36 bills pending
Members
π₯ Glen Womack (R)
π₯ Heather Cloud (R)
Pending Bills
SB41: Provides relative to child welfare. (See Act) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-28
Author: Regina Barrow (D)
Co-sponsors: π€ Gerald Boudreaux (D) Valarie Hodges (R) π€ Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) W. Jay Luneau (D) Patrick McMath (R) Beth Mizell (R) Beth Billings (R)
...and 2 more.
SB42: Provides relative to perinatal behavioral health treatment. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-28
Author: π€ Larry Selders (D)
Co-sponsors: Regina Barrow (D) Royce Duplessis (D) π‘οΈ Franklin Foil (R) Kirk Talbot (R) William Wheat (R)
SB52: Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (OR -$828,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Patrick McMath (R)
CREATES AN INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
Aren't we eliminating the income tax in Louisiana? McMath doesn't think so. LOL
STOP CREATING DEDUCTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
SB82: Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock. (1/1/26) (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Mike Reese (R)
TAX DEDUCTION: Increases the deduction from 50% to 100% of the assessed value of real estate, improvements, buildings, furniture and fixtures owned by the bank when calculating the ad valorem tax on bank stock.
KIM CARVER has similar bill.
SB91: Provides relative to court costs in suits involving the state and state agencies in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Regina Barrow (D)
19TH JDC IS SUBJECT TO THE MOST STATE GOVERNMENT FILINGS. They should be required to recoup a portion of their money in advance.
SB95: Provides relative to electronic monitoring of certain offenders. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-08
Author: π₯ Heather Cloud (R)
SB97: Creates the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-05
Author: π€ Thomas Pressly (R)
Co-sponsors: Adam Bass (R)
SB112: Authorizes a deduction as compensation for certain dealers and remote sellers that collect and remit sales and use taxes. (7/1/25) (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: π€ Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D)
SB158: Dedicates certain revenue for juvenile rehabilitation programs and establishes the Communities Aligned to Help Educate Youth Fund. (7/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Last Action: Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: Stewart Cathey (R)
SB159: Extends the sunset date of the digital nomad income tax exemption. (8/1/25) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Stewart Cathey (R)
Why do we have sunset dates and just extend them without debate?
SB163: Provides for the creation, transfer, dedication, deposit, and use of certain funds. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Glen Womack (R)
CREATES another SPECIALTY FUND
SB179: Provides relative to the allocation of ad valorem tax assessed values of certain property.(gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Stewart Cathey (R)
SB181: Provides relative to prohibitions in gaming. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Adam Bass (R)
SB207: Requires all public high school students to have access to available vocational and technical courses. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-12
Author: Gary Carter (D)
Co-sponsors: π€ Rick Edmonds (R) π€ Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) π€ Blake Miguez (R) Beth Mizell (R)
SB219: Dedicates certain tax revenue to provide for supplemental payments to certain public elementary and secondary school employees and establishes the Educational Compensation Fund. (7/1/25) (OR -$199,500,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Royce Duplessis (D)
Co-sponsors: π€ Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D)
ANOTHER SPECIALTY FUND
SB232: Provides relative to the motion picture production tax credit. (7/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Last Action: Reported favorably.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Adam Bass (R)
SB235: Establishes an individual income tax credit for payments made toward a homeowner's insurance policy premium. (1/1/26) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Royce Duplessis (D)
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 (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-20
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
GROWTH LIMIT
HB558: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG1 INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-01
Author: Paula Davis (R)
Co-sponsors: Rhonda Butler (R) Vincent Cox (R) Jason DeWitt (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Aimee Freeman (D) Barbara Freiberg (R) Kyle Green (D) Stephanie Hilferty (R) Jason Hughes (D) Mike Johnson (R) Denise Marcelle (D) Danny McCormick (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Pat Moore (D) Candace Newell (D) Charles Owen (R) Sylvia Taylor (D) Francis Thompson (R) Matthew Willard (D) John Wyble (R)
...and 15 more.
HB395: Expands eligible programs for M.J. Foster Promise Program funding to include those associated with LED projects (EG +$1,257,762 SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-12
Author: Ken Brass (D)
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 (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Dennis Bamburg (R) Stephanie Berault (R) Chad Boyer (R) Rhonda Butler (R) Josh Carlson (R) Dewith Carrier (R) Robert Carter (D) Kim Carver (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Gabe Firment (R) Brian Glorioso (R) Troy Hebert (R) Dodie Horton (R) Mike Johnson (R) Jacob Landry (R) Michael Melerine (R) Charles Owen (R) Troy Romero (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) John Wyble (R)
...and 20 more.
POTENTIAL TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT GROWTH. Not a Constitutional Amendment, so it has the potential to be adjusted or removed in the future.
SB74: Provides relative to criminal court jurisdiction over juveniles. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Alan Seabaugh (R)
WHAT IS HE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
HB683: Provides relative to the disposition of certain state revenues through repeal of the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund and dedication of certain revenues to the Budget Stabilization Fund. (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-20
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
SB241: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for the cost of repairs and parts for certain rented or leased motor vehicles. (7/1/25) (EG1 DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: π€ Blake Miguez (R)
HB155: Provides for a statewide revision of court reporter fees (RE INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Nicholas Muscarello (R)
LENGTHY
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 (RRF INCREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-14
Author: Julie Emerson (R)
HB402: Authorizes an income tax deduction for veterans with certain disabilities (EG -$11,300,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Alonzo Knox (D)
Co-sponsors: Candace Newell (D) Sylvia Taylor (D) Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Delisha Boyd (D) Chad Boyer (R) Jacob Braud (R) Robert Carter (D) Wilford Carter (D) Tehmi Chassion (D) Emily Chenevert (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Dodie Horton (R) John Illg (R) Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Rodney Lyons (D) Denise Marcelle (D) Shaun Mena (D) Pat Moore (D) Charles Owen (R) Joy Walters (D) John Wyble (R) Annie Spell (R)
...and 19 more.
HB517: Establishes the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund and dedicates a portion of the avails of the tax levied on smokeless tobacco to the fund (RE -$6,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-03
Author: Ken Brass (D)
Co-sponsors: Mandie Landry (D)
HB433: Establishes the Site Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Fund in the state treasury (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-21
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
CREATES A NEW SPECIALTY FUND: the Site Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Fund
HB277: Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-03
Author: Edmond Jordan (D)
HB346: Establishes the Local Infrastructure Fund (RE NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-28
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
CREATES a NEW SPECIALTY FUND
HB309: Provides for limitations on appropriations to nongovernmental entities (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-02
Author: Phillip Tarver (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Dewith Carrier (R) Vincent Cox (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Les Farnum (R) Bryan Fontenot (R) Dodie Horton (R) Danny McCormick (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Charles Owen (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Debbie Villio (R) Roger Wilder (R)
...and 12 more.
SB180: Provides for a pioneering STEM technology program known as "Farm-Ed". (8/1/25) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-05-27
Author: Regina Barrow (D)
HB231: Extends health insurance coverage for the families of law enforcement officers and firemen killed in the line of duty (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Last Action: Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Tehmi Chassion (D)
HB203: Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-04
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.
HB628: Establishes the La. Dividend Program within the Dept. of Treasury and provides for funding, administration, qualifications, and restrictions (RR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Last Action: Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Raymond Crews (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Mike Bayham (R) Beth Billings (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Michael Echols (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Dodie Horton (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Francis Thompson (R) Mark Wright (R)
...and 5 more.
LENGTHY