---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Establishes a fee to support testing and monitoring for harmful substances in imported seafood (EN +$7,500 SD RV See Note)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Establishes a fee to support testing and monitoring for harmful substances in imported seafood (EN +$7,500 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Louisiana HB 317 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174558d9-02e6-40f7-90a6-db556286ace6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240202"
source_hash: "90f57febb2a949b051e851ae6c24967336e0c6c3d7e0b3db15a427f62f525471"
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 317 (2021) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Establishes a fee to support testing and monitoring for harmful substances in imported seafood (EN +$7,500 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB317 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1209198)
2. **HB317 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235539)
3. **HB317 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220528)
4. **HB317 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232827)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#862) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#498) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 306. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably (21-0).
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/174558d9-02e6-40f7-90a6-db556286ace6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).