Willard — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, 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
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers 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 Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews 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 Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#640)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 26000
Unaffiliated 4000
Democrat 8001
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Fields — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Coussan — Yea
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
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens 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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MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#605)

Failed 25 Yea · 67 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 14607
Republican 85503
Unaffiliated 3603
Total 2567013
% of votes cast 24%64%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hughes — Yea
Willard — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Romero — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Galle — Nay
Brown — Nay
Stagni — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Nay
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Nay
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Nay
Chance Keith Henry Republican Not Voting
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jacob Braud Republican Nay
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Nay
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
Jessica Domangue Republican Nay
John E. Wyble Republican Nay
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Not Voting
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Nay
Kim Carver Republican Nay
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews 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 Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#606)

Passed 92 Yea · 4 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 63003
Democrat 18405
Unaffiliated 11001
Total 92409
% of votes cast 88%4%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Brown — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Willard — Yea
Davis — Yea
Hughes — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Galle — Yea
Romero — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders 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 Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews 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 HB 238?
HB 238 is sponsored by Glen Womack (Republican), Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican), Michael "Big Mike" Fesi, Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Adam Bass (Republican), Robert Allain (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé (Republican), Julie Emerson, Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Michael Charles Echols (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 238?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2024. Enacted.
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