Dodie Horton — House - District 9
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Live from the 2025 Regular Session
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🕗 Bills Pending: 6
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HB125: Provides for the protection, storage, and access of genomic information (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Effective date: See Act.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB56: Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-10
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Mike Bayham (R) Beth Billings (R) Rhonda Butler (R) Raymond Crews (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Julie Emerson (R) Gabe Firment (R) Mike Johnson (R) Jacob Landry (R) Michael Melerine (R) Charles Owen (R) Francis Thompson (R) Lauren Ventrella (R) Roger Wilder (R) Jeff Wiley (R) John Wyble (R) Regina Barrow (D) Adam Bass (R) Rick Edmonds (R) Michael Fesi (R) Cameron Henry (R) Blake Miguez (R) Thomas Pressly (R) Alan Seabaugh (R) Larry Selders (D) Jeremy Stine (R)
...and 24 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
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)
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 71 📅 Not Scheduled
Ensures that pregnant students at public high schools and public postsecondary institutions have access to clear, supportive information about available resources. It requires student health centers to display signs with a message of help and provide pregnancy help booklets at no cost.
This bill promotes informed decision-making by connecting pregnant students with accurate, nonjudgmental information on pregnancy, adoption, neonatal care, and supportive services.
HB67: Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Chad Boyer (R) Marcus Bryant (D) Rhonda Butler (R) Vincent Cox (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Michael Echols (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Gabe Firment (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Timothy Kerner (R) Jacob Landry (R) Pat Moore (D) Charles Owen (R) Tammy Phelps (D) Laurie Schlegel (R) Annie Spell (R) Francis Thompson (R) Roger Wilder (R) Jeff Wiley (R) Jerome Zeringue (R)
...and 18 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE committee amendment [LINK] changes the bill’s language to specify that its provisions apply only when the age difference between the victim and the offender is two years or greater, removing the prior reference to “offender” alone.
Amends laws on sex offenses against minors. It adds to R.S. 14:42.1(A) that second degree rape includes nonconsensual intercourse with a victim aged 13-16 by an offender 17+, expanding the crime’s scope. C.Cr.P. Art. 571.1 extends the prosecution time limit to 30 years for any sex offense (per R.S. 15:541(24)) involving victims under 18, replacing a specific list. C.E. Art. 804(B)(5) raises the hearsay exception age for initial complaints of sexual assault from under 12 to under 13. Effective upon governor’s signature, it strengthens protections and prosecution windows for minor victims.
HB81: Provides criminal liability for certain violations of the Open Meetings Law
Last Action: Withdrawn prior to introduction.
Date: 2025-03-31
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature Website
HB54: Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
Co-sponsors: Rick Edmonds (R) Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) Robert Owen (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR5: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to examine, investigate, and audit the firemen's supplemental pay program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-13
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Directs the legislative auditor to investigate the firemen's supplemental pay program due to concerns over ineligible recipients.
Key Provisions:
- Authorizes a full audit of the firemen’s supplemental pay program.
- Targets departments with over 100 employees, 10 departments with 50–99, and 5 departments with under 50.
- Responds to a 2024 audit showing supplemental pay was awarded to non-firefighting personnel (e.g., IT staff, clerks, mechanics).
- Auditor must determine whether payments comply with R.S. 40:1666.1.
- Report due to the House Appropriations Committee by February 1, 2026.
HOUSE floor amendments technical/set enactment up on signature
HOUSE Commerce committee amendments [LINK] clarify that the bill applies specifically to human genetic data, sequencing, and research. It defines “foreign adversary company” with a focus on entities tied to China and prohibits Louisiana medical or research facilities from using new human genetic sequencing equipment or software from such entities. It also bans storing human genetic data in foreign adversary countries. Violations carry a $10,000 fine per incident, and enforcement authority is given solely to the attorney general.
Focuses on genomic security. It aims to prevent foreign adversaries, particularly China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, from accessing American genetic data. The bill prohibits medical and research facilities from using genetic sequencing equipment and software produced by companies affiliated with these countries. It also mandates that genomic data must not be stored in or accessed remotely from these nations.
Facilities handling genomic data must implement strong cybersecurity measures and annually certify compliance with the attorney general. Violations of these provisions carry fines of $10,000 per incident, and individuals affected by unauthorized genomic sequencing or storage are entitled to statutory damages of at least $5,000 per unique use of their data. The attorney general is granted investigative authority to enforce these regulations.
The bill reflects growing concerns over the security risks posed by foreign entities in genomic research and data storage, aligning with federal sanctions and policies restricting access to sensitive genetic information.