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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year us/states/la Louisiana Legislature 2020 HB 159 Louisiana HB 159 (2020)
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Louisiana HB 159 (2020) — WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year

Version chain

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

  1. HB159 Original (filed) — source
  2. HB159 Act (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB159 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB159 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. House Floor Amendment, #2020, McFarland, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB159 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#674) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • 2/3 vote (#673) — 310 (pass) · upper
  • PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#702) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#245) — 1000 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jack McFarland — primary (person)
  • Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
  • Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
  • Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
  • Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
  • Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
  • Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
  • Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
  • Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
  • Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
  • Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
  • Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
  • Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
  • Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
  • Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
  • Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
  • Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
  • Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
  • R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
  • Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
  • Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
  • Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
  • Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
  • Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
  • Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
  • Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
  • Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
  • William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-06-11 Effective date: 08/01/2020.
  • 2020-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 175. executive-signature
  • 2020-06-03 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
  • 2020-06-01 Signed by the President of the Senate.
  • 2020-06-01 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  • 2020-05-31 Received from the Senate without amendments.
  • 2020-05-31 Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
  • 2020-05-31 Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
  • 2020-05-31 Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.
  • 2020-05-31 Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
  • 2020-05-31 By a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
  • 2020-05-29 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  • 2020-05-28 Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  • 2020-05-22 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
  • 2020-05-21 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  • 2020-05-21 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
  • 2020-05-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
  • 2020-05-15 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  • 2020-05-13 Reported favorably (12-0).
  • 2020-03-09 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/24/2020.
  • 2020-02-24 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f8aa2a6-81e7-4611-8343-b5ce39aaf63b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).