---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Reallocates money received from fur trapping licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
description: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Reallocates money received from fur trapping licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Louisiana HB 537 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Bourriaque"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b19eff-77d7-4f9c-855e-e765a83cdea5"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246295"
source_hash: "a30ad5e1d11f31bac27a8b348453565f86b6fc2cc1c9b6adc12741b78bd12dce"
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 537 (2024) — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Reallocates money received from fur trapping licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB537 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351462)
2. **HB537 Act 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375972)
3. **HB537 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356804)
4. **HB537 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359302)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1355, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355287)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1569, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356656)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1854, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358339)
8. **HB537 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372577)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#136) — **95–9** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#584) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Bourriaque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 79. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/2024.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b19eff-77d7-4f9c-855e-e765a83cdea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).