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HB403 • 2026

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

Small Business
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kimberly Coates
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Adopted in House concurrence
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on enforcement or consequences beyond the $30,000 limit.

Small Business Homemade Food Sales

This bill changes the rules for small businesses that sell homemade food to the public, allowing them to earn up to $30,000 per year without needing certain licenses or following specific parts of the Sanitary Code and other food safety laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that people who make and sell low-risk foods at home can earn up to $30,000 per year without needing certain licenses or following specific parts of the Sanitary Code and other food safety laws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Small business owners who make and sell homemade food products like jams, baked goods, or pickled vegetables.
  • Consumers buying these homemade food items from local sellers.

Terms To Know

Low-risk foods
Foods that are unlikely to cause illness if not prepared under strict safety conditions, such as jams, baked goods, or pickled vegetables.
Sanitary Code
A set of rules and guidelines for food preparation and handling to ensure it is safe to eat.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a business exceeds the $30,000 sales limit.
  • It's unclear how local health departments will enforce these changes.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment increases the annual sales limit from $30,000 to $100,000 for producers who sell low-risk homemade foods without needing food safety and sanitary requirements.

  • Increases the gross annual sales limit for producers of low-risk homemade foods from $30,000 to $100,000.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the number of allowed homemade food production facilities from one hundred to fifty.

  • Changes the maximum number of permitted homemade food production facilities from one hundred to fifty.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB403 by the Senate is being considered for concurrence in the House, but the specific changes made by the Senate are not detailed in the provided information.

  • The official text does not provide details about the specific amendments made by the Senate, so it's unclear what concrete changes would be implemented.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the maximum amount a small business can earn from selling homemade food without needing additional licensing from $50,000 to $100,000.

  • Increases the sales limit for homemade food producers from fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment increases the maximum amount allowed for certain activities related to homemade food production from fifty thousand dollars to one hundred fifty thousand dollars.

  • Increases the maximum allowable amount from $50,000 to $150,000.
  • The exact context and purpose of this dollar amount are not specified in the provided amendment text.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes the maximum amount a small business can earn from selling homemade food from $50,000 to $150,000.

  • Increases the earnings limit for businesses selling homemade food from fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  2. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  4. 2026-05-26 S

    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.

  5. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  6. 2026-05-21 S

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  7. 2026-05-21 S

    Rules suspended.

  8. 2026-05-18 S

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

  9. 2026-05-14 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported with amendments.

  11. 2026-04-14 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  12. 2026-04-13 S

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

  13. 2026-04-09 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-04-08 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  15. 2026-04-07 H

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

  16. 2026-04-01 H

    Reported with amendments (9-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  18. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  20. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 403
BY REPRESENTATIVES COATES, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAYHAM, CREWS,
DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, EDMONSTON, EGAN, MCCORMICK, OWEN,
TAYLOR, WALTERS, AND WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:4.9(B), relative to homemade food for sale to the public; to
3 modify the gross sale amount to qualify for low-risk homemade food exemption to
4 the Sanitary Code and other food safety laws; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:4.9(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §4.9. Low-risk foods; preparation in home for public consumption
8 * * *
9 B. This Section shall does not apply to any preparer of low-risk foods made
10 at a home for sale, whose gross annual sales equal thirty thousand one hundred
11 thousand dollars or more.
12 * * *
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
are additions.