---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules"
description: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "Louisiana HB 854 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Geymann"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f00b38b-8820-4690-9e8c-558a95409598"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247010"
source_hash: "11adb6ebffa8362b6168dabf7766499336a8df6a59c80bf5e2f8a87b55baec21"
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 854 (2024) — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules

## Version chain

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

1. **HB854 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360706)
2. **HB854 Act 740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382767)
3. **HB854 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362653)
4. **HB854 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364603)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2347, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362308)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2351, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362313)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2391, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362426)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2729, Geymann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364348)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3609, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374738)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3696, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375187)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3780, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375639)
12. **HB854 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380114)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1159) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1567) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#405) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Geymann — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (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. 740. `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 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `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`
- **2024-04-10** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f00b38b-8820-4690-9e8c-558a95409598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).