---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides for the size and location of escape rings on crab traps. (gov sig)"
description: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides for the size and location of escape rings on crab traps. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Louisiana SB 65 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lambert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a4d5f1e-6eea-4bda-a6b3-b68bbbc5c244"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235915"
source_hash: "77c015864c324b7bcb4fcf691ad94ccf611a7655250a25fffe547a975df27cef"
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 65 (2019) — WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides for the size and location of escape rings on crab traps. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB65 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118874)
2. **SB65 Act 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141915)
3. **SB65 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127504)
4. **SB65 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138627)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#202) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#623) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 6/1/2019.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 48. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/19.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** 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/7a4d5f1e-6eea-4bda-a6b3-b68bbbc5c244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).