Agenda - Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
May 26, 2020 9:00 a.m. Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 25, 2020, 6:02 pm * Revision Notes: Added HCR 60 and HB 697

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 5, 2020
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR60	KERNER	CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to appropriate additional money for increased seafood testing
		HB392	MCFARLAND	AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Removes a specific function of the office of forestry and certain authority of the Louisiana Forestry Commission related to production and prices of forest tree seedlings grown by the department
		HB393	MCFARLAND	AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR - Provides for the commissioner's authority to regulate cooperative agreements within the Louisiana Forestry Productivity Program
		HB394	MCFARLAND	FORESTRY - Provides relative to the State Forestry Commission's comprehensive management plan for the Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek
		HB426	THOMPSON	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to seed testing and labeling
		HB496	RISER	AGRICULTURE/GRAIN - Provides relative to grain buyers within the agricultural commodity dealer and warehouse law and to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
		HB618	THOMPSON	AGRICULTURE - Provides for the regulation of commercial feed and use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund
		HB697	MCCORMICK	PLANNING/ZONING-LOCAL - Provides relative to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission
		HB754	DUSTIN MILLER	AGRICULTURE - Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors
		HB843	SCHEXNAYDER	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - To provide for the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products, and industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT
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