SEAFOOD: Provides for authorized uses of the Imported Seafood Safety Fund

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 153
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SEAFOOD: Provides for authorized uses of the Imported Seafood Safety Fund

This act changes how money in the Imported Seafood Safety Fund can be used, allowing it to support seafood safety enforcement and marketing efforts.

What This Bill Does

Changes the rules about how money from the Imported Seafood Safety Fund is spent.
Allows the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to use fund money for enforcing seafood safety laws.
Permits the department to spend fund money on promoting Louisiana's seafood.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Imported seafood businesses in Louisiana

Terms To Know

Imported Seafood Safety Fund: A fund that holds money to be used for ensuring the safety of imported seafood.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify how much money will be in the Imported Seafood Safety Fund.
It is unclear what specific marketing activities will be funded by the department.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 05/15/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 153.
2026-05-14 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-14 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-13 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-13 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-12 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 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.
2026-04-08 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-04-07 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-07 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-07 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-03-31 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
2026-03-31 H
Notice given.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Reported favorably (17-0-1).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-24 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-24 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

SEAFOOD: Provides for authorized uses of the Imported Seafood Safety Fund

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 1532026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 349
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOMANGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:5.10.1(B), relative to the Imported Seafood Safety Fund; to
3 provide for the purpose and use of appropriated funds; to provide for an effective
4 date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:5.10.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §5.10.1. Imported Seafood Safety Fund
8 * * *
9 B. The monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of
10 Agriculture and Forestry and expended solely for the purpose of enforcing the
11 provisions of R.S. 3:4749 et seq. and to administer a program to market and promote
12 Louisiana seafood.
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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