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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

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Kimberly Coates
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 801
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB403 4465 6168 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 403 2026 Regular Session Coates SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB403 4465 6168 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 403 2026 Regular Session Coates SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Changes gross annual sales limit for producers of low-risk, homemade foods from $30,000 to $100,000.
  • Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law provides that producers of low-risk, homemade foods may sell such foods to the public and are exempt from food safety and sanitary requirements if the producer sells less than $30,000 of low-risk, homemade foods annually.
  • Proposed law increases the gross annual sales limit for this exemption from $30,000 to $100,000, after which a producer would no longer qualify for the exemption.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB403 4921 3016 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB403 4921 3016 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 403 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, change "one hundred" to "fifty" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1681 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 403 BY COATES CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:10:19 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1681 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 403 BY COATES CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:10:19 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
  • Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB403 3005 4197 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator McMath to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB403 3005 4197 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator McMath to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 403 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 Delete the Senate Committee Amendments proposed by the Senate Committee on Health 3 and Welfare and adopted by the Senate on May 14, 2026 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 10, change "fifty thousand" to "one hundred thousand" Page 1 of 1
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB403 3005 3757 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB403 3005 3757 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 403 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, change "fifty thousand" to "one hundred fifty thousand" Page 1 of 1
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB403 3005 3737 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB403 3005 3737 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 403 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, change "fifty thousand" to "one hundred fifty thousand" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 801.

  3. 2026-06-01 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 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.

  10. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  11. 2026-05-21 S

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

  12. 2026-05-21 S

    Rules suspended.

  13. 2026-05-18 S

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

  14. 2026-05-14 S

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

  15. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported with amendments.

  16. 2026-04-14 S

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

  17. 2026-04-13 S

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

  18. 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.

  19. 2026-04-08 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  20. 2026-04-07 H

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

  21. 2026-04-01 H

    Reported with amendments (9-0).

  22. 2026-03-09 H

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

  23. 2026-02-27 H

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

  24. 2026-02-25 H

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

  25. 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
ACT No. 8012026 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.