Bills & Legislation

ENERGY PRODUCTION: Creates a task force to study and make recommendations relative to polices that promote energy self-generation, industrial microgrids, and expedited permitting in the state of Louisiana.

Cameron HenryRepublican

MEDICAID: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to review and provide certain information to the Senate regarding Medicaid managed care contracts.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

CHILDREN: Establishes the Task Force on Child Abuse Investigation Processes.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

LOTTERIES: Requests the Senate Committee on Judiciary B to study recent technological advancements regarding lotteries and determine whether such advancements conform with Louisiana law.

Mike ReeseRepublican

JUVENILES: Requests the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, the Louisiana Department of Education, and the Louisiana Supreme Court to transmit truancy reports to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children.

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Creates a task force to study ways to streamline the application for and issuance of state and local alcoholic beverage permits.

Patrick McMathRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the Lake Castle Slidell Private School SeaPerch team for third place achievement at the 2025 International SeaPerch Competition.

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

PUBLIC HEALTH: Creates the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force.

Beth MizellRepublican

NUTRITION: Urges and requests Louisiana medical schools to integrate courses on nutrition and metabolic health into the medical school curriculum.

Patrick McMathRepublican

VETERANS: Creates the Task Force on Alternative Therapies for Veterans.

Patrick McMathRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Liberty Baptist Church located in Union Parish Louisiana on its 175th anniversary celebration.

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

COURTS: Urges the Louisiana Supreme Court to take appropriate action to allow full-time legislative staff attorneys to receive eight hours of continuing educaton credits each year.

Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Creates a commission to study and make recommendations relative to non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana to determine the number and distribution of such cases, and to inform the Senate of the findings.

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: Requests appointment of a committee to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: To express strong relations between the state of Louisiana in the United States and the Bantu kingdom of Buganda in Uganda.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates David Sickey on his election as chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and to recognize his dedication to transparent, community-centered leadership.

Heather CloudRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Tina Vanichchagorn for twenty years of public service.

Cameron HenryRepublican

CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Oscar Earl Carter III.

Joseph Bouie

CONTRACTORS: Requests the State Licensing Board for Contractors and the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council to study and report to the legislature findings and recommendations regarding adoption of the fortified roof building standards into the building codes for the coastal zone.

Kirk TalbotRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes the month of June as "African-American Music Appreciation Month" in Louisiana.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to avoid cuts to the Medicaid program.

Patrick McMathRepublican

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE: Requests the division of administration, the Patient's Compensation Fund, and the Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board to consider implementation of an e-filing system for medical review panel requests and an e-payment system for filing fees. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

COURTS: Requests the Senate Committee on Finance, or a subcommittee thereof, to study and make recommendations on court costs in suits involving the state and political subdivisions in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

BESE: To urge and request BESE to procure an annual license for a 3D game-based learning platform that aligns with chemistry and physical science standards with real-world technologies to provide improved career opportunities for junior high and high school students.

Rick EdmondsRepublican

POSTSECONDARY ED: Creates the Task Force on Career Alignment to study ways to implement education-to-career counseling to assist public college and university students to obtain employment in Louisiana after graduation.

Rick EdmondsRepublican

BESE: Requests BESE to make accessible to athletic directors and coaches a training program covering important safety information for the prevention and treatment of injuries in student athletes.

Rick EdmondsRepublican

STUDENTS: Creates the K-12 School Safety Task Force to study and make recommendations relative to school safety and security.

Rick EdmondsRepublican

BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Creates a statewide task force to study and make recommendations on implementing a comprehensive plan to address property blight within the state.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

FLOODS/FLOODING: To continue the Comite River Diversion Canal/Amite River Basin Task Force.

Valarie HodgesRepublican

CONGRESS: To memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana.

Valarie HodgesRepublican

PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Public Projects Task Force.

Glen WomackRepublican

CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Harry Lemmon.

Gregory A. MillerRepublican

PHYSICIANS: Requests the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to promulgate rules relative to physician assistants.

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

NURSES: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to propose solutions to the SANE nurse shortage.

Beth MizellRepublican

CHILDREN: Creates a task force to study and report on strategies to increase engagement of fathers in the lives of their children.

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the use of prior authorization processes.

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

NUTRITION: Memorializes Congress to direct the United States Department of Agriculture to reinstate and fund the Local Food for Schools Program.

Patrick McMathRepublican

CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the corporate practice of medicine.

Patrick McMathRepublican

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE: Establishes the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission.

Beth MizellRepublican

WORKFORCE COMMISSION: Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study changes to the Incumbent Worker Training Account and funds.

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

TECHNOLOGY: Creates a task force to study the effectiveness of technology and research parks and to make recommendations on its findings.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Wiley Brazier V on his accomplishments.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

STATE DEPARTMENT: Creates the task force on Protecting Louisiana's Critical Infrastructure from Foreign Adversaries.

Valarie HodgesRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to study the necessity of Louisiana state identification cards for citizens with Alzheimer's and related dementia diseases

Joy WaltersDemocrat

COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Urges and requests enhancement of the state's participation in the Gulf of America Hypoxia Action Plan and Task Force

Jerome ZeringueRepublican

SCHOOLS: Constitutional amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted to parishes to operate a school system. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$2,457,390 GF EX See Note)

Rick EdmondsRepublican

HEALTH/CANCER: Urges the Louisiana State University School of Public Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening

Delisha BoydDemocrat