---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 676"
citation: "Louisiana HB 676 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b52e42b-1cc4-4773-b092-d2f649f2b6a8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246488"
source_hash: "0fbd45eb6ebbe4a77ef4929489bfddda605566685807ccce9423370aa3f3b95b"
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 676 (2024) — SEAFOOD: Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB676 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352411)
2. **HB676 Act 719** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382743)
3. **HB676 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358419)
4. **HB676 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362213)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1782, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358025)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1834, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358247)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2012, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359386)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3637, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374911)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3666, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375018)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3694, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375183)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4339, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379829)
12. **HB676 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380678)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1663) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1321) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#220) — **93–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 719. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-16** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-16** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 10. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b52e42b-1cc4-4773-b092-d2f649f2b6a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).