HB 344 - Louisiana House (2026) - AGRICULTURE/GRAIN: Provides relative to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EG NO IMPACT See Note) - Bill Sponsor

Louisiana House Bill 344

Session 2026

AGRICULTURE/GRAIN: Provides relative to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Introduced

Introduced in House on Feb 24, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Feb 24, 2026

Latest Action

Apr 1, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

344

State

Louisiana

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Primary

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on April 1, 2026

Motion Text

FINAL PASSAGE (#277)

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Aimee Adatto Freeman

Yes

Yes

Amedee

Yes

Other

Barbara Reich Freiberg

Yes

Barbara W. Carpenter

Yes

Yes

Yes

Brett F. Geymann

Other

Yes

Yes

C. Denise Marcelle

Yes

C. Travis Johnson

Other

Candace N. Newell

Yes

Yes

Yes

Chasity Martinez

Yes

Christopher Turner

Yes

Danny McCormick

Yes

Daryl Andrew Deshotel

Yes

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ed Larvadain III

Yes

Yes

Yes

Emily Chenevert

Yes

Foy Bryan Gadberry

Yes

Francis C. Thompson

Yes

Galle

Yes

Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV

Yes

Gerald Boudreaux

Yes

Yes

Henry, D.

Yes

Jack G. McFarland

Other

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jeremy S. LaCombe

Yes

Jerome "Zee" Zeringue

Yes

Jessica Domangue

Yes

John R. Illg, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Joseph A. Stagni

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kathy Edmonston

Yes

Kellee Hennessy

Yes

Kendricks "Ken" Brass

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kyle M. Green, Jr.

Yes

Lauren Ventrella

Yes

Laurie Schlegel

Yes

Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley

Yes

Leslie "Les" Farnum

Yes

Yes

Marcus Anthony Bryant

Yes

Yes

Michael "Gabe" Firment

Yes

Michael Charles Echols

Yes

Michael Melerine

Yes

Michael T. Johnson

Yes

Yes

Mr. Speaker

Yes

Yes

Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.

Yes

Patricia "Pat" Moore

Yes

Yes

Phillip Eric Tarver

Other

Yes

R. Dewith Carrier

Yes

Other

Raymond J. Crews

Yes

Rhonda Gaye Butler

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn

Yes

Yes

Roy Daryl Adams

Yes

Ryan Joseph Bourriaque

Yes

Sawyer

Yes

Other

Sherman Q. Mack

Yes

Yes

Stephanie Berault

Yes

Stephanie Hilferty

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tammy T. Phelps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Timothy P. Kerner

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vanessa Caston LaFleur

Yes

Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (2)

HB344 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454417

HB344 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1442871

Documents (2)

Digest of HB344 Engrossed

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454799

Digest of HB344 Original

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1442892

Actions (5)

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04/01/2026

Senate

Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

03/31/2026

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

03/26/2026

House

Reported favorably (13-0).

02/27/2026

House

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

02/24/2026

House

Prefiled.

Sources

LA Legislature

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=250082

Open States

https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB344/

Record Created

Feb 24, 2026 8:37:03 PM

Record Updated

Apr 2, 2026 4:52:34 PM