Bills & Legislation

SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Provides for the methodology the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education uses to count students for purposes of the minimum foundation program (MFP) formula (OR +$100,000 GF EX See Note)

Barbara Reich FreibergRepublican

DWI: Provides relative to penalties for the crime of operating a vehicle while impaired (OR -$327,856 FF RV See Note)

Larry A. BagleyRepublican

PROPERTY: Provides for the partition of property

Wilford Carter Sr.Democrat

TAX/INCOME TAX: Authorizes income tax deductions for income earned by an intercollegiate athlete and compensation paid by a taxpayer for use of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Rashid Armand YoungDemocrat

TAX/INCOME TAX: Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for compensation earned by certain intercollegiate athletes for use of their name, image, or likeness (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

DRUGS/ILLEGAL: Provides relative to the safe handling of fentanyl following an arrest

Shane MackRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits ad valorem tax exemptions for property owned by nonprofit organizations used for commercial purposes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Mandie LandryDemocrat

STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Requests the state Department of Education to report relative to the administration of certain standardized tests

Michael MelerineRepublican

INSURANCE/GROUP-STATE: Authorizes and directs the state Office of Group Benefits to study and report to legislature regarding savings available from requiring eligible participants to enroll in Medicare and options for plan provisions that could return some of those savings to those participants (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Tony BacalaRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates certain revenue for juvenile rehabilitation programs and establishes the Communities Aligned to Help Educate Youth Fund. (7/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Establishes the Louisiana Highway Construction Authority (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Ryan BourriaqueRepublican

COURTS/MAYORS: Creates a mayor's court in Webster Parish, village of Dubberly

Wayne McMahenRepublican

TOPS: Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Ken BrassDemocrat

SEAFOOD: Provides for reporting, data collection, and information sharing related to domestic and imported seafood (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

TOPS: Authorizes students who qualify for a TOPS award but graduate from an out-of-state college to apply unused award amounts to medical or dental school in Louisiana and requires repayment unless certain conditions are met (EG +$367,110 GF EX See Note)

Stephanie H. BeraultRepublican

DRUGS: Provides relative to kratom (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Chad Michael BoyerRepublican

POLITICAL PARTIES: Provides for membership of the executive committee of a recognized political party in East Baton Rouge Parish

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

ENERGY: Authorizes the governing authority of Jefferson Davis Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish

Troy D. Romero

TAX/EXCISE: Imposes an excise tax on proceeds from geologic storage of carbon dioxide (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Robby CarterDemocrat

TAX/INCOME TAX: Reduces the rate of the tax levied on the net income of individuals and increases the amount of the standard deduction for all filers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

John E. WybleRepublican

APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled DeRoche v DOTD et al.

Mike JohnsonRepublican

TAX CREDITS: Repeals the earned income tax credit (OR +$64,600,000 GF RV See Note)

Roger William Wilder IIIRepublican

TAX/GAMING: Increases the state tax levied on certain gaming and dedicates the proceeds of the tax for certain purposes

Edmond JordanDemocrat

SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD: Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Mandie LandryDemocrat

STUDENTS: Expands student eligibility for participation in the R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables) program (EG +$1,700,000 GF EX See Note)

Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc IIIRepublican

TAX: Reduces individual and corporate income tax rates and imposes sales and use tax on certain services

Neil RiserRepublican

TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the Webster Parish School Board to levy an additional sales and use tax

Wayne McMahenRepublican

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Nicholas MuscarelloRepublican

BONDS: Authorizes the issuance of catastrophe bonds for the Catastrophe Reinsurance Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Edmond JordanDemocrat

TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: Establishes a definition for purposes of a prohibition on ad valorem tax exemptions for certain property owned by nonprofit organizations (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Mandie LandryDemocrat

TAX CREDITS: Establishes a tax credit for donations made to certain organizations serving victims of human trafficking (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

TAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM: Levies an insurance premium tax and dedicates the revenue to the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program

Rodney LyonsDemocrat

TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute and authorizes a reduced excise tax rate on certain tobacco products (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Mark Wright

COMMERCE: Assesses fees on remittances of money to foreign countries and dedicates proceeds of the fees

Beryl AmedéeRepublican

PHYSICIANS: Creates a program and fund administered by the La. Dept. of Health for the purpose of recruiting specialist physicians to practice medicine in the state (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Stephanie H. BeraultRepublican

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to post conviction relief (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for revisions to the Code of Governmental Ethics

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Repeals provisions relative to compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment (EG DECREASE SD EX See Note)

Nicholas MuscarelloRepublican

TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Provides for an additional standard deduction for taxpayers sixty-five years of age and older. (1/1/26) (OR -$72,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Blake MiguezRepublican

PUBLIC SERVICE COMN: Provides for the authority of the Public Service Commission. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. (OR -$139,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Julie Emerson

ATTORNEYS: Creates the Louisiana Lawyer Advertising and Unfair Trade Practices Act

Kim CarverRepublican

INSURANCE CLAIMS: Provides relative to a claimant's duty to mitigate damages with respect to the actions for recovery

Chance Keith HenryRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Jessica DomangueRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a name on a driver's license (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican