---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISHING/OYSTERS: Authorizes additional means of harvesting oysters on the oyster seed grounds under the oyster seed ground vessel permit"
description: "FISHING/OYSTERS: Authorizes additional means of harvesting oysters on the oyster seed grounds under the oyster seed ground vessel permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Louisiana HB 142 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Leopold"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8163c7-2378-4141-9395-de46c2cb32e6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235820"
source_hash: "0540c1b0a392904f668c3a31de2f41ef8ea9508954aa6ee17cd128f94c6df4cf"
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 142 (2019) — FISHING/OYSTERS: Authorizes additional means of harvesting oysters on the oyster seed grounds under the oyster seed ground vessel permit

## Version chain

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

1. **HB142 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117936)
2. **HB142 Act 144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143677)
3. **HB142 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129711)
4. **HB142 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133981)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2110, Leopold, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130807)
6. **HB142 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141400)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#268) — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#824) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Leopold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 144. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-30** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a8163c7-2378-4141-9395-de46c2cb32e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).