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HB785 • 2026

WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Brett Geymann
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

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

  2. 2026-02-27 H

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

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

  4. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-413 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 785
BY REPRESENTATIVE GEYMANN
WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the
Department of Agriculture
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Part IX of Chapter 17 of Title 3 of the Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised
3 of R.S. 3:2521, relative to animal rehabilitation; to establish an Animal
4 Rehabilitation Program within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry; to require
5 the commissioner to work with the state veterinarian to establish rules and
6 procedures for the program; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Part IX of Chapter 17 of Title 3 of the Revised Statutes of 1950 comprised
9 of R.S. 3:2521, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 PART IX. ANIMAL REHABILITATION
11 §2521. Animal Rehabilitation Program
12 There shall be established within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
13 a program to permit the housing, treatment, and care of injured or orphaned
14 indigenous animals with the goal of subsequent release of those healthy animals to
15 appropriate habitats in the wild. The commissioner shall work with the state
16 veterinarian to establish rules and procedures for the program.
17 Section 2. This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the proposed
18 amendment of Article IX of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which
19 originated as House Bill No. _____ of this 2026 Regular Session of the Legislature is
20 adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-413 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 785
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 785 Original 2026 Regular Session Geymann
Abstract: Establishes an Animal Rehabilitation Program within the Department of
Agriculture and Forestry and requires the commissioner to work with the state
veterinarian to establish rules and procedures for the program.
Proposed law establishes an Animal Rehabilitation Program within the Dept. of Agriculture
and Forestry to provide for the care and treatment of orphaned and injured indigenous
animals of the state.
Proposed law requires the commissioner to work with the state veterinarian to establish rules
and procedures for the program.
(Adds R.S. 3:2521)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.