---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Prohibits the use of imported seafood in food served at schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Prohibits the use of imported seafood in food served at schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Louisiana HB 429 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus Bryant"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df4bd01c-91d3-4edf-8b8d-9b53940aa60b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246119"
source_hash: "46616eb4c7b5f2cdb9030bd484346b15e4c636c180456207f2a9b0517fe0c3d5"
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 429 (2024) — SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Prohibits the use of imported seafood in food served at schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB429 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350731)
2. **HB429 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382301)
3. **HB429 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361914)
4. **HB429 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364023)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2693, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363991)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2850, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370854)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2939, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371198)
8. **HB429 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379680)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#350) — **94–7** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#918) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1500) — **73–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus Bryant — primary (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 561. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 4, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df4bd01c-91d3-4edf-8b8d-9b53940aa60b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).