---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISH/FISHING: Provides possession limits of certain species of fish caught in saltwater areas of the state. (gov sig)"
description: "FISH/FISHING: Provides possession limits of certain species of fish caught in saltwater areas of the state. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Louisiana SB 327 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lambert"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e92a0e32-0fc0-4f5d-9158-d534e5a8813a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234000"
source_hash: "2ce238f9c6f98d37dee23afd989ca9136ccf4749f0e6d9c162034308ed2d0211"
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 327 (2018) — FISH/FISHING: Provides possession limits of certain species of fish caught in saltwater areas of the state. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB327 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1072610)
2. **SB327 Act 40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097244)
3. **SB327 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075482)
4. **SB327 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078065)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #980, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075388)
6. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1064, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075756)
7. **SB327 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1091342)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#124) — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#621) — **83–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** Effective date 5/10/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 40. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-04-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/18.
- **2018-04-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-12** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-11** Reported favorably (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-27** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-22** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-19** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e92a0e32-0fc0-4f5d-9158-d534e5a8813a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).