Bills & Legislation

WATER/WATERWAYS: Prohibits issuance of certain coastal use permits on Lake Maurepas. (8/1/26) (OR -$1,142,000 GF RV See Note)

Jr. WheatRepublican

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

Jr. WheatRepublican

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

Jay LuneauDemocrat

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

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

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

Adam BassRepublican

FISH/FISHING: Provides for the menhaden fishery. (8/1/26)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the New Orleans Hospitality and Entertainment District. (gov sig)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

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

Rick EdmondsRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to the Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

STUDENTS: Provides relative to programs for prekindergarten-aged children. (gov sig) (RE1 -$6,530 GF RV See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

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) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Jeremy StineRepublican

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

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

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

Jay LuneauDemocrat

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

Alan SeabaughRepublican

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

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

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

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

Heather CloudRepublican

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

Mark AbrahamRepublican

MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

CHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to foods that contain vaccines. (8/1/26)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

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

Sam JenkinsDemocrat

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

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

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

Patrick McMathRepublican

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority. (2/3CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/26) (EG 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

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

Eddie J. LambertRepublican

SERVITUDES: Provides for the regulation of pipeline servitudes. (8/1/26)

Bob HensgensRepublican

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

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for service by mail, delivery, or electronic means. (8/1/26) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

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

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

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

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to the disposition of certain funds in East Baton Rouge Parish. (7/1/26) (EG NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

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

Rick EdmondsRepublican

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

Bob HensgensRepublican

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) (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 174 in Sabine Parish as the "Dick and Jacque Shuford Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)

Alan SeabaughRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the membership of the Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2A in St. Mary Parish. (8/1/26)

Robert AllainRepublican

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

Kirk TalbotRepublican

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

Mark AbrahamRepublican

PHYSICIANS: Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/26)

Patrick McMathRepublican

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the "Roy Chaffin 'Bayou Boogie' Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)

Heather CloudRepublican

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

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides enhanced penalties for accessories after the fact to sex offenses. (8/1/26) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

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

CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

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

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

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

Brach Jerad MyersRepublican

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

Patrick McMathRepublican