---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISHING/FINFISH: Provides for the creation and use of the Marine Finfish Stock Enhancement Fund"
description: "FISHING/FINFISH: Provides for the creation and use of the Marine Finfish Stock Enhancement Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "Louisiana HB 847 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Orgeron"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c6647b3-af2b-4fbe-a3cf-804ed43c3a10"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246997"
source_hash: "09357b17dcae7bb700e768ac925eb8cd46c13c7c6c030231cfcb1fabdb6af2f2"
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 847 (2024) — FISHING/FINFISH: Provides for the creation and use of the Marine Finfish Stock Enhancement Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **HB847 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360471)
2. **HB847 Act 735** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382762)
3. **HB847 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361829)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3112, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372116)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3272, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372824)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3357, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373412)
7. **HB847 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380182)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1516) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#817) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#366) — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Orgeron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 735. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. 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`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Rules suspended.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c6647b3-af2b-4fbe-a3cf-804ed43c3a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).