Agenda - Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
May 12, 2026 10:00 AM Room C
Scheduled

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 28, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR77	BUTLER	CONGRESS - 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.
		HB81	BOYER	PROPERTY - Provides relative to branches or roots of trees, bushes, or plants on neighboring property
		HB512	SCHAMERHORN	AGRICULTURE/MEAT - Provides relative to cell cultured food products
		HB663	TRAVIS JOHNSON	DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Modifies the composition of the board of the commissioners of the Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District
		HB717	SCHAMERHORN	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to labeling requirements for cell cultured food products
		HB1194	TERRY LANDRY JR	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides with respect to the Healthy Food Retail Act
PRESENTATION
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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