---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/18)"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/18)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Louisiana SB 167 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8410ae65-a3e1-46d8-ba72-77c20733db78"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233512"
source_hash: "5af8d62a76de15ebda988597b302a7e134bf2b3f4a3a6257c91b4c9fff00184d"
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 SB 167 (2018) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/18)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB167 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1069175)
2. **SB167 Act 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1089380)
3. **SB167 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076730)
4. **SB167 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1084616)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#338) — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-21** Effective date 6/30/2018.
- **2018-04-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 3. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-10** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-04-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/18.
- **2018-04-03** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-03-29** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8410ae65-a3e1-46d8-ba72-77c20733db78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).