71 bills pending
Members
π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
π₯ Jason Hughes (D)
Pending Bills
HB41: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Brunet et al. v. State of Louisiana et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π‘οΈ Mike Johnson (R)
HB42: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Landon Howard Powell, et al v. State of Louisiana, et al
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB43: Appropriates funds for payment of certain consent judgments against the state in the suit entitled William Mangum, individually and as surviving father of Hayden Lane Mangum v. La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries et al. consolidated with Jacke Shaw Mangum v. State of La. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Steven Jackson (D)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB44: Appropriates funds for payment of a consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled State of La., through the Dept. of Transportation and Development v. Martin T. Frey et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB45: Appropriates funds for payment of a consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Oliver et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Debbie Villio (R)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB46: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Singleton v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Debbie Villio (R)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB58: Appropriates funds for payment of a consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Direct General Ins. Co., of La. v Tonia Boggs et al. consolidated with William Tyler Walker et al. v. FCCI Ins. Co. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Adrian Fisher (D)
APPROPRIATION
HB59: Appropriates funds for payment of a consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Randall Clint Lewis v. State of La. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Adrian Fisher (D)
APPROPRIATION
HB104: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Wilkerson v. State of La. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
APPROPRIATION
HB105: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the matter entitled Marchand v. State of La. et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Lauren Ventrella (R)
APPROPRIATION
HB126: Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (OR +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Rodney Lyons (D)
GROWS GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING:
Present law requires such funding to be distributed in an amount equal to $2.50 for each resident of the parish age 60 or older as of the latest federal decennial census or $100,000,
whichever amount is greater.
Proposed law retains present law but increases the minimum per resident amount from $2.50 to $4.00 and increases the standard per parish minimum
amount from $100,000 to $150,000.
Present law requires the minimum total annual appropriation for such distributions to be $6,900,000.
Proposed law increases this amount to $10,494,238.
HB132: Appropriates funding to American Legion Post 383 for construction of a veterans memorial
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Sylvia Taylor (D)
STOP USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUILD VETERAN MEMORIALS WHILE USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO TEAR DOWN OTHER VETERAN MEMORIALS
HB203: Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Tehmi Chassion (D)
Expands the powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board to hear and decide claims for extraordinary medical and dental expenses. Requires approval by the board of the extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course of their official duties. Allows the board to adopt rules and regulations.
Proposed law requires the state risk director to pay extraordinary medical and dental expenses from the Self Insurance Fund.
HB226: Provides for appropriation of certain monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Enhancement Fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Barbara Freiberg (R)
Loosens spending regulation. MAINTAINS a SPECIALTY FUND.
HB227: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Rogers et al. v. Dantin et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Stephanie Hilferty (R)
HB231: Extends health insurance coverage for the families of law enforcement officers and firemen killed in the line of duty (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Tehmi Chassion (D)
HB245: Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Jerome Zeringue (R)
HB283: 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 (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
POTENTIAL TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT GROWTH. Not a Constitutional Amendment, so it has the potential to be adjusted or removed in the future.
HB295: (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 (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
GROWTH LIMIT
HB309: Provides for limitations on appropriations to nongovernmental entities (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
HB320: Provides state supplemental pay to public emergency medical services practitioners (OR +$5,040,000 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Lawrence Bagley (R)
EXPANDS SPENDING
HB335: Dedicates revenue to the College and University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement Fund (OR -$100,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Christopher Turner (R)
PLACES MONEY IN SPECIALTY FUND
HB346: To establish the Local Infrastructure Fund (OR -$37,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
CREATES a NEW SPECIALTY FUND
HB347: Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Foy Gadberry (R)
Co-sponsors: Glen Womack (R)
HB348: Provides supplemental pay for fire protection officers for the Lakefront Management Authority (OR +$64,800 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Candace Newell (D)
HB349: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for supplemental pay for fire protection officers employed by an airport authority. (OR +$111,600 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Candace Newell (D)
HB360: Provides relative to electronic payment processing services utilized by state entities (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB1: Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB433: Establishes the Site Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Fund in the state treasury (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
CREATES A NEW SPECIALTY FUND: the Site Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Fund
HB462: Provides for the Revenue Sharing Distribution for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB463: Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HCR2: Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (OR +$642,278,828 SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB515: To provide for the cost share of certain insurance premiums for programs sponsored by the state's Office of Group Benefits (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Jerome Zeringue (R)
HR5: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to examine, investigate, and audit the firemen's supplemental pay program (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
HCR7: Authorizes and directs the state Office of Group Benefits to study and report to legislature regarding savings available from requiring eligible participants to enroll in Medicare and options for plan provisions that could return some of those savings to those participants (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: π₯ Tony Bacala (R)
HB70: Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Ken Brass (D)
Expands eligibility criteria for a TOPS-Tech award to include the attainment of early college credit in high school through completion of dual enrollment courses or other approved skills and learning measures.
WARRANTS FURTHER EVALUATION
HB77: Revises Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award amounts and adds an award category for students with an ACT score of 31 or above (EG +$47,521,473 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: π₯ Christopher Turner (R)
Co-sponsors: Laurie Schlegel (R)
Revises TOPS award amounts and adds an award level, Excellence, for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT.
WARRANTS FURTHER EVALUATION
HB253: Provides relative to kratom (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Chad Boyer (R)
REGULATION
HB275: Authorizes students who qualify for a TOPS award but graduate from an out-of-state college to apply unused award amounts to medical or dental school in Louisiana and requires repayment unless certain conditions are met (EG +$367,110 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Stephanie Berault (R)
Co-sponsors: π₯ Christopher Turner (R)
HB479: Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EG +$6,309,767 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Mandie Landry (D)
Co-sponsors: Alonzo Knox (D)
HB564: Establishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Jacob Landry (R)
ANOTHER GUBM'NT PROGRAM
HB639: Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (OR +$50,000,000 SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Neil Riser (R)
HB643: Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled DeRoche v DOTD et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: π‘οΈ Mike Johnson (R)
HB647: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB578: Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
HB656: Repeals the reduction in the state sales and use tax rate and dedicates a portion of the avails of the state sales tax to fund teacher pay raises (OR -$276,800,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Reported with amendments (7-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Edmond Jordan (D)
HB664: Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-24
Author: π₯ Jack McFarland (R)
HB201: Expands student eligibility for participation in the R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables) program (EG +$1,700,000 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-24
Author: Vincent St. Blanc (R)
Co-sponsors: Laurie Schlegel (R)
HB502: Provides for the compensation, evaluation, duties, and removal of registrars of voters (EG +$328,267 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-24
Author: π€ Rhonda Butler (R)
HB539: Creates a program and fund administered by the La. Dept. of Health for the purpose of recruiting specialist physicians to practice medicine in the state (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-24
Author: Stephanie Berault (R)
HB624: Transfers certain family and support programs from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Louisiana Workforce Commission and renames Louisiana Workforce Commission to Louisiana Works (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-24
Author: Stephanie Berault (R)
Co-sponsors: Beth Billings (R) Kimberly Coates (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Beth Mizell (R)
HB673: Repeals provisions relative to compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment (EG DECREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-28
Author: Nicholas Muscarello (R)
HB594: Establishes a flat rate of insurance premium tax and provides relative to certain insurance premium tax credits and exemptions (EG -$17,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Chance Henry (R)
HB507: Establishes the High Impact Job Program within Louisiana Economic Development and provides for administration of the program (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-29
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
HB218: Provides relative to the administration of the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center and its rental rates and usage fees (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: π€ Dewith Carrier (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Deshotel (R)
WHY?
HB388: Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: π€ John Illg (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) π₯ Tony Bacala (R) Chad Boyer (R) Vincent Cox (R) Dodie Horton (R) Alonzo Knox (D) π€ Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Pat Moore (D) Joy Walters (D) Jeff Wiley (R)
...and 5 more.
INCREASES state compensation to PARISH SHERIFF'S housing STATE OFFENDERS
HB678: (Constitutional Amendment) Modifies disposition of certain state revenues through repeal of the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund and deposits of certain revenue streams into the Budget Stabilization Fund (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-29
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
HB467: Requires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Stephanie Hilferty (R)
Co-sponsors: Mandie Landry (D)
HB478: 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 (EG +$270,936 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
HB307: Requires individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-05
Author: Chance Henry (R)
WHO CARES IF IT IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW?
HB533: Establishes the Work-Based Learning Tax Credit for employment of apprentices, interns, and youth workers (EG -$1,136,500 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-06
Author: Kim Carver (R)
HB224: Decreases the annual premium tax on certain vehicle insurance policies (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Jay Galle (R)
HB357: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-08
Author: π€ Aimee Freeman (D)
Co-sponsors: Mandie Landry (D)
OVERREGULATION. Requiring cover of cancer will needlessly INCREASE premiums of others.
HB2: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-12
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
HB127: Establishes an individual income tax deduction for contributions made into certain deductible savings accounts (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
CREATES AN INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
Aren't we eliminating the income tax in Louisiana? Tarver doesn't think so. LOL
STOP CREATING DEDUCTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
HB663: Provides for the disposition of certain state sales and use tax collections for the purpose of fortifying residential roofs in the coastal zone (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Gabe Firment (R)
HB186: Authorizes a tax credit for certain employers of La. National Guard members and military reservists (EG -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-20
Author: π€ Jason DeWitt (R)
STOP CREATING INCOME TAX CREDITS AND EXCEPTIONS
HB415: Authorizes enhanced promotional play allowances for gaming operators that make certain capital investments (EG -$50,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-22
Author: Michael Echols (R)
HB619: Provides relative to public camping (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-22
Author: Alonzo Knox (D)
HR243: To authorize and direct the Legislative Fiscal Office to study the fiscal impact of establishing and operating a sentencing review panel for non-unanimous jury verdicts (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-29
Author: π€ Charles Owen (R)
HB586: Provides for calling a constitutional convention (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT