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2026 Regular Session

SB244

Provides for recreational hunting of alligators. (8/1/26)

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
May 5, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 37.
Author
Robert Allain
Co-sponsors
Regina BarrowAdam BassGary CarterStewart Jr. CatheyRick EdmondsMichael Big Mike FesiCameron HenryKatrina R. Jackson-AndrewsCaleb KleinpeterEddie J. LambertGregory A. MillerBeth MizellBrach Jerad MyersRobert Bob OwenLarry SeldersJeremy StineRoy Daryl AdamsBeryl AmedéeTony BacalaMichael Robert Bayham Jr.Beth Anne BillingsChad Michael BoyerReese Skip BroussardRhonda Gaye ButlerJosh CarlsonKimberly Landry CoatesPhillip DeVillierPeter F. Egan Sr.Adrian FisherBryan FontenotDodie HortonJeremy LaCombeChasity MartinezJack McFarlandMichael MelerineCharles OwenNeil RiserLauren VentrellaJohn E. WybleJerome Zeringue

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate March 9, 2026 Senate passed March 23, 2026 House passed April 23, 2026 Senate concurrence April 28, 2026 Enrolled April 29, 2026 Governor approved May 5, 2026 Became law May 5, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 23, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 244 FINAL PASSAGE (#102)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

35 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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March 23, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 244 CO-AUTHORS (#103)

Passed

16 yea–0 nay · 22 absent

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April 23, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 244 FINAL PASSAGE (#703)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

92 yea–0 nay · 13 absent

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April 28, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 244 CONCUR (#491)

Passed

36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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Committee referrals

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.

  1. Senate Effective date 5/5/2026.
  2. Senate Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 37.
  3. Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
  4. House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
  7. Senate Received from the House with amendments.
  8. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  9. House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026.
  10. House Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
  11. House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
  12. House Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  13. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
  14. House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  15. Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  16. Senate Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
  17. Senate Reported favorably.
  18. Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
  19. Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2125756
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/SB244.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00