HB886 • 2026

FISHING/COMMERCIAL: Provides for reporting and data collection for commercial menhaden fishing

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 444
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes claims about removing a confidentiality rule and allowing data sharing beyond legislative committees, which are not explicitly supported by the given official source material.

Commercial Menhaden Fishing Reporting

This act requires commercial menhaden fishing companies to submit monthly reports about their harvest and allows these reports to be shared with legislative committees.

What This Bill Does

Requires commercial menhaden fishing businesses to submit monthly reports about how much fish they catch.

Who It Names or Affects

Commercial menhaden fishing companies in Louisiana
Legislative committees in Louisiana

Terms To Know

Menhaden: A type of fish often used for making oil and fertilizer.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify the consequences if companies do not follow reporting rules.
It is unclear how much data will be shared beyond legislative committees.

Amendments

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

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB886

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes specific requirements for commercial menhaden fishing reports, such as the estimated length of fish and details about how this estimate was made.

Removes the requirement to report the estimated length of menhaden based on a sample of the harvest.
Eliminates the need to include the size of the sample used for estimating the length of menhaden in reports.
Gets rid of the rule that requires reporting the method used to estimate the length of menhaden.

The amendment text does not provide details on how these changes will affect data collection and analysis processes.

House Vote on HB 886 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1437)

Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB886 requires commercial menhaden fishing operations to submit detailed reports on their catches and other data.

Commercial menhaden fishing businesses must now report specific information about their fishing activities.

The official text does not provide details on what specific information needs to be reported or how often the reports should be submitted, making it hard to explain these aspects fully.

Senate Floor Amendment #3337 Hensgens Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB886 375 3337 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Hensgens to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB886 375 3337 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Hensgens to Engrossed House Bill No.
886 by Representative Orgeron 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "56:325.5(D)" insert "and to repeal R.S.
56:325.5(A)(1)(c)" 3 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-05-29 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-29 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 444.
2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-22 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-21 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-20 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-19 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.
2026-05-13 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-13 S
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-05 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-04 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-29 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-15 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
2026-04-14 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-13 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-08 H
Reported favorably (15-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

FISHING/COMMERCIAL: Provides for reporting and data collection for commercial menhaden fishing

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 4442026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 886
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORGERON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 56:325.5(D) and to repeal R.S. 56:325.5(A)(1)(c), relative to commercial
3 menhaden harvest data reporting; to provide an exception to confidentiality for
4 reports received by a legislative committee; to provide for rules and regulations
5 providing for monthly reporting; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 56:325.5(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §325.5. Commercial menhaden harvest reporting
9 * * *
10 D. Notwithstanding Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section or R.S. 56:301.4, any
11 report received by a legislative committee pursuant to the requirement in Subsection
12 B of this Section shall not be considered confidential.
13 Section 2. R.S. 56:325.5(A)(1)(c) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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.