Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana SB 244
HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for recreational hunting of alligators. (8/1/26)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Robert Allain (Republican)
Cosponsors (40)
- Jerome Zeringue (Republican)
- John Wyble (Republican)
- Lauren Ventrella (Republican)
- Neil Riser (Republican)
- Charles Owen (Republican)
- Michael Melerine (Republican)
- Jack McFarland (Republican)
- Chasity Martinez (Democratic)
- Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)
- Dodie Horton (Republican)
- Bryan Fontenot (Republican)
- Adrian Fisher (Democratic)
- Peter Egan (Republican)
- Phillip DeVillier (Republican)
- Kimberly Coates (Republican)
- Josh Carlson (Republican)
- Rhonda Butler (Republican)
- Reese "Skip" Broussard
- Chad Boyer (Republican)
- Beth Billings (Republican)
- Mike Bayham (Republican)
- Tony Bacala (Republican)
- Beryl Amedee (Republican)
- Daryl Adams (Democratic)
- Jeremy Stine (Republican)
- Larry Selders
- Robert "Bob" Owen (Republican)
- Brach Myers (Republican)
- Beth Mizell (Republican)
- Gregory A. Miller (Republican)
- Eddie Lambert (Republican)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews (Democratic)
- Cameron Henry (Republican)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican)
- Rick Edmonds (Republican)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. (Republican)
- Gary Carter (Democratic)
- Adam Bass (Republican)
- Regina Ashford Barrow (Democratic)
- Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 26, 2026): Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Text versions
- House Committee Amendment, #3554, NATR, Draft
- House Committee Amendment, #3742, NATR, Adopted
- House Floor Amendment, #4393, Butler, Adopted
- SB244 Original
- SB244 Engrossed
- SB244 Enrolled
- SB244 Act 37
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:01 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 Senate | CONCUR (#491) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| Apr 23, 2026 House | FINAL PASSAGE (#703) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| Mar 23, 2026 Senate | CO-AUTHORS (#103) | fail | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| Mar 23, 2026 Senate | FINAL PASSAGE (#102) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Reported favorably. - Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. - Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. - Mar 24, 2026 · House
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - Mar 25, 2026 · House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. - Apr 14, 2026 · House
Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. - Apr 15, 2026 · House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - Apr 16, 2026 · House
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. - Apr 22, 2026 · House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026. - Apr 23, 2026 · House
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. - Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
Received from the House with amendments. - Apr 28, 2026 · Senate
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. - Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. - Apr 29, 2026 · House
Signed by the Speaker of the House. - Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. - May 5, 2026 · Senate
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 37. - May 5, 2026 · Senate
Effective date 5/5/2026.