HB 150 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

HB 150 amends Louisiana law to exempt home-based food preparers from certain regulations when their gross annual sales reach $30,150 or more. Specifically, it revises Section 40:4.9(B) to state that the low-risk food preparation rules do not apply to home cooks selling homemade food who exceed this sales threshold. The bill directly affects small home food businesses that approach or surpass this revenue level, removing regulatory requirements for them. Key provisions clarify that only preparers with annual sales below $30,150 remain subject to the existing home food production rules. This creates a clear sales-based exemption for small-scale home food businesses.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action Jun 9, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB150 Reengrossed → HB150 Engrossed · 4 edits · Jun 8, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from 'Reengrossed' to 'Engrossed' and simplified its title by removing the amendment of an existing law (R.S. 40:4.9(B)). Instead, it now exclusively enacts a new section (R.S. 40:4.13) to create a licensing exemption for small-scale farm food producers. The core policy content regarding definitions, safety requirements, and sales limits remains substantively unchanged from the previous version.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed slightly by removing the explicit amendment of the existing low-risk food statute, focusing solely on establishing the new farm food production exemption. The sales threshold for eligibility was increased from $30,150 to $50,000.

ELIGIBILITY

The gross annual sales limit for the licensing exemption was increased from $30,150 to $50,000.

DEFINITION

The introductory text was changed to remove the amendment of an existing law and focus entirely on enacting a new section for farm food production.

TITLE

The bill title was updated to reflect that it is enacting a new law rather than amending an existing one.

TECHNICAL

Page numbering was updated from 6 pages to 5 pages, likely due to the removal of the repealed section text.

Floor votes · House Jun 8, 2025

How they voted

67–21

Passed · 14 other

Total votes 102

Jun 8, 2025

D Democratic31

6 Yea 18 Nay 7

58% Nay

R Republican71

61 Yea 3 Nay 7

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Jun 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors