Bills & Legislation

CRIMINAL RECORDS: Requires district attorneys to submit sexual assault collection kits to the statewide tracking system. (8/1/26)

Beth MizellRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to sentencing of defendants who are survivors of domestic abuse, human trafficking, or sexual assault. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Beth MizellRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM: Requires the assessor in St. Charles Parish to provide property owners with a form for permanent registration of the homestead exemption. (gov sig) (EG -$13,117 LF EX See Note)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

SHERIFFS PEN/RELIEF FUND: Provides for membership of certain employees. (6/30/26) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional Amendment to authorize the local governing authority of a parish to provide an increase to the homestead exemption. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for consistent definition of "commercial sexual activity". (8/1/26)

Beth MizellRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides mandatory minimum sentences for persons who aid and abet a defendant convicted of certain sex offenses involving juveniles. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

SHERIFFS: Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/26)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for prostate cancer screening. (gov sig)

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

SCHOOLS: Provides for training to prevent human trafficking at public elementary and secondary schools and provides for victims' services. (gov sig) (EG +$1,781,043 GF EX See Note)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

SCHOOLS: Provides for a five-day school week for public schools with exceptions. (gov sig)

Beth MizellRepublican

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for participation by certain entities in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

LEASES: Provides for effects of leases of movable property. (8/1/26)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates Louisiana Economic Development. (6/30/26) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

Sam JenkinsDemocrat

CHILDREN: Provides relative to the modification of child custody. (8/1/26)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Provides for reimbursement to the state for cyber reinforcement support provided to noncompliant recipients. (8/1/26) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Valarie HodgesRepublican

LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM: Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for electronic titles and registration of motor vehicles. (gov sig)

Valarie HodgesRepublican

PUBLIC LANDS: Provides for the transfer of certain property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 as the "Officer Marc Brock Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)

Sam JenkinsDemocrat

TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional Amendment to authorize a parish governing authority to increase the homestead exemption. (2/3- CA13s1(A))(1/1/27) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for the submission of nominees to the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission. (8/1/26)

Jr. WheatRepublican

COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the conversion of preexisting schools into charter schools. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Stewart Jr. CatheyRepublican

CHILDREN: Provides for testimony of medical experts in child custody and in need of care cases. (8/1/26)

Valarie HodgesRepublican

LIABILITY: Provides for limits on recovery in tort claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress absent physical injury. (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

CONSERVATION: Provides relative to construction of pipelines on certain water bodies. (8/1/26) (OR -$1,142,000 GF RV See Note)

Jr. WheatRepublican

WILD REFUGES/PRESERVES: Prohibits construction of pipelines on certain wildlife management areas. (8/1/26) (OR -$3,292,850 SD RV See Note)

Jr. WheatRepublican

CONSERVATION: Enacts the Louisiana Landowners Protection Act. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Jr. WheatRepublican

CONSERVATION: Authorizes parish governing authorities and citizens to determine whether Class VI injection wells, carbon dioxide sequestration, or carbon dioxide pipelines may be permitted within a parish. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Jr. WheatRepublican

FISH/FISHING: Provides for menhaden. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Robert AllainRepublican

LEVEES: Provides for the reorganization of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank and the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District. (8/1/26)

Patrick ConnickRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated flight from a law enforcement officer. (8/1/26) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

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

Patrick McMathRepublican

ESTHETICIANS: Provides relative to esthetics. (8/1/26)

Stewart Jr. CatheyRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Removes detriment or harm to morals as criteria for declaring a property a public nuisance. (8/1/26)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for clarification on the proper way to wear a safety belt. (8/1/26)

Jeremy StineRepublican

MALPRACTICE: Provides relative to the medical review panel. (8/1/26)

Patrick ConnickRepublican

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

Stewart Jr. CatheyRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of fraudulent representation of military service or awards. (8/1/26)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

ELECTION CODE: Provides for campaign finance disclosures. (8/1/26)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates the bascule bridge connected to Louisiana Highway 315 known as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge located in Terrebonne Parish as the "Elward T. Brady, Jr. Memorial Bridge". (8/1/26) (RE +$1,500 SG EX See Note)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for the regulation of mental health chatbots that use artificial intelligence technology. (gov sig)

Bob HensgensRepublican

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Requires age verification to enter premises serving alcohol. (8/1/26)

Beth MizellRepublican

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: Requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to provide state inmates housed in local facilities with the same clothing and healthcare they would be provided at a state facility. (8/1/26) (OR +$31,361,677 GF EX See Note)

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat