Bills & Legislation

CHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT: Provides relative to public assistance benefits for children. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. (8/1/26)

Mark AbrahamRepublican

SECONDHAND DEALERS: Provides for the regulation of copper purchases by scrap metal dealers or recyclers. (8/1/26)

Patrick ConnickRepublican

HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to coverage for severe obesity treatment. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to certain acts on a licensed establishment. (8/1/26)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Provides relative to video and audio recordings from cameras installed in self-contained classrooms. (8/1/26)

Valarie HodgesRepublican

EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation by foreign entities. (8/1/26)

Alan SeabaughRepublican

STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to the retirement eligibility of the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. (2/3-CA10s29.1(A)(3)) (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

STUDENTS: Provides relative to individual graduation plans. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Gary CarterDemocrat

PUBLIC LANDS: Allows Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to buy and sell certain real estate. (8/1/26)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to nutrition. (1/1/28)

Patrick McMathRepublican

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Requires public postsecondary education institutions to post information on campuses promoting STI prevention, screening, and treatment to be known as the Campus Awareness Initiative. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat

GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM: Provides relative to the office of group benefits. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to fuel points limits. (8/1/26)

Alan SeabaughRepublican

STUDENTS: Provides relative to programs for prekindergarten-aged children. (gov sig) (EN -$6,530 GF RV See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the workers' compensation reimbursement schedule. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to eye care providers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority. (2/3CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Jeremy StineRepublican

DONATIONS: Provides for procedures and methods to execute gifts under the Anatomical Gift Act. (1/1/27)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to newborn hearing screening. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

JUDGES: Provides for the compensation of assigned retired judges. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

MOTOR VEHICLES: Requires tow truck companies to be open seven days a week. (8/1/26)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

SCHOOLS: Requires mandatory reporting of school threats and provides for physical security school assessments for K-12 schools. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides for a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. (8/1/26)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the levy of hotel occupancy tax by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. (8/1/26)

Sam JenkinsDemocrat

HOUSING: Provides relative to the regulation of manufactured housing. (1/1/27) (EN +$40,000 SG RV See Note)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

EMPLOYMENT: Provides protections for employees who become living organ donors. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for admission of entities as employers to the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F))(8/1/26) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to reemployment of retirees to fill critical shortage positions within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (8/1/26) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

TAX/LOCAL: Provides for a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for the furnishing of repairs to certain aircraft. (7/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Jeremy StineRepublican

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Provides for removal by suit of certain elected officials. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

LOCAL EMPLOYEES: Provides for cancer screenings for firefighters and fire service employees. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Creates the Empower Louisiana Food Purchase Program. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Mark AbrahamRepublican

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides relative to promotional seniority and civil service classification in the Bossier City Police Department. (gov sig)

Adam BassRepublican

MULTIMODAL COMMERCE: Provides relative to annual aviation fuel estimates. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Heather CloudRepublican

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to hospice care. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

William "Bill" Wheat Jr.Republican

TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation by the city of St. George. (gov sig)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

NURSING HOMES: Provides for a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities. (8/1/26) (EN GF EX See Note)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to treatment services provided at facilities providing housing or temporary residence for individuals referred by judicial agencies. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mark AbrahamRepublican

CONSUMERS: Provides for the Louisiana Medical Debt Protection Act. (gov sig)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to water fluoridation. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note)

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (1/1/27) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Adam BassRepublican

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Creates the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council. (1/1/27) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Adam BassRepublican

SECONDARY EDUCATION: Provides for the Learn and Earn Act. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican