---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Repeals the exclusion of certain agricultural products authorized to be sampled and analyzed by the commissioner of agriculture. (gov sig)"
description: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Repeals the exclusion of certain agricultural products authorized to be sampled and analyzed by the commissioner of agriculture. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Louisiana SB 32 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574dbda3-66cc-4049-bb5a-565c7033fa29"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239846"
source_hash: "ea0bcb9b65bc881fa1fad1a82bdad620a4060e695d6a02e12c0ec816a20d2ca9"
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 32 (2021) — AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Repeals the exclusion of certain agricultural products authorized to be sampled and analyzed by the commissioner of agriculture. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB32 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201948)
2. **SB32 Act 58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232063)
3. **SB32 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213624)
4. **SB32 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228686)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#37) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#744) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2021.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 58. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/28/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-27** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-19** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574dbda3-66cc-4049-bb5a-565c7033fa29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).