LouisianaLouisiana sets a $100,000 cutoff for home food sellers
Starting August 1, 2026, home sellers of low-risk food would fall outside this exemption once yearly sales reach $100,000.
What it does
Home sellers of low-risk food lose this food safety exemption when their yearly sales reach $100,000. Sellers below that cutoff remain within the exemption described here.
Argument forThe higher cutoff could let more small home food sellers use the exemption from the food safety rules covered by this section.
Argument againstThe higher cutoff could let more home food sellers avoid these food safety rules, which might leave buyers with less protection.
More detail
The law excludes home food sellers from this exemption when their yearly sales reach at least $100,000. It covers people who prepare low-risk food at home for public sale. The exemption applies to low-risk food made at home for sale to the public. The recorded effective date is August 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 801.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1681). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1364). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 21Rules suspended.
- May 21Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 18Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 14Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13Reported with amendments.Minor
- Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 9Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#402). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
- Apr 7Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 1Reported with amendments (9-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 25Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Introduced
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