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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
+description: "SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 676"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 676 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-03-01"
+last_action: "2024-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b52e42b-1cc4-4773-b092-d2f649f2b6a8"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246488"
+source_hash: "0fbd45eb6ebbe4a77ef4929489bfddda605566685807ccce9423370aa3f3b95b"
+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 676 (2024) — SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB676 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352411)
+2. **HB676 Act 719** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382743)
+3. **HB676 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358419)
+4. **HB676 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362213)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #1782, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358025)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #1834, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358247)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #2012, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359386)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3637, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374911)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3666, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375018)
+10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3694, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375183)
+11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4339, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379829)
+12. **HB676 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380678)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1663) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1321) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#220) — **93–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
+- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
+- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
+- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 719. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
+- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
+- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
+- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-29** 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`
+- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
+- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
+- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended.
+- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
+- **2024-05-16** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
+- **2024-05-16** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
+- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 10. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
+- **2024-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b52e42b-1cc4-4773-b092-d2f649f2b6a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+