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Louisiana House Bill 726
Session 2026
BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Increases fines for abandoning vessels
Active
Active
Passed House on Mar 30, 2026
First Action
Feb 27, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 31, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
726
State
Louisiana
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Primary
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Cosponsor
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Cosponsor
Democrat
Chasity Martinez
Cosponsor
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Cosponsor
Republican
Jacob Landry
Cosponsor
Republican
Jerome "Zee" Zeringue
Cosponsor
Republican
John Wyble
Cosponsor
Democrat
Joy Walters
Cosponsor
Democrat
Kendricks "Ken" Brass
Cosponsor
Republican
Kim Carver
Cosponsor
Republican
Mike Bayham
Cosponsor
Unknown
Paul Sawyer
Cosponsor
Republican
Peter Egan
Cosponsor
Republican
Phillip R. DeVillier
Cosponsor
Republican
R. Dewith Carrier
Cosponsor
Republican
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Cosponsor
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Cosponsor
Republican
Vincent Cox
Cosponsor
House Votes (1)
checkPassed on March 30, 2026
Motion Text
FINAL PASSAGE (#179)
House Roll Call Votes
Democrat
Adrian Fisher
Yes
Democrat
Aimee Adatto Freeman
Yes
Democrat
Alonzo L. Knox
Yes
Unknown
Amedee
Yes
Republican
Annie Spell
Other
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Yes
Democrat
Barbara W. Carpenter
Yes
Republican
Beth Billings
Yes
Republican
Bob Owen
Yes
Republican
Brett F. Geymann
Yes
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Yes
Republican
Bryan Fontenot
Yes
Democrat
C. Denise Marcelle
Yes
Democrat
C. Travis Johnson
Yes
Democrat
Candace N. Newell
Yes
Republican
Chad Boyer
Yes
Republican
Chance Henry
Yes
Democrat
Chasity Martinez
Yes
Republican
Christopher Turner
Yes
Republican
Danny McCormick
Yes
Republican
Daryl Andrew Deshotel
Yes
Republican
Debbie Villio
Yes
Democrat
Delisha Boyd
Yes
Republican
Dennis Bamburg
Yes
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Yes
Republican
Dodie Horton
Yes
Democrat
Ed Larvadain III
Yes
Democrat
Ed Murray
Yes
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Yes
Republican
Emily Chenevert
Yes
Republican
Foy Bryan Gadberry
Yes
Republican
Francis C. Thompson
Yes
Unknown
Galle
Yes
Republican
Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV
Yes
Democrat
Gerald Boudreaux
Yes
Republican
Greg Miller
Yes
Unknown
Henry, D.
Yes
Republican
Jack G. McFarland
Other
Republican
Jacob Braud
Yes
Republican
Jacob Landry
Yes
Republican
Jason DeWitt
Yes
Republican
Jeff Wiley
Yes
Republican
Jeremy S. LaCombe
Yes
Republican
Jerome "Zee" Zeringue
Yes
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Yes
Republican
John R. Illg, Jr.
Yes
Republican
John Wyble
Yes
Republican
Joseph A. Stagni
Yes
Republican
Joseph Orgeron
Yes
Republican
Josh Carlson
Yes
Democrat
Joy Walters
Yes
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Yes
Republican
Kellee Hennessy
Yes
Democrat
Kendricks "Ken" Brass
Yes
Republican
Kim Carver
Yes
Republican
Kim Coates
Yes
Democrat
Kyle M. Green, Jr.
Yes
Republican
Lauren Ventrella
Other
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Yes
Republican
Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley
Yes
Republican
Leslie "Les" Farnum
Other
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Yes
Democrat
Marcus Anthony Bryant
Yes
Republican
Mark Wright
Yes
Republican
Michael "Gabe" Firment
Yes
Republican
Michael Charles Echols
Yes
Republican
Michael Melerine
Yes
Republican
Michael T. Johnson
Yes
Republican
Mike Bayham
Yes
Unknown
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Republican
Neil Riser
Yes
Republican
Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.
Yes
Democrat
Patricia "Pat" Moore
Yes
Republican
Peter Egan
Yes
Republican
Phillip Eric Tarver
Yes
Republican
Polly Thomas
Yes
Republican
R. Dewith Carrier
Yes
Democrat
Rashid Young
Yes
Republican
Raymond J. Crews
Yes
Republican
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Yes
Democrat
Robby Carter
Yes
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Yes
Republican
Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn
Yes
Republican
Roger Wilder
Yes
Democrat
Roy Daryl Adams
Yes
Republican
Ryan Joseph Bourriaque
Yes
Unknown
Sawyer
Yes
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Yes
Republican
Sherman Q. Mack
Yes
Republican
Skip Broussard
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Hilferty
Yes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Yes
Democrat
Sylvia Taylor
Yes
Democrat
Tammy T. Phelps
Yes
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Yes
Democrat
Terry Landry
Yes
Republican
Timothy P. Kerner
Yes
Republican
Tony Bacala
Yes
Republican
Troy Hebert
Yes
Democrat
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Yes
Republican
Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III
Yes
Republican
Vincent Cox
Yes
Republican
Wayne McMahen
Yes
Democrat
Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.
Yes
Summary
Unavailable
Text (2)
HB726 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1453124
HB726 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1446576
Documents (2)
Digest of HB726 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1453531
Digest of HB726 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1446589
Actions (5)
03/31/2026
Senate
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
03/30/2026
House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
03/25/2026
House
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
03/09/2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
02/27/2026
House
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Sources
LA Legislature
Open States
https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB726/
Record Created
Feb 27, 2026 5:16:00 PM
Record Updated
Apr 2, 2026 4:57:27 PM
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