Louisiana Agriculture Bills

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides with respect to the Healthy Food Retail Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

FISHING: Adds Atlantic tarpon to the definition of saltwater game fish

FISH/FISHING: Provides for anchorage in certain waterways with fishing gear restriction. (8/1/26)

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides for a three-tier system of permitting for the producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety

SMALL BUSINESS: Repeals requirements for enriching bread and flour sold in this state

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Memorializes Congress and the United States Forest Service to take such actions as are necessary to allow the use of dogs for hunting in the Kisatchie National Forest

MTR VEHICLE/TRAILERS: Provides relative to the requirement that trailers have approved safety chains while being towed by certain vehicles

CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to oppose any effort to transfer, divest, privatize, or dispose of Kisatchie National Forest lands or otherwise remove such lands from federal ownership and management

CONGRESS: Memorializes the United States Congress to work towards a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome

SEAFOOD: Memorializes the federal government to address unsafe imported seafood

AGRICULTURE: Urges and requests the LSU AgCenter, in coordination with the Southern Ag Center and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, to study and develop strategies to strengthen small and mid-scale agricultural production and to increase opportunities for young adults to participate in and pursue careers in agriculture

COMMENDATIONS: Designates June 30, 2026, as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day at the state capitol and commends Paisley Grace Langton and others who face AMC

PUBLIC LANDS: Allows Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to buy and sell certain real estate. (8/1/26)

WEIGHTS/MEASURES: Extends the existence of special permits for the operation of a combination of vehicles or tandem loads hauling containers to and from port facilities

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Wade Dubea on the occasion of his retirement from state service

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events