2026 Regular Session
HCR77
Memorializes the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pass the H-2B Certified Seasonal Employer Designation and reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 5, 2026 · House
House Vote on HCR 77 FINAL CONSIDERATION (#849)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
93 yea–0 nay · 12 absent
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HCR 77 CONCUR (#835)
Passed
37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HCR 77 CO-AUTHORS (#836)
Passed
9 yea–0 nay · 30 absent
Committee referrals
May 6, 2026 · Senate
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
April 22, 2026 · House
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
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Senate Rules suspended.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 93, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (12-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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House Read by title. Lies over under the rules.