---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Louisiana HB 118 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert E. Billiot"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef24dbc-7df5-441f-b93d-801b3708893a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233310"
source_hash: "1551905ba16caa7fd833a46e6fcb52e778e4595a95aa7e65713c08a9282460ea"
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 118 (2018) — FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB118 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1066506)
2. **HB118 Act 190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099046)
3. **HB118 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077331)
4. **HB118 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093967)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#755) — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#161) — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert E. Billiot — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 05/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 190. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-01** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-30** Reported favorably.
- **2018-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/28/18.
- **2018-03-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/23/2018.
- **2018-02-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef24dbc-7df5-441f-b93d-801b3708893a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).