---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides for the regulation of industrial hemp (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
description: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides for the regulation of industrial hemp (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Louisiana HB 491 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/444ff036-a685-40f5-936d-2778c1418496"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236337"
source_hash: "2cf5f58b2b2b14ff641518529436b22dec1edd7d89e978342f411c670a821bb9"
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 491 (2019) — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides for the regulation of industrial hemp (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB491 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122086)
2. **HB491 Act 164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143697)
3. **HB491 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127741)
4. **HB491 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132192)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1499, AGRI, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127195)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1570, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127562)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1875, Schexnayder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129176)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1192, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128324)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1963, AGRI, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136132)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2368, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137274)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2770, Allain, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138897)
12. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2593, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138014)
13. **HB491 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142228)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#757) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#904) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#196) — **101–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 164. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-22** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/444ff036-a685-40f5-936d-2778c1418496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).