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HB886 • 2026

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

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

Energy
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Joseph Orgeron
Last action
2026-05-25
Official status
Signed by the Speaker
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what happens if companies do not submit their reports or how the data will be used by legislative committees after being shared.

Commercial Menhaden Fishing Reporting

This act requires commercial menhaden fishing companies to submit monthly reports and allows legislative committees to share these reports without keeping them confidential.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires commercial menhaden fishing companies to submit monthly reports about their catch.
  • Allows legislative committees to share the reports received from fishermen without keeping them confidential.

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.
Confidentiality
Keeping information private and not sharing it with others.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if companies do not submit their reports.
  • It is unclear how the data will be used by legislative committees after being shared.

Amendments

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

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes specific reporting requirements for commercial menhaden fishing, including the need to report the length of menhaden based on a sample and the method used to estimate that length.

  • Removes the requirement for companies to report the estimated length of menhaden in their monthly reports.
  • Eliminates the need to include the size of the sample and the estimation method used for determining the length of menhaden.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how these changes will affect data collection or decision-making processes related to commercial fishing.
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.
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

  1. 2026-05-25 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  2. 2026-05-22 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  3. 2026-05-21 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. 2026-05-20 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  5. 2026-05-19 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

  6. 2026-05-13 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  7. 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.

  8. 2026-05-05 S

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

  9. 2026-05-04 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-29 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-15 S

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

  12. 2026-04-14 S

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

  13. 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.

  14. 2026-04-13 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  15. 2026-04-09 H

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

  16. 2026-04-08 H

    Reported favorably (15-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

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

  18. 2026-02-27 H

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

  19. 2026-02-27 H

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

  20. 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
2026 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.