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HB934 • 2026

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Lauren Ventrella
Last action
2026-04-27
Official status
Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB1248)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

What This Bill Does

  • WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Draft

Plain English: HCAHB934 4563 4330 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Substitute for Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB934 4563 4330 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Substitute for Original House Bill No.
  • 934 by Representative Ventrella as proposed by the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment This document reflects the content of a substitute bill but is not in a bill form; page numbers in this document DO NOT correspond to page numbers in the substitute bill itself.
  • To enact R.S.
  • 56:129, relative to possession of wildlife; to permit the possession of white- tailed deer by wildlife rehabilitators; to provide for requirements and prohibitions; and to provide for related matters.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-27 H

    Becomes HB 1248.

  2. 2026-04-23 H

    Reported by substitute (14-0).

  3. 2026-03-09 H

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

  4. 2026-02-27 H

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

  5. 2026-02-27 H

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

  6. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1131 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 934
BY REPRESENTATIVE VENTRELLA
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of certain wildlife
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 56:129, relative to possession of wildlife; to permit the possession of certain
3 native wildlife; to provide for restrictions; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 56:129 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §129. Possession of native wildlife
7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following
8 native wildlife may be lawfully possessed:
9 (1) Native wildlife captured by hand from the wild in Louisiana may be kept
10 with the following restrictions:
11 (a) No more than six per household of any combination of the following
12 animals may be possessed:
13 (i) Hand-captured opossum, rabbit, raccoon, and squirrel.
14 (ii) Whitetail deer.
15 (iii) Hand-captured native nongame wildlife.
16 (b) It is unlawful to remove such wildlife or their offspring from Louisiana.
17 (c) The sale or transfer of such wildlife or their offspring is prohibited.
18 (2) All wildlife possessed in captivity shall be maintained in enclosures,
19 pens, or cages that are sufficiently strong to prevent escape of the wildlife and that
20 will simultaneously protect the wildlife from injury.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-1131 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 934
1 (3) All adult deer kept in compliance with this Section shall be confined in
2 an enclosure that complies with the following requirements:
3 (a) Enclosures shall have a perimeter fence that is not less than eight feet in
4 height and shall be constructed so as to prohibit the escape of confined cervids and
5 the ingress of native cervids.
6 (b) The area of the enclosure shall not be less than two hundred square feet
7 for the first cervid and shall be increased in size by one hundred fifty square feet for
8 each additional cervid.
9 (4) It is unlawful for anyone to keep a native wildlife animal under inhumane
10 or unhealthy conditions.
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 934 Original 2026 Regular Session Ventrella
Abstract: Permits the possession of certain native wildlife and provides for restrictions.
Proposed law provides for possession of hand caught native wildlife with the limit of six in
a household.
Proposed law establishes requirements for pens and for not transporting the animals outside
of La.
Proposed law requires that animals be kept in appropriate enclosures.
Proposed law provides that no native wildlife may be kept in inhumane or unhealthy
conditions.
(Adds R.S. 56:129)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.