---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Provides for the removal of criminal penalties and reclassification of certain wildlife violations and provides for enforcement and recovery of civil fines by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (EN +$1,145,563 SD RV See Note)"
description: "WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Provides for the removal of criminal penalties and reclassification of certain wildlife violations and provides for enforcement and recovery of civil fines by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (EN +$1,145,563 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "Louisiana HB 655 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f526e501-52b1-4a58-b636-0cc324911545"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240651"
source_hash: "4d0e94c4770744ab4d5b331dfe367fd9bf3331f94fa518cef8656177fbb052ec"
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 655 (2021) — WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Provides for the removal of criminal penalties and reclassification of certain wildlife violations and provides for enforcement and recovery of civil fines by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (EN +$1,145,563 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB655 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212375)
2. **HB655 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235322)
3. **HB655 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221022)
4. **HB655 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231654)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#760) — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#422) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 241. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `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 Natural Resources and Environment. `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/f526e501-52b1-4a58-b636-0cc324911545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).