Bills & Legislation

LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank

Jacob BraudRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (8/1/25)

Patrick McMathRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds

Jack McFarlandRepublican

INSURERS: Requires insurers to notify the Department of Insurance upon ceasing, pausing, or resuming the writing of policies in a particular region. (1/1/26)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to contract requirements for public works. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Glen WomackRepublican

INSURANCE CLAIMS: Provides that alteration of a repair estimate without notification to the author of the estimate, supplement, or revision is a fraudulent insurance act. (8/1/25)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to diabetes information. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

CONTRACTS: Provides for energy efficiency contracts. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Patrick McMathRepublican

INSURERS: Provides for rate transparency reports. (1/1/26)

Kirk TalbotRepublican

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25)

Gary CarterDemocrat

SCHOOLS: Provides for school mapping data of public school buildings and facilities. (8/1/25) (EN +$2,400,000 GF EX See Note)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

ELECTIONS/DATES: Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

MINERALS: Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Bob HensgensRepublican

GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Bryan FontenotRepublican

LOCAL OFFICIALS: Provides for the composition of the board of commissioners of the St. George Fire Protection District. (8/1/25)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the board of commissioners of the Algiers Development District. (8/1/25)

Gary CarterDemocrat

ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Provides relative to Louisiana Economic Development. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Beth MizellRepublican

TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to the New Markets tax credit. (gov sig) (EN -$22,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Mike ReeseRepublican

PUBLIC HEALTH: Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana

Charles OwenRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (8/1/25)

Jimmy HarrisDemocrat

PLUMBERS: Provides relative to the State Plumbing Board. (gov sig)

Glen WomackRepublican

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to financial incentives for events held in Louisiana. (7/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Jimmy HarrisDemocrat

POSTSECONDARY ED: Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Jimmy HarrisDemocrat

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for dedication of revenue and use of monies in the Medical Assistance Programs Fraud Detection Fund. (7/1/26) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

CONTRACTS: Provides for training of elected officials of municipalities and certain municipal employees relative to public contracts. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Glen WomackRepublican

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the terms of office for certain members of the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service Districts No. 1 and No. 2. (8/1/25)

Bob HensgensRepublican

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides relative to recreational vehicles. (8/1/25)

Patrick McMathRepublican

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors

Dodie HortonRepublican

DISTRICTS/RECREATION: Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the Capital Area Transit System

Lauren VentrellaRepublican

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Ryan BourriaqueRepublican

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25)

Mike ReeseRepublican

BOATS/BOATING: Provides for parishes to designate no-wake zones on state waterways. (8/1/25)

William "Bill" Wheat Jr.Republican

COUNCILS ON AGING: Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note)

Rodney LyonsDemocrat

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Julie Emerson

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for histotripsy procedures (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

MEDICAID: Establishes Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health services. (7/1/25) (EN +$1,830,352 GF EX See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

TAX: Provides relative to short-term rentals of overnight lodging in the city of New Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

CRIME/HOMICIDE: Provides relative to homicide when the victim is a person with infirmities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Vincent E. Cox IIIRepublican

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Trace Commission and Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area

Joseph A. OrgeronRepublican

COURTS: Provides relative to filings in civil and criminal courts

Jerome ZeringueRepublican

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requires the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to evaluate state tax incentives (EN +$43,000 GF EX See Note)

Mandie LandryDemocrat

CONTRACTS: Provides for a "contract limit" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Francis C. ThompsonRepublican

TAX CREDITS: Extends the sunset date of the tax credit for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Michael "Gabe" FirmentRepublican

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides relative to use of emergency certificates for formal voluntary admission. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Larry Selders

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

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Shane MackRepublican

REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Les FarnumRepublican