---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Louisiana HB 61 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed76e0b-e53b-4915-ade1-d8110348a4fb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241571"
source_hash: "4f0af26ae83d8065a9e5ef8de61994ba17184f538607504f633836d248a0ea3e"
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 61 (2022) — FISHING: Extends the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund and extends payments into the Underwater Obstruction Removal Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB61 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1246731)
2. **HB61 Act 100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286017)
3. **HB61 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269771)
4. **HB61 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272807)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2292, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268048)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2577, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269541)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2689, Kerner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1270257)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3071, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278392)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3148, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278580)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3483, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280518)
11. **HB61 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281354)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#429) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#698) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1019) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 100. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2022-05-18** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Rules suspended. 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`
- **2022-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-05-12** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-04-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-04-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2022.
- **2022-04-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-04-13** Reported with amendments (8-0).
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/11/2022.
- **2022-02-09** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ed76e0b-e53b-4915-ade1-d8110348a4fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).