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type: "Bill"
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title: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year"
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description: "WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 159 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-02-24"
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last_action: "2020-06-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f8aa2a6-81e7-4611-8343-b5ce39aaf63b"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237659"
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source_hash: "b1fdebc33f4e5ae65c117f36fa18c1a21f18caf2974cdb97692dca11b05c759c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB159 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1158544)
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2. **HB159 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181908)
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3. **HB159 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172107)
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4. **HB159 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175141)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #2020, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172795)
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6. **HB159 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178607)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#674) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 vote (#673) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#702) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#245) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
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- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
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- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
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- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
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- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
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- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
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- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
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- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 175. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2020-05-31** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-31** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
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- **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.
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- **2020-05-31** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
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- **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.
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- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2020-05-28** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2020-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
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- **2020-05-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2020-05-13** Reported favorably (12-0).
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- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/24/2020.
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- **2020-02-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f8aa2a6-81e7-4611-8343-b5ce39aaf63b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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