---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)"
description: "SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Louisiana HB 652 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d850c66-6c37-4e70-ab73-b4392ec66b2e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248916"
source_hash: "e6efda9fa7159595ebb81293fa149ed76cee1e8a23af8d09fbca1372b64d286b"
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 652 (2025) — SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB652 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407326)
2. **HB652 Act 300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425614)
3. **HB652 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407349)
4. **HB652 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412054)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1865, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409175)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2094, Domangue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410612)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2324, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411717)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1718, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414635)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1920, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415950)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1989, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416378)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3066, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422562)
12. **HB652 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423392)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#738) — **16–0** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2094 BY DOMANGUE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#206) — **52–43** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#737) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#207) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1019) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 300. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-05-21** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended.
- **2025-05-20** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-04-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
- **2025-04-30** Notice given.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-30** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2025.
- **2025-04-28** Notice given.
- **2025-04-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 550 reported by the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment (13-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d850c66-6c37-4e70-ab73-b4392ec66b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).