Senate Committee on Natural Resources
May 21, 2026
1:00 p.m.
Room A-B
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 20, 2026, 2:38 pm *
Revision Notes:
Added HB 841; Changed Meeting Time
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approve minutes dated May 14, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR54
WOMACK
CONGRESS
- Memorializes Congress to authorize and fully fund the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act.
SCR59
BARROW
CONGRESS
- Memorializes Congress to act to lower the insurance rates based on fifty percent completion of the Comite Diversion Canal Project.
HCR5
ORGERON
FISHING
- Amends Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rules regarding red drum harvest
HCR62
DOMANGUE
FLOODING/CONTROL
- Urges and requests the Federal Emergency Management Agency to modify flood map review frequency
HCR78
DOMANGUE
SEAFOOD
- Memorializes Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026
HCR86
LACOMBE
WILDLIFE/HABITAT
- Expresses legislative support for a request by Senator John N. Kennedy to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study addressing the impact of land use changes and habitat loss on migratory waterfowl behavior
HB595
JACOB LANDRY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Provides relative to permits required by local governments that impede the development of the state's natural resources
HB688
ORGERON
FISHING
- Adds Atlantic tarpon to the definition of saltwater game fish
HB802
SAWYER
WATER/RESOURCES
- Provides with respect to the management of watershed restoration (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB841
GEYMANN
PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION
- Provides for expropriation procedures (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB1161
FONTENOT
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Lafourche Parish
HB1171
MACK
WILDLIFE/MGT AREAS
- Authorizes the use of airboats in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
HB1189
BRYANT
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES
- Provides for charter boat fishing guide licenses
HB1248
VENTRELLA
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES
- Permits the possession of white-tailed deer by wildlife rehabilitators
HB1258
GEYMANN
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES
- Provides with respect to seizure of sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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