Bills & Legislation

VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to the early voting period (OR +$680,715 GF EX See Note)

Ed MurrayDemocrat

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Establishes the Louisiana Urban Search and Rescue Program within the office of state fire marshal

Jerome ZeringueRepublican

HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides requirements for public postsecondary education management boards relative to core curricula, hiring and employment, faculty deliberative bodies, and nonacademic disciplinary proceedings and prohibits institutions from expending certain funds under certain circumstances (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Charles OwenRepublican

PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to parole eligibility, consideration, and hearings for persons convicted by a non-unanimous jury

Wilford Carter Sr.Democrat

LOTTERY: Provides relative to the sale and order of lottery tickets through lottery courier services (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Roy Daryl AdamsDemocrat

APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the judgment against the state in the suit captioned Dawn Marie DePedro et al. v. State of Louisiana et al.

Lauren VentrellaRepublican

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Authorizes the city of Zachary to use certain inmates to cut grass in certain cemeteries

Roy Daryl AdamsDemocrat

CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to sentencing for arson of a religious building (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court

C. Denise MarcelleDemocrat

CIVIL/ACTIONS: Prohibits certain actions for damages resulting from aerospace activities

Jack McFarlandRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates October 14th as a day of remembrance for Charlie Kirk

Danny McCormickRepublican

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to maximum medical improvement, income benefits, the misrepresentation of benefits or payments, and the rehabilitation of injured employees under workers' compensation (EG -$550,900 SG EX See Note)

Michael MelerineRepublican

CIVIL/INTERDICTION: Provides with respect to interdicted persons

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the custodial interrogation of children

Terry Landry Jr.Democrat

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to determination of intellectual disability in capital cases

Michael MelerineRepublican

VETERANS: Provides relative to the Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Raymond J. CrewsRepublican

EDUCATION: Provides relative to learning pods in public school systems

Roy Daryl AdamsDemocrat

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the reemployment of certain employees of the fire and police civil service

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

EARLY CHILDHOOD: Provides relative to prekindergarten programs

Emily ChenevertRepublican

LEGISLATION/BILLS: Requires the legislature to make available on its website copies of legislative instruments and unofficial engrossed versions of instruments for proposed amendments

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to public health reviews conducted and public health guidance issued by the surgeon general

Emily ChenevertRepublican

HEALTH CARE: Requires disclosure of certain agreements between a hospital and a real estate investment trust

Adrian FisherDemocrat

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to an employee's refusal to submit to a medical examination or cooperate with vocational rehabilitation and provides relative to expedited summary proceedings for certain disputes

Tammy T. PhelpsDemocrat

TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides relative to the intent and purpose of laws imposing tobacco taxes (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Neil RiserRepublican

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Authorizes certain healthcare entities to refuse to provide healthcare services under certain circumstances

Lauren VentrellaRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Transportation Backlog Fund to be used to fund certain transportation projects (OR -$20,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Jacob BraudRepublican

INSURANCE/GROUP-STATE: Provides for participation by full-time firefighters in insurance programs offered by the state's Office of Group Benefits (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Adds requirements for cooperative endeavor agreements between Louisiana Economic Development and nongovernmental entities

Neil RiserRepublican

TOPS: Provides relative to TOPS-Tech

Ed Larvadain IIIDemocrat

SCHOOLS: Provides for retroactive application of the uniform 10-point grading scale requirement to the grades of students who were enrolled in the ninth grade during the 2023-2024 school year (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Tammy T. PhelpsDemocrat

HOUSING: Creates the Dream Starter Act

Dana HenryDemocrat

HORTICULTURE: Provides relative to license renewal requirements for arborists and utility arborists

Rhonda Gaye ButlerRepublican

HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the communication of health information

Jessica DomangueRepublican

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Provides relative to regulating telecommunications

Mike JohnsonRepublican

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Insurance to issue an annual market accountability report (OR +$119,160 SG EX See Note)

Chasity MartinezDemocrat

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS: Provides relative to physician assistants

Dustin MillerDemocrat

ENERGY/PIPELINES: Provides for hazardous material pipeline signage

Charles OwenRepublican

JUDGES: Provides relative to the judiciary commission's authority over the deliberative process of judges

Sylvia Elaine TaylorDemocrat

ENERGY: Provides relative to the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Neil RiserRepublican

ENERGY: Enacts safety regulations for carbon dioxide transport and sequestration

Tony BacalaRepublican

PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

Rhonda Gaye ButlerRepublican

TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to use of automated and electronic speed enforcement devices for the issuance of citations

Vincent E. Cox IIIRepublican

DISTRICTS/RAILROAD: Provides relative to the Northeast Louisiana Multimodal District

C. Travis JohnsonDemocrat

BUILDING CODES: Requires gas detection devices in homes with gas appliances

Shaun Raphael MenaDemocrat

COURTS: Provides relative to the court system in Avoyelles Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Daryl Andrew DeshotelRepublican

BUILDING CODES: Provides standards for precast concrete pilings used in public or private construction projects

Mark Wright

SEAFOOD: Provides for preference given to Louisiana seafood by purchasing agents of the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Jessica DomangueRepublican