2025 Bill Tracker
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Bill Focus | Bill # | Bill Sponsor | Summary | Current Status |
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Criminal Justice | HB 100 | Rodney Lyons | Adds cellular tracking devices to list of prohibited use of pen registers and trap and trace for bail bond enforcementdevices. | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | HB 101 | Nicholas Muscarello | Provides relative to wrongful conviction procedures | Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB673) |
Criminal Justice | HB 11 | Chad Boyer | “The Segus Jolivette Act,” would require harsher sentences for repeat offenses, insitituting minimum sentencing. The bill would allow a jury to consider prior convictions when determining a verdict, a change from the current law that prohibits jurors from factoring in past offenses when deciding guilt in a current case. | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice - Considered 5/8/25 |
Workers Rights | HB 117 | Michael Echols | Provides for adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relation |
Insurance | HB 122 | Stephanie Berault | INSURANCE: Creates the Louisiana Roof Registry | Pending Senate Insurance |
Elections and Voting | HB 124 | Barbara Reich Freiberg | JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court | Pending House Appropriations |
Criminal Justice | HB 128 | Wilford Carter | Provides relative to sentencing guidelines | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Fiscal | HB 133 | Matthew Willard | Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit | Pending House Ways and Means - Considered 5/5/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 146 | Jeffery WIley | Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Insurance | HB 148 | Jeffery WIley | INSURANCE: Requires insurers to provide prior premium amounts with renewals of certain insurance policies | Pending Senate Insurance |
Workers Rights | HB 153 | Troy Hebert | modifies the work search requirement by requiring a claimant to be able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work by conducting no fewer than five work search actions for each week he makes a claim for unemployment benefits. | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Government Affairs | HB 160 | Kellee Dickerson | Provides relative to ethics complaints, investigative powers of the Board of Ethics, and penalties for making a false ethics complaint | Pending House final passage |
Elections and Voting | HB 177 | Chad Brown | Provides for the territorial jurisdiction and election districts of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Iberville Parish | Pending House floor action |
Criminal Justice | HB 193 | Beryl Amedee | Provides relative to lawsuit procedures for incarcerated individuals | Pending House Civil Law and Procedure |
Elections and Voting | HB 206 | Michael Melerine | Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 207 | Pat Moore | Adds a legal representative of the person who has been sentenced to death as a person required to be present for every execution of a death sentence. | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Criminal Justice | HB 208 | Debbie Villio | Provides relative to an offender's eligibility for release by means of diminution of sentence or parole. | Pending Senate Judiciary C - Sched. for 5/20/25 |
PreK-12 | HB 213 | Vincent J. St. Blanc Jr | Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment | Pending Senate introduction |
Criminal Justice | HB 214 | Debbie Villio | Provides relative to revocation of probation | Pending Senate floor action - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 215 | Delisha Boyd | Provides for exceptions to the abortion laws of this state relative to rape and certain sex offenses | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Elections and Voting | HB 216 | Steven Jackson | Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 220 | Matthew Willard | Creates the crime of improper storage of a firearm | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Elections and Voting | HB 223 | Jessica Domangue | Provides relative to compensation for parish board commissioners, election commissioners, and commissioners-in-charge | Pending House Appropriations |
PreK-12 | HB 225 | Chad Brown | Authorizes public school personnel to conduct weapon screenings of students upon entry onto a school campus | Pending House Education |
Criminal Justice | HB 234 | Mandie Landry | Provides relative to criminal blighting of property | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | HB 244 | Timothy Kerner | Provides relative to electronic monitoring and updates regulations and oversight | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Government Affairs | HB 25 | Roger Wilder III | Adds Livingston Parish juvenile court to the courts that have exclusive original juvenile jurisdiction | Withdrawn from the files of the House - prior to introduction |
Environment | HB 250 | Charles Owen | Authorizes the governing authority of Vernon Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish | Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs |
Environment | HB 251 | Charles Owen | Authorizes the governing authority of Beauregard Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish | Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 252 | Pat Moore | Provides relative to the financial obligations of criminal offenders | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice - Considered 5/8/25 |
Environment | HB 254 | Raymond Crews | creates the Energy Utility Reporting Transparency Act with reporting mechanisms | Pending Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 260 | Debbie Villio | adds resisting a police officer with force or violence to this list to the list of second degree murder | Pending Senate introduction |
Criminal Justice | HB 262 | Tammy Phelps | Provides relative to the removal of unauthorized persons from immovable property | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Health | HB 265 | Shaun Mena | Provides with respect to prohibitions regarding the employment of ambulance drivers convicted of certain offenses | Pending House Health and Welfare - Considered 5/8/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 27 | Jay Galle | Prohibits the release of inmates during a declared state of emergency without a court order. | Pending House Judiciary - Considered 4/30/25 |
Government Affairs | HB 274 | Charles Owen | Provides for the transfer of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) to the Military Department. | Pending House floor action |
Workers Rights | HB 280 | Michael Melerine | Provides relative to the collection of workers' compensation premiums | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Elections and Voting | HB 281 | John Wyble | Prohibits wearing campaign apparel at a polling place during early voting or on election day. | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Fiscal | HB 283 | Phillip Tarver | Limits the amount of recurring State General Fund (Direct) revenues that may be appropriated in a fiscal year for recurring expenses and restricts use of such revenues above that limit | Pending Senate Finance |
Firearms | HB 289 | R. Dewith Carrier | expands present law to include ammunition manufacturers and distributors of firearms or ammunitio as not liable for any injury resulting from any shooting injury by any person unless the injury was the proximate cause of the unreasonably dangerous construction or composition of the product | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | HB 292 | Alonzo Knox | provides for a method of jury polling when a verdict is not rendered, provides for the sealing and releasing of polling slips, and w provides that if polling slips are released, juror names shall be redacted | Pending Senate floor action - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Workers Rights | HB 293 | Michael Melerine | Provides relative to the resignation from labor organization dues or fees for teachers and other school employees and public employees | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Fiscal | HB 294 | Larry Bagley | Constitutional Amendment to repeal a limit on the dollar amount of state severance tax revenues to be remitted to parishes where severance of the resources subject to tax occurs | Pending Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
Fiscal | HB 295 | Phillip Tarver | Constitutional Amendment) Limits the amount of State General Fund (Direct) revenues that may be appropriated in a fiscal year for recurring expenses and restricts use of such revenues above that limit | Notice given subject to call - House final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Discrimination | HB 303 | Mike Bayham | Creates the Fugitive Apprehension Unit within the office of the attorney general to allow coordination with state and federal law enforcement officials for the apprehension of fugitives from the law | Pending House Judiciary |
Environment | HB 304 | Robert Carter | Provides relative to venue for expropriations under the La. Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act. | Pending House final passage |
Discrimination | HB 307 | Chance Henry | Requires individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Pending House Appropriations |
Health | HB 316 | Rhonda Butler | Modifies the membership of the Drug Policy Board and modernizes language. | Pending Senate floor action - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Insurance | HB 318 | Foy Gadberry | adds that state and local government subdivisions shall not enact requirements for stricter regulation of installation than the minimum standards adopted by FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, | Pending Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 32 | Mike Bayham | Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish | Pending Senate Local and Municipal Affairs |
Elections and Voting | HB 323 | Beau Beaullieu | Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Elections and Voting | HB 332 | Ed Larvadain III | Provides relative to the size of the campaign-free zone radius at polling places | Failed |
Fiscal | HB 333 | Dixon McMakin | Reduces the rate of individual income tax incrementally over a period of time before ultimately eliminating the tax | Pending House Ways and Means |
Fiscal | HB 334 | Phillip Tarver | Repeals one percent of the state sales and use tax levy | Pending House Ways and Means - Sched. for 5/6/25 |
Fiscal | HB 337 | Matthew Willard | Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who claim a dependent under the age of six | Pending House Ways and Means - Considered 5/5/25 |
Fiscal | HB 341 | Danny McCormick | Repeals the motion picture production tax credit and reduces the individual income tax rate | Pending House Ways and Means - Sched. for 5/12/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 342 | Mike Bayham | Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates | Subject to call - House final passage |
Criminal Justice | HB 344 | Stephanie Berault | Provides for the transfer of school disciplinary records and for school personnel's access to certain juvenile court records | Pending Senate referral - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Insurance | HB 345 | John Wyble | Modifies the timeframe for insurers to send prior notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of residential property insurance policies | Pending Legislative Bureau |
Criminal Justice | HB 35 | Troy Romero | Increaes the minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Elections and Voting | HB 351 | Mike Johnson | Provides for penalties for attesting to false information in a notice of candidacy | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
PreK-12 | HB 352 | Ed Larvadain III | Provides exception for second criminal history check for certain early childhood workers. | Pending Senate Education |
Environment | HB 353 | Shane Mack | Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Environment | HB 354 | C. Denise Marcelle | Requires sample testing of certain chemicals in drinking water | Pending House Health and Welfare |
Health | HB 359 | Dustin Miller | Provides relative to the mental health treatment of victims of human sex trafficking | Pending House Health and Welfare |
Government Affairs | HB 364 | Daryl Deshotel | (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the membership of the Public Service Commission | Pending House Commerce - Considered 5/6/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 367 | C. Denise Marcelle | Provides for an additional election section in the second district of the First Circuit Court of Appeal. Effective upon signature of the governor for all purposes. | Pending House and Governmental Affairs - Considered 5/8/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 369 | Joy Walters | Provides for the districts for the election of members to the Senate | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Discrimination | HB 371 | Beryl Amedee | Requires the government to provide protections to places of worship and prohibits discrimination in certain circumstances | Pending House final passage - Sched. for 5/12/25 |
Health | HB 377 | Charles Owen | Provides that an individual has the authority to refuse a drug or other pharmaceutical if the product has only received Emergency Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB690) |
Government Affairs | HB 38 | Tony Bacala | Removes the requirement that the initial report include each and every person who is a witness to the alleged offense | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Environment | HB 380 | Rodney Schamerhorn | Removes eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide sequestration. | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 384 | Marcus Bryant | Provides for disciplinary penalties for certain students found to be in possession of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or chemical derivatives thereof on school property without a valid order from a licensed medical provider. | Pending Senate referral - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 388 | John Illg, Jr | Increases the amount that the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) pays for the confinement of persons in parish jails or institutions | Pending House Appropriations |
Criminal Justice | HB 394 | Nicholas Muscarello | Provides for procedures in capital cases | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Environment | HB 396 | Danny McCormick | Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration in Louisiana is illegal | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 5/7/25 |
Environment | HB 4 | Charles Owen | Currently, only the the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources can permit Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells within the state, this would give parishes the governing authorities to determine by resolution or ordinance whether Class VI wells may be permitted, or put it to a vote by calling a special parish wide election | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Health | HB 400 | Emily Chenevert | Provides relative to a minor's consent for medical procedures and treatments | Pending House Health and Welfare - Considered 4/29/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 405 | Matthew Willard | Requires the secretary of state to prepare and publish certain information concerning changes in election law | Pending House and Governmental Affairs - Considered 5/7/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 407 | Lauren Ventrella | Provides relative to individuals who may obtain a concealed handgun permit in La. | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Elections and Voting | HB 413 | Daryl Deshotel | Provides relative to expanding the Public Service Commission (OR +$1,285,171 SG EX See Note) | Pending House Commerce - Considered 5/6/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 420 | Beth Billings | Provides for the qualifications, maintenance, and recognition of political parties | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Discrimination | HB 421 | Emily Chenevert | Provides relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion in state agencies | Pending House floor action |
Elections and Voting | HB 424 | Sylvia Taylor | Provides for additional early voting locations based on population or landmass, notice of early voting locations, and the reimbursement of the registrar for additional early voting locations if funds have been appropriated by the legislature to the secretary of state for that purpose | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Criminal Justice | HB 425 | Josh Carlson | Provides relative to the crime of coerced abortion and for mandatory reporting. | Pending House floor action |
Criminal Justice | HB 426 | Wilford Carter | Provides for the factors in fixing the amount of bail and modifications of bail | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Discrimination | HB 429 | Delisha Boyd | Prohibits intentional employment discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation | Pending House Labor and Industrial Relations - Sched. for 4/30/25 |
Discrimination | HB 436 | Gabe Firment | Prohibits an award of general damages and past and future wages for unauthorized aliens in an automobile accident. | Pending Senate Judiciary A |
Insurance | HB 438 | Gabe Firment | Provides relative to advertising expenses and prohibits use of certain expenses in setting insurance rates | Pending Senate Insurance |
Criminal Justice | HB 445 | Debbie Villio | Provides relative to juvenile records | Pending Senate Judiciary C |
Insurance | HB 453 | Aimee Adatto Freeman | Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof | Pending House Commerce - Sched. for 5/12/25 |
Health | HB 454 | Dustin Miller | Requires Medicaid coverage for certain doula services | Pending House Appropriations |
Criminal Justice | HB 457 | Denise Marcelle | Provides relative to solitary confinement. | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Elections and Voting | HB 458 | Beau Beaullieu | Provides for the districts for the election of members to the House of Representatives | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Environment | HB 459 | Kimberly Coates | Requires permits from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources for renewable energy projects. | Notice given subject to call - House final passage - Sched. for 5/13/25 |
Fiscal | HB 464 | Brett Geymann | (Constitutional Amendment) Limits eligibility of solar facilities from participating in the ad valorem tax exemption program known commonly as ITEP | Pending House Ways and Means |
PreK-12 | HB 466 | Josh Carlson | Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana | Pending Senate Education |
Housing | HB 469 | Barbara Carpenter | Provides relative to the regulation of short-term rentals. | Pending House Commerce |
Elections and Voting | HB 471 | Kathy Edmonston | (Constitutional Amendment) Changes the process for amending the constitution | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Fiscal | HB 472 / HB 678 | Julie Emerson | (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. | Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB678) |
Fiscal | HB 473 | Julie Emerson | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. | Pending Senate Finance |
Health | HB 478 | Dodie Horton | Requires certain information about pregnancy, adoption, and neonatal care to be posted and distributed at school health centers in public high schools and student health centers on public postsecondary education institution campuses | Pending House Appropriations |
Elections and Voting | HB 482 | Polly Thomas | Provides for review by the clerk of court and registrar of voters of local redistricting and reapportionment plans adopted by and precincts established and changed by a local governing authority. | Pending House floor action |
Government Affairs | HB 487 | Edmond Jordan | Provides relative to Senate districts | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Government Affairs | HB 488 | Edmond Jordan | Provides relative to House districts | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Fiscal | HB 489 | Mandie Landry | Changes the state tax levied on the net income of individuals from a flat 3% tax to a two bracket system with the imposition of a 3% tax on the first $500,000 of net income and a tax of 4.75% on net income in excess of $500,000. | Pending House Ways and Means - Sched. for 5/12/25 |
Environment | HB 491 | Charles Owen | Establishes a tax credit for costs of developing carbon sequestration wells where carbon sequestration is subsequently prohibited by local ordinance | Pending House Ways and Means - Considered 4/28/25 |
Environment | HB 494 | Jessica Domangue | Provides for the regulation of tank facilities, terminal facilities, and truck unloading facilities as they relate to petroleum transportation | Notice given subject to call - House final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 5 | Steven Jackson | Increases penalties for second and subsequent sex worker solicitation, and adds to the list of crimes that are "sex offenses" | Pending House final passage |
Elections and Voting | HB 502 | Rhonda Butler | Provides for the compensation, evaluation, duties, and removal of registrars of voters | Pending House Appropriations - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Health | HB 506 | Paula Davis | Proposed law defines "in vitro fertilized human embryo" and "nonviable in vitro fertilized human embryo" and provides that an in vitro fertilized human embryo is deemed viableunless it is determined to be nonviable | Pending House Civil Law and Procedure |
PreK-12 | HB 51 | Rashid Young | Would requires that all assets acquired by such a charter school that are purchased with public funds prior to converting to a Type 2 charter school under present law remain the property of that school for the duration of the charter agreement with the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education. | Pending Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Fiscal | HB 513 | Neil Riser | Enacts the Louisiana Consumer Alternative Installment Loan Act | Pending House final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 532 | Dustin Miller | Provides relative to sales and use tax elections in certain municipalities | Sent to Governor |
Government Affairs | HB 536 | Rodney Lyons | Provides for an additional election section in the first district of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Effective upon the signature of the governor for all purposes. | Pending House and Governmental Affairs |
Environment | HB 553 | Rodney Schamerhorn | Prohibits the exercise of eminent domain or unitization for the purposes of constructing or operating a pipeline for carbon dioxide transport. | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Discrimination | HB 554 | Dixon McMakin | Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship | Pending Senate Transportation, Highways, and Public Works |
Health | HB 555 | Beryl Amedee | Prohibits denial of access or discriminatory practices against a person based on his medical intervention status. | Pending House Health and Welfare - Considered 5/7/25 |
Health | HB 559 | Michael Echols | Organizes the state human services district under the secretary and surgeon general of the Louisiana Department of Health | Pending House floor action |
Criminal Justice | HB 573 | Edmond Jordan | Creates a uniform data collection requirement for law enforcement agencies and makes such data public | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Health | HB 575 | Lauren Ventrella | Provides relative to causes of action for an unlawful termination of a pregnancy. | Pending Senate introduction |
Elections and Voting | HB 577 | Daryl Deshotel | Provides for the the procurement of voting systems | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Environment | HB 583 | Jacob Landry | Provides for energy security and affordability and provides the criteria for reliable energy sources including green energy and clean energy. | Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB692) |
Criminal Justice | HB 584 | Rodney Lyons | Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program | Pending Senate referral - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Elections and Voting | HB 590 | Annie Spell | Prohibits the use of foreign funds in conducting election administration or ballot questions. | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Elections and Voting | HB 592 | Beau Beaullieu | Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code | Pending Senate floor action - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
Government Affairs | HB 596 | Mark Wrght | Provides for revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act | Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB693) |
Criminal Justice | HB 6 | Steven Jackson | Creates the crime of misappropriation of funds in connection with the payment of utility services | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Health | HB 619 | Alonzo Knox | Provides relative to group and community homes | Pending House Health and Welfare |
Government Affairs | HB 62 | Phillip Tarver | Authorizes parish governing authorities to create commercial property assessed capital expenditure and resilience programs | Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs |
Elections and Voting | HB 625 | Rhonda Butler | Provides for a special statewide election on April 18, 2026, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Health | HB 629 | Jay Galle | Provides with respect to informed consent for medical interventions | Pending House Health and Welfare |
Government Affairs | HB 63 | Kyle M. Green | Proposed Constitutional Amendment: Would remove the age limitation for judges to serve in the office of judge and provides that a judge shall not remain in office after reaching his maximum retirement compensation. | Pending House floor action |
Government Affairs | HB 64 | Mike Johnson | Powers of the Attorney General: that it is a declared interest of the state that the attorney general preserve and defend the state's autonomy, independence, and sovereignty in all legal matters and disputes involving the federal government. provides that the attorney general shall have the authority to institute, defend, or intervene in any suit to protect the sovereign interests of the state | Pending House floor action |
Criminal Justice | HB 67 | Dodie Horton | Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors | Pending Senate Judiciary C - Sched. for 5/20/25 |
Criminal Justice | HB 68 | Joy Walters | Would allow that a defendant who meets the criteria of proposed law who has been sentenced to death or is serving a life sentence for a first conviction of a capital felony may file a motion to reconsider the sentence at any time on or after the effective date of proposed law | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice |
Environment | HB 75 | Danny McCormick | Provides relative to compensation for pore space owners | Pending House final passage |
Criminal Justice | HB 76 | Pat Moore | Creates the crimes of felony and misdemeanor intentional exposure to a sexually transmitted disease | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice - Considered 5/7/25 |
Environment | HB 78 | R. Dewith Carrier | Authorizes the governing authority of Allen Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish | Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs - Sched. for 4/30/25 |
Government Affairs | HB 80 | Jason Dewitt | Would add "lineman" to state definiton of first responder during declared weather emergencies | Pending Legislative Bureau |
Government Affairs | HB 81 | Dodie Horton | Provides that any member of a public body who knowingly and willfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of the Open Meetings Law shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of the crime of malfeasance in office and be subject to the criminal penalties | Withdrawn from the files of the House - prior to introduction |
Fiscal | HB 93 | Chance Henry | Provides relative to the taxing authority of the Acadiana Regional JuvenileJustice District. | Pending House final passage |
Environment | HB522 | Danny McCormick | Places a moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Environment | HB537 | Rodney Schamerhorn | Authorizes liens for victims of CO2 pipeline disasters | Pending House Natural Resources - Considered 4/29/25 |
Infrastructure | HB84 | Dixon McMakin | Repeals the Capital Area Transit System Act | Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs |
Infrastructure | HB85 | Foy Gadberry | Provides relative to permits for construction | Pending House Commerce |
Criminal Justice | HB673 | Nicholas Muscarello | Provides relative to wrongful conviction procedures | Pending House Appropriations - Sched. for 5/19/25 |
HB678 | Julie Emerson | (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. | Pending Senate Finance |
Bill Focus | Bill # | Bill Sponsor | Summary | Current Status | Senate Committee Assignment |
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Criminal Justice | SB 15 | Jay Morris | Prohibits any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts | Pending Senate Judiciary C | Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | SB 196 | Robert Owen | creates the crime of unauthorized camping and provides for penalties, provides that each district court by rule may designate as a homelessness court program (program) in or more divisions of the district court to which participants are assigned and may establish a probation program to be administered by the presiding judge or judges thereof or by an employee designated by the court. | Subject to call - Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 | Senate Judiciary B |
Criminal Justice | SB 218 | Royce Duplessis | Provides relative to post conviction relief for defendants convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict. | Subject to call - Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/19/25 | Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | SB 22 | Valarie Hodges | Creates the crime of theft of utility property | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice | Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | SB 74 | Alan Seabaugh | provides that district courts have jurisdiction over felony cases involving a juvenile when the delinquent act is alleged to have been committed when the juvenile was 15 years of age or older | Pending Senate Finance | Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | SB 87 | Regina Barrow | would require the clerk of court to send a copy of the notice of arrest warrant to the cash depositor who posted the bond. | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice | Senate Judiciary C |
Criminal Justice | SB 95 | Heather Cloud | Provides for electronic monitoring. | Pending Senate Judiciary C | Senate Judiciary C |
Discrimination | SB 100 | Blake Miguez | Provides for the gathering of data relative to the legal status of individuals receiving state services | Pending Senate Finance - Considered 4/28/25 | Senate Finance |
Elections and Voting | SB 109 | Alan Seabaugh | Constitutional amendment to provide for foreign donations in elections | Pending House referral | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Elections and Voting | SB 197 | Jeremy Stine | Provides for requirements on celebrity endorsements for elections | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs - Considered 4/16/25 | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Elections and Voting | SB 197 | Jeremy Stine | provides requirements for reporting an expenditure of funds for a celebrity endorsement. | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs - Considered 4/16/25 | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Elections and Voting | SB 20 | William "Bill" Wheat, Jr | Constitutional Amendment to change the number of certain legislative instruments that a legislator may file during regular sessions that occur during odd-numbered years. (2/3-CA13sl(A)) | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
Elections and Voting | SB 4 | Eddie Lambert | Authorizes political campaign signs to be posted on public school athletic fields and gymnasiums when a political candidate or campaign pays for the posting. | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
Elections and Voting | SB 80 | Gregory Miller | Provides relative to exit polling. | Reported from the Legislative Bureau | Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
Elections and Voting | SB 90 | Rick Edmonds | Adds betting or wagering on an election to the list of election offenses. | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Environment | SB 127 | Adam Bass | Provides relative to permitting for advanced nuclear power generation. | Pending House Natural Resources | Senate Environmental Quality |
Environment | SB 36 | Bob Hensgens | Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) | Pending House referral | Senate Natural Resources |
Environment | SB 46 | Michael Fesi | To prohibit the intentional release, or dispersion of chemicals into the environment of this state with the express purpose of affecting temperature. (8/1/25) | Pending House Natural Resources | Senate Environmental Quality |
Firearms | SB 101 | Blake Miguez | deletes vo-tech schools from the definition of "school" for purposes of illegality carrying of weapons includes the intentional possession or use by any person of a dangerous weapon on a school campus during regular school hours or on a school bus | Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice | Senate Judiciary C |
Firearms | SB 211 | Gary Carter | Provides relative to persons authorized to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. | Pending Senate Judiciary C - Sched. for 5/13/25 | Senate Judiciary B |
Fiscal | SB 149 | Alan Seabaugh | Repeals the earned income tax credit. | Pending Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs | Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
Fiscal | SB 59 | Mike Reese | Provides for fiscal and economic impact statements under the Administrative Procedure Act | Pending House introduction | Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
Government Affairs | SB 131 | Caleb Kleinpeter | Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Government Affairs | SB 132 | Caleb Kleinpeter | Provides for redistricting of the Louisiana Senate. | Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs |
Government Affairs | SB 25 | Rick Edmonds | 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. | Pending House Education | Senate Education |
Government Affairs | SB 51 | Jay Luneau | Provides for public power authority and public records for the city of Alexandria. | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
Government Affairs | SB 86 | Regina Barrow | Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges and to prohibit a mandatory retirement age for public office holders and public employment. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/26) | Subject to call - Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/12/25 | Senate Judiciary A |
Health | SB 130 | Heather Cloud | Provides relative to Medicaid. | Pending Senate Finance | Senate Health and Welfare |
Health | SB 156 | Thomas Pressley | establishes certain rights for a in vitro fertilized human embryo. | Pending House Civil Law and Procedure | Senate Judiciary A |
Health | SB 182 | Kirk Talbot | Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. | Pending House Health and Welfare | Senate Health and Welfare |
Health | SB 2 | Michael Fesi | Repeals the Louisiana Department of Health's water fluoridation program and prohibits the fluoridation of any public water systems. | Pending House Health and Welfare | Senate Health and Welfare |
Insurance | SB 28 | Kirk Talbot | Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who pay to have a fortified roof installed on their property | Pending House Ways and Means | Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
Insurance | SB 52 | Patrick McMath | Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. | Pending House Ways and Means | Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
Workers Rights | SB 205 | Gary Carter | Provides for employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations | Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Workers Rights | SB 206 | Gary Carter | Increases the state minimum wage, $10/her beginning 2025, $12/hr beginning 2027, $14/hr beginning 2029, | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations | Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Workers Rights | SB 223 | Joseph Bouie | Establishes the Retail Service Worker Health and Safety Act. | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations | Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
Workers Rights | SB 227 | Heather Cloud | employment shall not include services performed by an individual during the five calendar years following the date of hire if the employer employs the individual within one year of being released from incarceration | Pending Senate Labor and Industrial Relations | Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |