---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides relative to civil penalties for restitution of value of wildlife and aquatic life. (8/1/22)"
description: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides relative to civil penalties for restitution of value of wildlife and aquatic life. (8/1/22)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 448"
citation: "Louisiana SB 448 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b34eaa15-2138-49c8-9c66-d3e2035d5d92"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243055"
source_hash: "f94afcaa46bf8d4d588ddb8537efa5d9c63894c54ff09a045e817830a016d7d1"
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 448 (2022) — WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Provides relative to civil penalties for restitution of value of wildlife and aquatic life. (8/1/22)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB448 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266028)
2. **SB448 Act 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1285138)
3. **SB448 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269986)
4. **SB448 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281494)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#350) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#969) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Luneau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 124. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
- **2022-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-04** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-20** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-18** Reported favorably.
- **2022-04-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b34eaa15-2138-49c8-9c66-d3e2035d5d92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).