republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-400.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides relative to lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)"
description: "HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides relative to lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Louisiana HB 400 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Riser"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17badfec-adcd-4ad2-9040-8e39ee1f01ab"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246090"
source_hash: "70aea3bd2b5b91ec45d6cef2cf723f48a06c9e3bf69229b5f6441c1322d25427"
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 400 (2024) — HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides relative to lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB400 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350357)
2. **HB400 Act 653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382677)
3. **HB400 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356812)
4. **HB400 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369235)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1184, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354198)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1563, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356644)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1861, Riser, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358614)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3475, Riser, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367717)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3189, NATR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372524)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3268, NATR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372818)
11. **HB400 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380124)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#711) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#804) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1492) — **80–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#128) — **67–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Riser — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 653. `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 80, nays 2. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were 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 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. 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`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2024.
- **2024-04-22** Notice given.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2024-03-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 35. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
- **2024-03-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/2024.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Reported with amendments (11-3). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17badfec-adcd-4ad2-9040-8e39ee1f01ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).