Senate Committee on Natural Resources
April 15, 2026
1:00 P.M.
Room A-B
* Agenda Revised April 14, 2026, 4:19 pm *
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Added HB 964
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Consider and approve minutes dated April 8, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR24
WOMACK
WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT
- Amends rules relative to chronic wasting disease.
SB331
ROBERT OWEN
WATER/WATERWAYS
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act. (8/1/26)
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SB331 Original
Senate Committee Amendment #2196 NATR Draft
Digest of SB331 Original
Robert "Bob" Owen (primary)
SB419
KLEINPETER
HUNTERS/HUNTING
- Provides for use of pre-charged pneumatic devices to take deer during primitive firearm season. (8/1/26)
HB652
BRAUD
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES
- Provides for the membership of the the Oyster Task Force
HB653
BAYHAM
SEAFOOD
- Provides for membership of the Oyster Task Force
HB726
DOMANGUE
BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS
- Increases fines for abandoning vessels
HB756
FONTENOT
BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS
- Provides relative to personal watercraft
HB767
RISER
WILDLIFE/FEES
- Authorizes recreational alligator hunting license and lottery fees
HB851
ILLG
ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING
- Provides relative to intentional littering
HB964
MCCORMICK
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish
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