Bills & Legislation

ABORTION: Provides for exceptions to abortion laws relative to rape and certain sex offenses

Delisha BoydDemocrat

COSMETOLOGY: Provides for a special permit within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Terry Landry Jr.Democrat

STUDENTS: Expands student eligibility for participation in the R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables) program (EG +$2,600,000 GF EX See Note)

Kim CarverRepublican

BAIL: Authorizes a court to conduct a contradictory bail hearing prior to setting bail for a person in custody who is charged with certain sexually based offenses against a child under the age of eighteen

Barbara CarpenterDemocrat

ENERGY: Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration is illegal without a property owner's consent (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Danny McCormickRepublican

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Prohibits the carrying of firearms in college or university dormitories

C. Denise MarcelleDemocrat

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to the definition of "first responder"

Kellee Hennessy DickersonRepublican

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the housing of inmates committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Edmond JordanDemocrat

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

Daryl Andrew DeshotelRepublican

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to continuance of hearings in domestic abuse matters

Kathy EdmonstonRepublican

REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES: Provides for the election of judges of the first district of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal (OR +$264,125 SG EX See Note)

Rodney LyonsDemocrat

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to bail hearings and conditions for certain persons

John E. WybleRepublican

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the definition of child sexual abuse materials

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Edmond JordanDemocrat

CONTRACTORS: Provides with respect to prohibited contractor services

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to qualifying major events in the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

EMPLOYMENT: Provides for unpaid leave for employees who are domestic abuse survivors (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Joy WaltersDemocrat

HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS: (Constitutional Amendment) Abolishes the Board of Regents

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for eligible election dates for bond and tax elections (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Bryan FontenotRepublican

INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Prohibits insurers from the nonrenewal of residential insurance policies when homeowners timely mitigate risks

Edmond JordanDemocrat

TAX/INCOME TAX: Reduces the rate of the state tax levied on the net income of individuals over a ten-year period (OR -$40,100,000 GF RV See Note)

John E. WybleRepublican

LIABILITY: Provides for defense and indemnification for officials, officers, and employees of a political subdivision

Josh CarlsonRepublican

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Relative to civil liability from greenhouse gas emissions

Michael "Gabe" FirmentRepublican

CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Sylvia Elaine TaylorDemocrat

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to alcoholic beverage permits

Michael "Gabe" FirmentRepublican

CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for consumer protection practices for customers engaging with artificial intelligence (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Mandie LandryDemocrat

EVIDENCE: Provides relative to expert witness fees

Michael MelerineRepublican

CRIME: Creates the crime of unlawful operation of a commercial motor vehicle

Lauren VentrellaRepublican

TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a parish governing authority to increase the amount of the homestead exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Candace N. NewellDemocrat

COURTS: Provides relative to election sections for judgeship of the family court for East Baton Rouge Parish (OR +$284,457 SG EX See Note)

C. Denise MarcelleDemocrat

COURTS: Provides relative to the election sections for judgeship of the second district of the First Circuit Court of Appeal (OR +$284,457 GF EX See Note)

C. Denise MarcelleDemocrat

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to the definition of "first responder"

Kim CarverRepublican

DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Violet Economic Development District in St. Bernard Parish

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Creates the Fiscal Truth in Sentencing Act (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Alonzo L. KnoxDemocrat

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park

Candace N. NewellDemocrat

TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Establishes the Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund and provides for use of the monies in the fund (RE -$11,476,249 GF RV See Note)

Jacob BraudRepublican

ENERGY: Authorizes the governing authority of Grant Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish

Michael "Gabe" FirmentRepublican

HUNTING/LICENSES: Provides an exception to hunting license requirements for the taking of outlaw quadrupeds on a person's own private property (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Danny McCormickRepublican

ENERGY: Requires a public hearing in the parish where a Class VI well is proposed

Charles OwenRepublican

REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES: Establishes election sections for the election of judges to the City Court of Lake Charles

Wilford Carter Sr.Democrat

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to authority of the state fire marshal to make arrests and carry firearms

Bryan FontenotRepublican

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microdistillers (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Jeremy LaCombeRepublican

TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: Provides relative to the homestead exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Candace N. NewellDemocrat

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides relative to reinstatement fees for lapses of vehicle liability security (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

JUDGES: Provides relative to judicial compensation (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Authorizes the state treasurer to invest up to ten percent of available monies in the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund in gold (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Raymond J. CrewsRepublican