Bill Focus	Bill #	Bill Sponsor	Summary	Current Status
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
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 Administration of Criminal Justice
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
Government Affairs	HB 25	Roger Wilder III	Adds Livingston Parish juvenile court to the courts that have exclusive original juvenile jurisdiction	Pending House Judiciary
Criminal Justice	HB 27	Jay Galle	Prohibits the release of inmates during a declared state of emergency without a court order.	Pending House Judiciary
Criminal Justice	HB 32	Mike Bayham	Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish	Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs
Criminal Justice	HB 35	Troy Romero	Increaes the minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	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 House and Governmental Affairs
	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 House Education
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 Judiciary
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 Judiciary
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 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
Government Affairs	HB 80	Jason Dewitt	Would add "lineman" to state definiton of first responder during declared weather emergencies	Pending House Judiciary
Government Affairs	HB 81	Dodie Horton	Provides that any member of a public body whoknowingly and willfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of the OpenMeetings Law shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be guilty of thecrime of malfeasance in office and be subject to the criminal penalties	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
Fiscal	HB 93	Chance Henry	Provides relative to the taxing authority of the Acadiana Regional JuvenileJustice District.	Pending House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs
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 House Administration of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice	HB 101	Nicholas Muscarello	Provides relative to wrongful conviction procedures	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
Insurance	HB 122	Stephanie Berault	INSURANCE: Creates the Louisiana Roof Registry	Pending House 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 and Governmental Affairs
Criminal Justice	HB 128	Wilford Carter	CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: 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
Criminal Justice	HB 146	Jeffery WIley	CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
Insurance	HB 148	Jeffery WIley	INSURANCE: Requires insurers to provide prior premium amounts with renewals of certain insurance policies	Pending House Insurance
	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 House Labor and Industrial Relations
	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 and Governmental Affairs
	HB 193	Beryl Amedee	Provides relative to lawsuit procedures for incarcerated individuals	Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
	HB 206	Michael Melerine	Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	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
	HB 208	Debbie Villio	Provides relative to an offender's eligibility for release by means of diminution of sentence or parole.	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 214	Debbie Villio	Provides relative to revocation of probation	Pending House Administration of 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
	HB 220	Matthew Willard	Creates the crime of improper storage of a firearm	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 225	Chad Brown	Authorizes public school personnel to conduct weapon screenings of students upon entry onto a school campus	Pending House Education
	HB 234	Mandie Landry	Provides relative to criminal blighting of property	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 244	Timothy Kerner	Provides relative to electronic monitoring and updates regulations and oversight	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	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 Natural Resources
	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 Natural Resources
	HB 252	Pat Moore	Provides relative to the financial obligations of criminal offenders	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 254	Raymond Crews	creates the Energy Utility Reporting Transparency Act with reporting mechanisms	Pending House Commerce
	HB 260	Debbie Villio	adds resisting a police officer with force or violence to this list to the list of second degree murder	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	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 and Governmental Affairs
	HB 281	John Wyble	Prohibits wearing campaign apparel at a polling place during early voting or on election day.	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	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 House Appropriations
	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 House Civil Law and Procedure
	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 House Administration of Criminal Justice
	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	Pending House Appropriations
	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
	HB 304	Robert Carter	Provides relative to venue for expropriations under the La. Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act.	Pending House Natural Resources
	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 Judiciary
	HB 316	Rhonda Butler	Modifies the membership of the Drug Policy Board and modernizes language.	Pending House Health and Welfare
	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 House Commerce
	HB 323	Beau Beaullieu	Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 332	Ed Larvadain III	Provides relative to the size of the campaign-free zone radius at polling places	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	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
	HB 334	Phillip Tarver	Repeals one percent of the state sales and use tax levy	Pending House Ways and Means
	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
	HB 341	Danny McCormick	Repeals the motion picture production tax credit and reduces the individual income tax rate	Pending House Ways and Means
	HB 342	Mike Bayham	Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 344	Stephanie Berault	Provides for the transfer of school disciplinary records and for school personnel's access to certain juvenile court records	Pending House Education
	HB 345	John Wyble	Modifies the timeframe for insurers to send prior notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of residential property insurance policies	Pending House Insurance
	HB 351	Mike Johnson	Provides for penalties for attesting to false information in a notice of candidacy	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 352	Ed Larvadain III	Provides exception for second criminal history check for certain early childhood workers.	Pending House Education
	HB 353	Shane Mack	Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration	Pending House Natural Resources
	HB 354	C. Denise Marcelle	Requires sample testing of certain chemicals in drinking water	Pending House Health and Welfare
	HB 364	Daryl Deshotel	(Constitutional Amendment) Increases the membership of the Public Service Commission	Pending House Commerce
	HB 369	Joy Walters	Provides for the districts for the election of members to the Senate	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 371	Beryl Amedee	Requires the government to provide protections to places of worship and prohibits discrimination in certain circumstances	Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
	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).	Pending House Health and Welfare
	HB 380	Rodney Schamerhorn	Removes eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide sequestration.	Pending House Natural Resources
	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 House Education
	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 Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 394	Nicholas Muscarello	Provides for procedures in capital cases	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 396	Danny McCormick	Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration in Louisiana is illegal	Pending House Natural Resources
	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
	HB 407	Lauren Ventrella	Provides relative to individuals who may obtain a concealed handgun permit in La.	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 421	Emily Chenevert	Provides relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion in state agencies	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	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
	HB 425	Josh Carlson	Provides relative to the crime of coerced abortion and for mandatory reporting.	Pending House Administration of 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
	HB 429	Delisha Boyd	Prohibits intentional employment discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation	Pending House Labor and Industrial Relations
	HB 436	Gabe Firment	Prohibits an award of general damages and past and future wages for unauthorized aliens in an automobile accident.	Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
	HB 453	Aimee Adatto Freeman	Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof	Pending House Commerce
	HB 457	Denise Marcelle	Provides relative to solitary confinement.	Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
	HB 458	Beau Beaullieu	Provides for the districts for the election of members to the House of Representatives	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 459	Kimberly Coates	Requires permits from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources for renewable energy projects.	Pending House Natural Resources
	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
	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 House Education
	HB 469	Barbara Carpenter	Provides relative to the regulation of short-term rentals.	Pending House Commerce
	HB 471	Kathy Edmonston	(Constitutional Amendment) Changes the process for amending the constitution	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 472	Julie Emerson	(Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La.	Pending House Ways and Means
	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 House Ways and Means
	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 Education
	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 and Governmental Affairs
	HB 487	Edmond Jordan	Provides relative to Senate districts	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 488	Edmond Jordan	Provides relative to House districts	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	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
	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
	HB 494	Jessica Domangue	Provides for the regulation of tank facilities, terminal facilities, and truck unloading facilities as they relate to petroleum transportation	Pending House Commerce
	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
	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
	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
	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 House Transportation, Highways, and Public Works
	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
	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
	HB 575	Lauren Ventrella	Provides relative to causes of action for an unlawful termination of a pregnancy.	Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
	HB 577	Daryl Deshotel	Provides for the the procurement of voting systems	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 583	Jacob Landry	Provides for energy security and affordability and provides the criteria for reliable energy sources including green energy and clean energy.	Pending House Natural Resources
	HB 590	Annie Spell	Prohibits the use of foreign funds in conducting election administration or ballot questions.	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
	HB 592	Beau Beaullieu	Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
Government Affairs	HB 596	Mark Wrght	CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides for revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act	Pending House and Governmental Affairs
Environment