HCR94 • 2026

BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to submit annual reports to certain legislative committees regarding boating safety

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Sent to the Secretary of State
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that the resolution requires the inclusion of certain details in the reports; it only urges and requests their submission with such information.

Boating Safety Reports

This resolution asks the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to send yearly reports about boating safety to specific legislative committees.

What This Bill Does

Urges the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to give annual reports on boating safety to specific legislative groups.
Requests that these reports include details such as the number of incidents, fatalities, stops, citations, registered boats, and program costs.
Specifies that the reports should be submitted at least 30 days before the start of each regular session.

Who It Names or Affects

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
Senate Committee on Natural Resources

Terms To Know

annual reports: Reports that are given every year.
boating safety compliance stops: Checks made by law enforcement to ensure boaters follow safety rules.

Limits and Unknowns

The resolution does not provide funding for the reports.
It is unclear if the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will comply with this request.
There are no penalties mentioned for not submitting the required information.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
2026-05-31 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-29 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-29 S
Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
2026-05-28 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-19 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
2026-05-18 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-18 H
Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 91, nays 1. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-18 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-18 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-18 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.
2026-05-13 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-12 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-05-05 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to submit annual reports to certain legislative committees regarding boating safety

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 94
BY REPRESENTATIVES FONTENOT AND CHASSION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to submit annual
reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the
Senate Committee on Natural Resources regarding boating safety.
WHEREAS, the mission of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
(LDWF) Law Enforcement Division is to minimize the loss of life, personal injury, and
property damage incurred in recreational boating; and
WHEREAS, numerous boating incidents and fatalities occur within Louisiana every
year, but most can be prevented through education and boating safety regulation compliance;
and
WHEREAS, the LDWF receives approximately two million three hundred thousand
dollars from the United States Coast Guard for the implementation of the state's recreational
boating safety program each year; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana law has historically authorized suspicionless stops, consistent
with federal regulation, for boating safety compliance based on the comprehensive
regulatory tradition of vessels, the impracticability of waterway checkpoints, the unique
enforcement challenges of navigable waters, and the compelling public safety interest in
seaworthy vessels; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 756 and Senate Bill 243 of the 2026 Regular Session of the
Legislature established a Fourth Amendment-style reasonable suspicion standard for boating
safety stops; and
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HCR NO. 94 ENROLLED
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana wants to be sure that establishing an
individualized standard for boating safety compliance stops and checks does not have
negative impacts to the safety of Louisiana citizens on the water.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to provide annual
boating safety compliance reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources at least thirty days prior to the
convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature containing the following information:
(1) The number of boating incidents.
(2) The number of boating fatalities.
(3) The number of boating safety related stops.
(4) The number of citations issued at stops.
(5) The number of vessels registered in the state.
(6) State expenditures on the boating safety program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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