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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
+description: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 61"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 61 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-02-09"
+last_action: "2022-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed76e0b-e53b-4915-ade1-d8110348a4fb"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241571"
+source_hash: "4f0af26ae83d8065a9e5ef8de61994ba17184f538607504f633836d248a0ea3e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 61 (2022) — FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB61 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1246731)
+2. **HB61 Act 100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286017)
+3. **HB61 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269771)
+4. **HB61 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272807)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #2292, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268048)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #2577, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269541)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #2689, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1270257)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3071, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278392)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3148, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278580)
+10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3483, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280518)
+11. **HB61 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281354)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#429) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#698) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1019) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
+- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-05-25** Effective date: See Act.
+- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 100. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
+- **2022-05-18** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
+- **2022-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2022-05-18** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2022-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2022-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2022-05-12** Reported with amendments.
+- **2022-04-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+- **2022-04-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2022-04-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2022.
+- **2022-04-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2022-04-13** Reported with amendments (8-0).
+- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/11/2022.
+- **2022-02-09** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ed76e0b-e53b-4915-ade1-d8110348a4fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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