Bills & Legislation

CRIMINAL/JURY TRIALS: (Constitutional Amendment) Requires unanimous jury verdicts for noncapital felonies committed prior to January 1, 2019

Shaun Raphael MenaDemocrat

ELECTIONS: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the definition of party primary office

Jr. BayhamRepublican

LEGISLATORS/TERMS: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for legislative term limits (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Jr. BayhamRepublican

CIVIL/DAMAGES: Provides limitations relative to claims for general damages

Kellee Hennessy DickersonRepublican

LEGISLATION/INSTRUMENTS: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for introduction of local bills (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Jr. BayhamRepublican

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

Bryan FontenotRepublican

PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain individuals (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Marcus Anthony BryantDemocrat

TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a taxing authority to levy a millage at a rate lower than the maximum authorized rate under certain circumstances (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

III WilderRepublican

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

Gary CarterDemocrat

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to trial of misdemeanors (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Debbie VillioRepublican

CLERKS OF COURT: Requires the clerk of court to grant access to officers of the court information regarding sex offenses and violent crimes

Gary CarterDemocrat

COURTS: Provides relative to the appointment of a special master by a trial court

Mike JohnsonRepublican

JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides for the right to a jury trial for certain juvenile offenders

Gary CarterDemocrat

CIVIL/DAMAGES: Provides relative to recovery limitations for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security

Gary CarterDemocrat

TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes an additional ad valorem tax exemption for certain property owners aged sixty-five and older (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Les FarnumRepublican

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Authorizes a political subdivision to sell certain adjudicated property directly to a buyer (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

C. Denise MarcelleDemocrat

AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Provides relative to cell cultured food products

Rodney SchamerhornRepublican

HIGHWAYS/OFFICE: Authorizes the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice to establish a grant program for pursuit intervention technologies (EG +$361,586 SD EX See Note)

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

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

Charles OwenRepublican

BAIL: (Constitutional Amendment) Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (RR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Debbie VillioRepublican

ENERGY: Prohibits the importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration

Rodney SchamerhornRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates certain special prestige license plates

Tehmi Jahi ChassionDemocrat

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

Danny McCormickRepublican

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

Rodney SchamerhornRepublican

HIGHWAYS: Authorizes utility terrain vehicles to travel on the shoulder of certain roadways in Golden Meadow

Joseph A. OrgeronRepublican

ENERGY: Authorizes the governing authority of Allen Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish

R. Dewith CarrierRepublican

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides relative to the authority of the Caddo Parish Port Commission to use the payment in lieu of taxes program (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Danny McCormickRepublican

ENERGY: Provides relative to nonconsenting mineral interest owners within a carbon dioxide storage unit (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Danny McCormickRepublican

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

Mike JohnsonRepublican

ENERGY: Provides relative to compensation for pore space owners (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Danny McCormickRepublican

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Education

Laurie SchlegelRepublican

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

Rodney SchamerhornRepublican

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

Rodney SchamerhornRepublican

ENERGY/OIL & GAS WELLS: Provides for the operation of saltwater disposal wells in the parishes of Bossier, Caddo, and Webster (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Danny McCormickRepublican

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

ENERGY: Prohibits carbon dioxide sequestration in St. Helena Parish

Gary CarterDemocrat

FLOODING/CONTROL: Prohibits expropriation by the board of commissioners of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes

Gary CarterDemocrat

DWI: Creates the Governor's Task Force on Impaired Driving (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Annie SpellRepublican

PAROLE: Provides for parole eligibility (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Alonzo L. KnoxDemocrat

PSYCHOLOGISTS: Provides relative to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT)

Annie SpellRepublican

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides limited exemptions from payment under contract requirements for public entities in certain circumstances (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

RETIREMENT/STATEWIDE SYS: Provides relative to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and the Firefighters' Retirement System (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Tony BacalaRepublican

BANKS/BANKING: Provides with respect to "Transfer of Death" (TOD) beneficiary designations for investment accounts

Foy Bryan GadberryRepublican

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

Jacob BraudRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to running red lights (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Jr. BayhamRepublican

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

Candace N. NewellDemocrat

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Faubourg Marigny Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Candace N. NewellDemocrat

FAMILY LAW: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to parental rights (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Beryl AmedéeRepublican

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides for participation in reentry courts

Vanessa Caston LaFleurDemocrat

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Creates the Fiscal Truth in Sentencing Act

Alonzo L. KnoxDemocrat