Bills & Legislation

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

Gary CarterDemocrat

COURTS: Provides relative to the courts and the judiciary. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Mike ReeseRepublican

GAMING: Provides relative to criminal background checks in the gaming industry. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for changes to the Water Sector Program. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (gov sig)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

EXPLOSIVES: Provides for the regulation of explosives. (8/1/26)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT: Provides relative to alerts for missing persons. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Repeals provisions relative to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council. (8/1/26)

Alan SeabaughRepublican

SELF INSURANCE: Provides for the Louisiana Churches and Nonprofit Religious Organizations Self-Insured Fund. (gov sig)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to electronic bonds. (gov sig)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to civil investigative demands. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

ELECTED OFFICIALS: Provides for vacancies caused by retirement, resignation, or removal from elected office. (8/1/26)

Mike ReeseRepublican

HOMELAND SECURITY: Authorizes review of state contracts for foreign adversaries and terrorist organizations. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Valarie HodgesRepublican

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for the licensed profession of massage therapy. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

CHILDREN: Provides relative to a caregiver providing care to a child in need of care proceedings. (8/1/26)

Heather CloudRepublican

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, licensing and permits. (8/1/26)

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to children and family assistance programs. (8/1/26)

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat

SCHOOLS: Prohibits the use of deepfake material against students enrolled in K-12. (8/1/26)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to community psychiatric support and treatment (CPST) services. (gov sig)

Larry Selders

POSTSECONDARY ED: Authorizes each postsecondary system management board to digitize student IDs for use in LA Wallet. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Larry Selders

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/26)

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

WATER MANAGEMENT: Creates the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM: Requires the tax assessor of each parish to provide property owners with a form for permanent registration of the homestead exemption. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT: Establishes a Perinatal Bereavement Care Initiative within the Louisiana Department of Health. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Increases budget cost minimums for professional services contract exemptions. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to DNA detection of sexual and violent offenses. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for third party service providers and enforcement of motor vehicle liability security. (8/1/26)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

HOSPITALS: Provides relative to term limits for certain hospital service district commissioners. (8/1/26)

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to apprentices. (8/1/26)

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

GAMING: Excludes certain persons from participating in sports wagering. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

TRAFFIC: Provides specifications for proper identification of school zones with automated speed enforcement. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

WATER/WATERWAYS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act. (8/1/26)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to the practice of architecture. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mark AbrahamRepublican

PROCUREMENT CODE: Provides relative to the Louisiana procurement code. (gov sig) (EN -$25,000 SG EX See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

GOVERNOR: Provides for the office and duties of the office of the state inspector general. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Jeremy StineRepublican

EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

COURTS: Provides for a clerk of court in Orleans Parish. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for confidentiality of certain information in public records requests for universities. (8/1/26)

Mark AbrahamRepublican

REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS/LIBERTIES: Creates the crime of obstruction of the freedom of worship in a church or other place of worship. (gov sig)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: Provides for lead hazard risk assessments for certain child care facilities and prekindergarten programs. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

GAMING: Provides relative to the allowable amount of promotional play offered by certain gaming operators and for deductions regarding promotional play. (7/1/26)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

IDENTITY DATA: Provides relative to background checks. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes the educational display of the Ten Commandments as a historical document and monument. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to virtual currency. (8/1/26)

Mike ReeseRepublican