Bills & Legislation

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 19, 2025, as CODOFIL Day at the state capitol

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

PRESCRIPTION: Provides for liberative prescription on mineral leases on state property. (8/1/25)

Glen WomackRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: To commend Governor Yossi Dagan, governor of the Shomron (Samaria) Regional Council in Israel, and to declare and observe May 14, 2025, as International Declaration Day in Louisiana to commemorate the anniversary of Israel's Declaration of Independence.

Valarie HodgesRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates the week of May 18-24, 2025, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Louisiana.

Gerald BoudreauxDemocrat

PUBLIC HEALTH: Commends the Louisiana Department of Health's launching of Project Maternal Overdose Mortality (Project M.O.M.).

Beth MizellRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department for winning the 2025 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

TAX EXEMPTIONS: Constitutional Amendment to remove the income limitation for persons age sixty-five or older that qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Michael "Big Mike" FesiRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes May 5, 2025, as Louisiana Firefighter's Appreciation Day.

Regina BarrowDemocrat

CHILDREN: Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to provide information regarding luggage provided to foster children.

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides for a pioneering STEM technology program known as "Farm-Ed". (8/1/25) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Regina BarrowDemocrat

MOTOR VEHICLES: Requests the office of motor vehicles to study the feasibility of including blood type on driver's licenses, permits and identification cards.

Beth MizellRepublican

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to post conviction relief for defendants convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict. (8/1/25)

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Creates a task force to study workers' compensation issues.

Patrick McMathRepublican

FARMING: Expresses support for Louisiana farmers in light of ongoing market fluctuations, staffing changes, and funding cuts to state and local departments at the federal level.

Patrick McMathRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends the Ready Louisiana Coalition and designates Tuesday, May 20, 2025, as Early Ed Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Beth MizellRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Provides for West Baton Rouge Parish Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the Academy of the Sacred Heart Girls Golf Team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's Girls Division II State Golf Championship.

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates the month of May as Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) Month in Louisiana.

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

UTILITIES: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Daryl Andrew DeshotelRepublican

ENERGY: Requires advance notice to surface and mineral owners prior to permitting or performing carbon dioxide sequestration activities (RE NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)

Danny McCormickRepublican

UTILITIES: Requests the adoption of enhanced regional transmission planning processes that use a multi-scenario, multi-value framework to ensure long-term national security, grid reliability, and resilience.

Royce DuplessisDemocrat

COMMENDATIONS: To commend Peggy Feehan, Executive Director of CODOFIL on being awarded the Order of Academic Palms by the French Republic.

Jeremy StineRepublican

CONDOLENCES: Recognizes the service of Covington Fire Chief Gary Blocker Jr. and expresses condolences on his passing.

Patrick McMathRepublican

ENERGY: Creates a special task force for the legislature to work with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Louisiana Board of Regents to assess the capacity of government, industry, and academia to model the behavior of geologically sequestered carbon dioxide and to develop a method, if necessary

Charles OwenRepublican

JUDGES: Requests that the Louisiana Supreme Court develop rules that prohibit judges from attending campaign events for other elected officials

Robby CarterDemocrat

RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Creates a task force to study the feasibility of a phased retirement program for public postsecondary education systems

Tony BacalaRepublican

SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Requests the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of and potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and beverages in public schools

Michael Charles EcholsRepublican

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Establishes the Freshmen Caucus in the Louisiana House of Representatives

Tehmi Jahi ChassionDemocrat

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

Tammy T. PhelpsDemocrat

BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the bridge located on U.S. 167 in Winn Parish as the "Clayton Horne Memorial Bridge"

Jack McFarlandRepublican

HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 3188 as the "Veterans Memorial Highway"

Sylvia Elaine TaylorDemocrat

ATHLETICS: Commends Coach Bob Starkey for his contributions to women's basketball and requests the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Committee to consider his induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Warrick Dunn for his incredible athletic career and requests that the National Football League Hall of Fame Committee consider his induction into the NFL Hall of Fame

Dixon Wallace McMakinRepublican

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 27, 2025, as DDD Day at the Capitol and commends the Downtown Development District of New Orleans on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary

Alonzo L. KnoxDemocrat

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Nicholas "Nick" Christopher Tarantino on his college baseball career and awards at Millsaps College

John E. WybleRepublican

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requests the Firefighters' Retirement System to study the feasibility of merging members of the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund hired after a certain date into the system

Stephanie HilfertyRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Management Team at Chalmette High School on winning the 2025 National ProStart Invitational restaurant management and culinary arts competition

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Urges and requests the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to consider changing the daily limit and size restrictions on crappie fish in Saline-Larto Complex

Mike JohnsonRepublican

EVIDENCE: Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims

Michael MelerineRepublican

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the valedictorians of the 2025 graduating class of Chalmette High School

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

ATHLETICS: Creates a task force to study issues relative to the name, image, and likeness of student athletes in Louisiana

Rashid Armand YoungDemocrat

STUDENTS: Requests that the state Department of Education study and report relative to the impact of the law banning student possession of telecommunications devices during the instructional day

Charles OwenRepublican

SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Memorializes the United States Congress to support funding for the ability to focus on purchasing American agricultural products and the removal of ultra-processed food and beverages from K-12 public schools

Michael Charles EcholsRepublican

FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Local Infrastructure Fund (RE NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

Daryl Andrew DeshotelRepublican

TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the annual registration tax applicable to trucks and trailers statewide (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Delisha BoydDemocrat

LEVEES: Provides relative to the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District. (8/1/25)

Patrick ConnickRepublican

TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Provides for an alternative to minimum bids when selling adjudicated property and requires costs associated with the termination of a lien certificate to apply to adjudicated property (RE NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Roger William Wilder IIIRepublican