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HB783 • 2026

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

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 837
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.

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

What This Bill Does

  • HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB783 4465 6167 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 783 2026 Regular Session Coates HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB783 4465 6167 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 783 2026 Regular Session Coates HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Removes modifications to the definition of "milk".
  • 2.
  • Transfers enforcement authority for prohibitions on the mislabeling of non-lactational dairy protein products as milk from the La.
Adopted

Plain English: HFLBHB783 2395 3399 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HFLBHB783 2395 3399 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 783 by Representative Coates AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 On page 3, line 21, following "non-lactational" insert "dairy" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB783 4465 5194 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB783 4465 5194 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 783 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, delete line 2 in its entirety and insert "To amend and reenact R.S.
  • 3:4102(1) and 3 (10)(b) and R.S.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB783 4465 4847 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB783 4465 4847 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 783 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, delete line 2 in its entirety and insert "To amend and reenact R.S.
  • 3:4102(1) and 3 (10)(b) and R.S.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1696 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 783 BY COATES CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:23:20 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: 1696 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 783 BY COATES CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:23:20 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 Cox 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: SCAHB783 3005 4176 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB783 3005 4176 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 783 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete the remainder of the line and insert "R.S.
  • 3:4743(14) 3 through (18) and to enact" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB783 3005 4016 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB783 3005 4016 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 783 by Representative Coates 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete the remainder of the line and insert "R.S.
  • 3:4743(14) 3 through (18) and to enact" 4 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: See Act.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 837.

  3. 2026-06-02 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 99, 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

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-25 S

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

  11. 2026-05-21 S

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

  12. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-05-18 S

    Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  14. 2026-05-18 S

    Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  15. 2026-05-13 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

  16. 2026-05-12 S

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

  17. 2026-05-11 H

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

  18. 2026-05-07 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

  19. 2026-05-07 H

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

  20. 2026-05-06 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

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

  22. 2026-02-27 H

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

  23. 2026-02-27 H

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

  24. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 8372026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 783
BY REPRESENTATIVE COATES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4743(14) through (18) and to enact R.S. 3:4743(19), 4744(C),
3 and 4744.1, relative to non-lactational dairy protein products; to provide for
4 definitions; to prohibit certain entities from manufacturing, processing, packaging,
5 storing, or distributing non-lactational dairy protein products; to provide for labeling
6 requirements; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 3:4743(14) through (18) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9 3:4743(19) and 4744.1 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §4743. Definitions
11 As used in this Part:
12 * * *
13 (14) "Non-lactational dairy protein product" means a food product
14 containing dairy-identical or dairy-derived proteins produced through microbial
15 fermentation and not derived from the natural lactation of a mammal.
16 (14) (15) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability
17 company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, firm, company, or other
18 entity doing business in Louisiana.
19 (15) (16) "Pork" means the flesh of a domesticated swine that is edible by
20 humans.
21 (16) (17) "Pork product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible
22 by humans and produced in whole or in part from pork, including bacon, bratwurst,
23 ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage.
24 (17) (18) "Poultry" means domesticated birds that are edible by humans.
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HB NO. 783 ENROLLED
1 (18) (19) "Rice" means the whole or broken kernels obtained from the species
2 Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima, or wild rice, which is obtained from one of the
3 four species of grasses from the genus Zizania or Porteresia.
4 * * *
5 §4744.1. Labeling of non-lactational dairy protein products
6 A.(1) Any non-lactation dairy protein product offered for sale within this
7 state shall bear a clear and conspicuous disclosure statement that reads: "Produced
8 through microbial fermentation. Not derived from mammalian lactation."
9 (2) The disclosure shall also meet all of the following requirements:
10 (a) Appear on the principal display panel.
11 (b) Be in a font size not less than thirty-point type.
12 (c) Be in a typeface and color that contrast with the background.
13 (d) Be placed in close proximity to the product name.
14 Section 2. R.S. 3:4744(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
15 §4744. Applicability; prohibited activities
16 * * *
17 C.(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall manufacture for sale, sell, hold
18 or offer for sale, or distribute any non-lactational dairy protein product in this state.
19 (2) No non-lactational dairy protein product shall be labeled or marketed as
20 milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream, or any other dairy product intended for
21 human consumption.
22 (3) Any violation of this Section shall constitute a violation of this Part and
23 shall be subject to all enforcement authority, penalties, and remedies otherwise
24 provided by law.
25 Section 3. The provisions of Sections 1 and 4 and this Section of this Act shall
26 become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon
27 expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided
28 by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and
29 subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day
30 following such approval.
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HB NO. 783 ENROLLED
1 Section 4. The provisions of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect if and when the
2 Act which originated as House Bill No. 512 of this 2026 Regular Session of the Legislature
3 is enacted and becomes effective.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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