---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for revenue reductions from free and discounted recreational hunting and fishing licenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for revenue reductions from free and discounted recreational hunting and fishing licenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 795"
citation: "Louisiana HB 795 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Zeringue"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/297151cb-f70e-4f42-8d4c-0305da36be88"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246925"
source_hash: "d4557e0a5adbb2c7b5a1684c8791e30eb2c92bc3bb1d6d5c20c091ee11ef2e34"
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 795 (2024) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for revenue reductions from free and discounted recreational hunting and fishing licenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB795 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358749)
2. **HB795 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381928)
3. **HB795 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366018)
4. **HB795 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368594)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3276, Zeringue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366755)
6. **HB795 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377960)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#658) — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1102) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Zeringue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 449. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2024.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/297151cb-f70e-4f42-8d4c-0305da36be88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).