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HB1170 • 2026

SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jessica Domangue
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Pending House Appropriations - Sched. for 4/22/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

  • SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  2. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-2244 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1170
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOMANGUE
SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the
state
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 39:1604.8, relative to preference for Louisiana seafood; to provide for
3 purchasing agents of the state to give preference to seafood from Louisiana; to
4 provide for exceptions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 39:1604.8 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §1604.8. Preference for Louisiana seafood
8 A. When purchasing seafood, every person acting as purchasing agent for
9 any agency, board, commission, department, or other instrumentality of the state or
10 of a parish, municipality, or other unit of local government, shall purchase seafood
11 which is taken, harvested, or landed in Louisiana, provided the cost of seafood which
12 is taken, harvested, or landed in this state does not exceed by more than ten percent
13 the cost of seafood which is obtained from outside of the state.
14 B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply when sufficient quantities
15 of seafood which is taken, harvested, or landed in Louisiana are not available.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 1170 Original 2026 Regular Session Domangue
Abstract: Provides for preference in purchasing seafood to utilize La. seafood.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2244 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1170
Proposed law provides that any person acting as purchasing agent of the state must purchase
seafood which is taken, harvested, or landed in La., provided the cost of seafood which is
taken, harvested, or landed in this state does not exceed by more than 10% the cost of
seafood which is obtained from outside the of state.
Proposed law provides an exception when sufficient quantities of seafood which is taken,
harvested, or landed in La. are not available.
(Adds R.S. 39:1604.8)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.