---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISHING/RECREATIONAL: Extends the additional saltwater fishing fee dedicated to the LACREEL program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "FISHING/RECREATIONAL: Extends the additional saltwater fishing fee dedicated to the LACREEL program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Louisiana HB 4 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd34c6e-2ea9-46c7-af39-f3f688934c00"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233060"
source_hash: "8a3fa489ae0cfe86f87a132c2747d8271dcb03c69fbaeeb900dab743db347d09"
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 4 (2018) — FISHING/RECREATIONAL: Extends the additional saltwater fishing fee dedicated to the LACREEL program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1060840)
2. **HB4 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096839)
3. **HB4 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080237)
4. **HB4 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1083209)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1075, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1073690)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1908, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080059)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2046, Bishop, S., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080768)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2889, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1088169)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3049, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1089222)
10. **HB4 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093044)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#243) — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#710) — **81–3** (pass) · legislature
- HB 4 BY BISHOP (#559) — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 05/10/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 41. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 81, nays 3. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-26** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-24** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-23** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 3. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-28** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/26/2018.
- **2018-01-22** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fd34c6e-2ea9-46c7-af39-f3f688934c00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).