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HB508 • 2026

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Danny McCormick
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Pending Senate Natural Resources
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.

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

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: HFAHB508 3209 5036 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Zeringue to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HFAHB508 3209 5036 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Zeringue to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 508 by Representative McCormick 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, after "the" delete the remainder of the line and insert "curtilage of their 3 home." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB508 3209 4659 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB508 3209 4659 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to Original House Bill No.
  • 508 by Representative McCormick 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "their" and before "property" insert "own" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, line 10, after "their" and before "private" insert "own" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB508 3209 4293 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB508 3209 4293 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to Original House Bill No.
  • 508 by Representative McCormick 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "their" and before "property" insert "own" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, line 10, after "their" and before "private" insert "own" 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: 873 HBS FINAL PASSAGE HB 508 BY MCCORMICK AMENDMENT # 5036 BY ZERINGUE MOTION TO ADOPT Date: 5/05/2026 Time: 3:40:40 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Bryant Domangue Freeman Freiberg Henry, C.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 873 HBS FINAL PASSAGE HB 508 BY MCCORMICK AMENDMENT # 5036 BY ZERINGUE MOTION TO ADOPT Date: 5/05/2026 Time: 3:40:40 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Bryant Domangue Freeman Freiberg Henry, C.
  • Illg LaCombe Marcelle McMakin Orgeron Riser Thomas Thompson Walters Zeringue Total -- 15 NAYS Adams Amedee Bacala Bagley Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carter, W.
  • Carver Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, D.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

  2. 2026-05-05 S

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

  3. 2026-05-05 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  4. 2026-04-29 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

  5. 2026-04-29 H

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

  6. 2026-04-28 H

    Reported with amendments (12-2).

  7. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  8. 2026-02-27 H

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

  9. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  10. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-449 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 508
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK
HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the
taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 56:116.7, relative to outlaw quadrupeds; to provide that private property
3 owners do not need a license to take outlaw quadrupeds on their own property; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:116.7 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §116.7. Special provisions applicable to outlaw quadrupeds
8 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, owners of private
9 property shall not be required to obtain a hunting license to take outlaw quadrupeds
10 within the bounds of their own private property.
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 508 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Provides that private property owners do not need a license to take outlaw
quadrupeds on their own property.
Proposed law provides that owners of private property are not required to obtain a hunting
license to take outlaw quadrupeds on their own private property.
(Adds R.S. 56:116.7)
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-449 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 508
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment to the original bill:
1. Change applicability of the bill from a person's private property to a person's own
private property.
2. Make a technical change.
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.