HB121 • 2026

SEAFOOD: Provides for the authority of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry regarding imported seafood

Agriculture

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Jessica Domangue
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 122
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how the commissioner decides which imported seafood violates state laws or what happens to seized and destroyed seafood.

Seafood Regulations for Imported Seafood

This act gives the commissioner of agriculture and forestry the authority to seize, hold, or destroy imported seafood that violates state laws.

What This Bill Does

Gives the commissioner of agriculture and forestry the right to take control, hold, or destroy imported seafood that does not follow state rules.

Who It Names or Affects

The commissioner of agriculture and forestry
Importers of seafood into Louisiana

Terms To Know

Seizure: Taking control of something that breaks the law
Effective date: The day when a new rule or law starts working

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens to seafood after it is seized and destroyed.
Does not explain how the commissioner will decide which imported seafood breaks state laws.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 05/15/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 122.
2026-05-13 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-13 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-11 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-04 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-29 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-28 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-07 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-04-01 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-01 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-01 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-31 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-26 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-13 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-02-13 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

SEAFOOD: Provides for the authority of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry regarding imported seafood

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1222026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 121
BY REPRESENTATIVES DOMANGUE, BAGLEY, BAYHAM, BROUSSARD,
COATES, CHANCE HENRY, TRAVIS JOHNSON, MCMAHEN, AND ST.
BLANC
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 3:4749.1(B)(7), relative to imported seafood; to expand the powers and
3 authority of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry to include seizure and
4 destruction of seafood that violates state law; to provide for an effective date; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:4749.1(B)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §4749.1. Powers
9 * * *
10 B. The commissioner may:
11 * * *
12 (7) Seize, hold, or destroy any seafood product in violation of this Part.
13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
14 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
15 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
16 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
17 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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