republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-854.md

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Bill	WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules	WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 854	Louisiana HB 854 (2024)	bill		enacted	Brett Geymann	12	20	3	2024-04-02	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/7f00b38b-8820-4690-9e8c-558a95409598	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247010	11adb6ebffa8362b6168dabf7766499336a8df6a59c80bf5e2f8a87b55baec21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB854 Act 740 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB854 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB854 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #2347, NATR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #2351, NATR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #2391, NATR, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Amendment, #2729, Geymann, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #3609, NATR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #3696, NATR, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3780, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. HB854 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/7f00b38b-8820-4690-9e8c-558a95409598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).