---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Requires the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries to notify applicants for recreational fishing and hunting licenses of the option to become an organ and tissue donor and make an organ donation. (8/1/24) (EN +$20,000 SD EX See Note)"
description: "WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Requires the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries to notify applicants for recreational fishing and hunting licenses of the option to become an organ and tissue donor and make an organ donation. (8/1/24) (EN +$20,000 SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Louisiana SB 411 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Kleinpeter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-26"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc279fdc-139b-4493-bdb1-0b7ad25a6a38"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246899"
source_hash: "565abd8e1e8e43d6a83b99b1d7933abaa1b959afa92f4d0d8102331ac307408e"
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 411 (2024) — WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT: Requires the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries to notify applicants for recreational fishing and hunting licenses of the option to become an organ and tissue donor and make an organ donation. (8/1/24) (EN +$20,000 SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB411 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358155)
2. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3197, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372582)
3. **SB411 Act 348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380822)
4. **SB411 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366679)
5. **SB411 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368508)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1914, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365110)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2127, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366596)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2186, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367284)
9. **SB411 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377948)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#377) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1091) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1204) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caleb Kleinpeter — primary (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 348. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** 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/cc279fdc-139b-4493-bdb1-0b7ad25a6a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).