Bills & Legislation

DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville

Jeremy LaCombeRepublican

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to consumable hemp

Laurie SchlegelRepublican

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Provides for the disposition of proceeds from certain taxes and fees collected by the Department of Insurance

Troy Jude HebertRepublican

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

TOPS: Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Tehmi Jahi ChassionDemocrat

TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Marcus Anthony BryantDemocrat

INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Provides for notices relative to residential property insurance

John E. WybleRepublican

TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Exempts purchases made by child advocacy centers from state and local sales and use taxes (EN -$275,000 GF RV See Note)

Rodney LyonsDemocrat

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the collection of workers' compensation premiums (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Michael MelerineRepublican

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Aimee Adatto FreemanDemocrat

CRIME: Provides for a minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Troy D. Romero

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for an exception to post-employment restrictions for sexual assault nurse examiners

Aimee Adatto FreemanDemocrat

DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Creates the Cypress Point Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

HOMELAND SECURITY: Provides relative to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Charles OwenRepublican

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides for penalties for attesting to false information in a notice of candidacy (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mike JohnsonRepublican

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions

Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr.Republican

MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

ENVIRONMENT/ENFORCEMENT: Provides for the maximum civil penalty for citations issued through the expedited enforcement program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Chance Keith HenryRepublican

MEDICAID: Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (EN +$893,660 GF EX See Note)

Jeffrey "Jeff" WileyRepublican

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides for transparency and compensation practices relative to pharmacy benefit managers (EN +$90,000 SG EX See Note)

Michael Charles EcholsRepublican

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to eligibility for parole or diminution of sentence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Debbie VillioRepublican

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure

Mike JohnsonRepublican

TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Jack McFarlandRepublican

CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr.Republican

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the administration and participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan for the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to the optional retirement plan in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Tony BacalaRepublican

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides relative to regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services (EN +$24,310 SG EX See Note)

John R. Illg Jr.Republican

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code

Jeffrey "Jeff" WileyRepublican

NOTARIES: Provides relative to bonds for notaries public (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sylvia Elaine TaylorDemocrat

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to proceedings in forma pauperis for prisoners (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Kathy EdmonstonRepublican

SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Jerome ZeringueRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for appropriation of certain monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Enhancement Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Barbara Reich FreibergRepublican

WILDLIFE/FEES: Provides relative to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' annual duck stamps (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Chance Keith HenryRepublican

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to the use of court costs and civil filing fees in the City Court of Alexandria (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Jason Brian DeWittRepublican

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

SCHOOLS/LA MATH, SCIENCE: Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Beryl AmedéeRepublican

TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Mandie LandryDemocrat

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the funding of supplemental benefits for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$5,714,000 FC SG EX)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Provides relative to automobile liability insurance premiums of policyholders sixty-five years of age or older

Sylvia Elaine TaylorDemocrat

TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT: Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts a taxpayer receives through hardship distributions from retirement accounts (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Charles OwenRepublican

ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Provides relative to expanding the jurisdiction of state park wardens to enforce litter laws statewide

John R. Illg Jr.Republican

INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS: Provides relative to certain retirees of the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Dept. (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

C. Travis JohnsonDemocrat

TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Authorizes a local sales tax exemption for certain adaptive driving equipment and vehicle modifications (EN -$83,000 LF RV See Note)

Charles OwenRepublican

DRUGS: Provides relative to regulation of certain hallucinogenic chemicals (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Michael "Gabe" FirmentRepublican

APPROPRIATIONS: Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Jack McFarlandRepublican

GAMING: Provides with respect to the issuance of non-gaming supplier permits

Vincent E. Cox IIIRepublican