---
type: "Bill"
title: "RURAL/DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the office of rural development and the Rural Development Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "RURAL/DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the office of rural development and the Rural Development Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Louisiana HB 622 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955401aa-7d65-4d66-b2d4-6c232db40102"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240608"
source_hash: "da46cbdc90afb4cf0e2c1e2f73271ea25f620d1770d04138ea0c330f5ddf75a7"
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 622 (2021) — RURAL/DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the office of rural development and the Rural Development Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB622 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212277)
2. **HB622 Act 331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235647)
3. **HB622 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219267)
4. **HB622 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225925)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1910, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218880)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1926, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218971)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2652, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223126)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3181, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225918)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1394, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219447)
10. **HB622 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233016)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#515) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#936) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (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. 331. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** 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 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-06** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **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 (15-0).
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-29** Reported with amendments (15-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955401aa-7d65-4d66-b2d4-6c232db40102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).