Bills & Legislation

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

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

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

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Provides for the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission. (8/1/26)

Bob HensgensRepublican

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

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the membership of the board of commissioners in a renaissance district. (8/1/26)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for use of pre-charged pneumatic devices to take deer during primitive firearm season. (8/1/26)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

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

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for local ethics entities. (8/1/26)

Patrick McMathRepublican

PUBLIC DEFENDER: Provides relative to the office of the state public defender. (8/1/26)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

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

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides enhanced penalties for accessories after the fact to sex offenses. (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

BOATS/BOATING: Provides for registration of certain boats. (8/1/26)

Eddie J. LambertRepublican

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Expands the number of days required for public bodies to publish minutes for open meetings from twenty days to forty-five days. (8/1/26)

Robert AllainRepublican

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

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to the filing of electronic records. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

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

William "Bill" Wheat Jr.Republican

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a law enforcement agency to approve firearms and ammunition carried by its tactical medical professionals. (8/1/26)

Alan SeabaughRepublican

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

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Authorizes the board of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission (Commission) to increase member per diems. (8/1/26)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

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

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for unsupervised probation in certain circumstances for fourth offense operating while impaired. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

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

TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides for approaching emergency or disabled vehicles on or near highways. (8/1/26)

William "Bill" Wheat Jr.Republican

CHILDREN: Establishes the Commission on Fatherhood Engagement. (8/1/26)

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for the procurement of materials and goods. (8/1/26)

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

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

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Removes the twenty-year limitation for the lease of certain state property in Orleans Parish by the Office Facilities Corporation. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

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

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)

Bob HensgensRepublican

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

Beth MizellRepublican

AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides for agents and athletes. (gov sig) (EN +$62,400 GF EX See Note)

Patrick ConnickRepublican

LOCAL OFFICIALS: Provides for appointments to the board of commissioners and insurance for the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association. (8/1/26)

Jimmy HarrisDemocrat

IDENTITY DATA: Provides for opting out of providing personal information on social media websites. (1/1/27)

Patrick ConnickRepublican