---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/22)"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/22)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Louisiana SB 55 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50bfea96-10f7-4f9a-af2c-e49ae5f0bd37"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241668"
source_hash: "7cf28ee4c121bebbbf11fec25e41383a09de7e7f493fc9a6eb235a6037fff2b7"
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 55 (2022) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/22)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB55 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1249288)
2. **SB55 Act 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1279846)
3. **SB55 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1259390)
4. **SB55 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1277737)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#23) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#743) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — 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.

- **2022-05-13** Effective date 6/30/2022.
- **2022-05-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 6. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-10** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2022.
- **2022-04-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-04-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-04-20** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-03-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-03-21** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-15** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-02-22** 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/50bfea96-10f7-4f9a-af2c-e49ae5f0bd37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).