Paula Davis — House - District 69
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Live from the 2025 Regular Session
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HB263: Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs
Last Action: Effective date: 06/08/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB343: Provides relative to condominium associations
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
In plain terms: if you live in a condo and don’t pay your regular association dues, the association could go after your home, even if it’s protected under the homestead exemption.
[This is the second bill I've seen of Paula Davis shilling for HOAs. The first I noticed was the creation of a SPECIAL DISTRICT made of four HOA heads that included taxing authority.]
Adds a new exception to Louisiana’s homestead exemption law. Currently, a person’s primary residence is generally protected from being seized to pay certain debts. This bill would allow a condominium association to seize a condo unit—even if it’s a homestead—to collect unpaid or accelerated regular fees used to maintain, protect, or improve shared areas of the property.
HB506: Provides relative to in vitro fertilization
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Paula Davis (R)
Pending: 🏛 Civil Law and Procedure 44 📅 Not Scheduled
Revises Louisiana law related to in vitro fertilized human embryos. It defines embryos as “juridical persons” with certain legal rights and clarifies their status, ownership, and permitted uses. The bill presumes embryos are viable unless deemed otherwise.
Key provisions:
- Defines in vitro fertilized human embryos and establishes legal personhood until implantation
- Limits embryo use to implantation; prohibits destruction unless deemed non-viable
- Sets qualifications for IVF providers, requiring specific medical standards and certifications
- Provides guidelines for embryo donation, removing references to “married couples” and “adoption”
- Establishes that disputes over embryos are resolved by existing agreements or court decisions in the embryo’s best interest
- Grants civil and criminal liability protections for providers acting in good faith under accepted standards
The bill creates a legal framework for IVF practices in Louisiana and may affect how embryos are handled, donated, and protected under the law.
HB55: Creates the Cross Gates Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Last Action: Effective date: 06/04/2025.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
A 4-MEMBER (plus one legislative pick) HOA BOARD ASSESSING PARCEL FEES UP TO $400? What are these "supplemental public safety efforts"?
CREATES another special district, this one with HOA appointees.
Enacts R.S. 33:9097.42 to create the Cross Gates Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. Covering Cross Gate Dr, Antioch crossings, and Gateway Dr, it aims to enhance security and community betterment via a 5-member board (4 HOA appointees, 1 joint legislative pick). The board can impose a parcel fee up to $400/year ($150 first year), subject to voter approval, for up to 10 years, renewable. Funds supplement public safety efforts, and assets revert to the parish if the district dissolves.
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.
Pending: 🏛 Finance 36 📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE committee Amendment 1 [LINK] removed six violent crimes from eligibility for the scholarship (Disarming of a peace officer, Aggravated assault with a firearm, Simple kidnapping, False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon, Aggravated arson, Home invasion) but leave in the following violent crimes:
Aggravated battery
Second degree battery
Aggravated assault
Aggravated criminal damage to property
Second degree robbery
Simple robbery
Purse snatching
Aggravated flight from an officer
ORIGINAL BREAKDOWN
Under HB558 (2025 Regular Session), the M.J. Foster Promise Program will now allow individuals convicted of certain crimes to be eligible for program grants, unless their conviction falls under specific exclusions.
Therefore, the following crimes are now eligible for M.J. Foster Promise Program grants under the proposed law:
- Aggravated battery
- Second degree battery
- Disarming of a peace officer
- Aggravated assault (excluding firearm-specific version)
- False imprisonment with a dangerous weapon
- Aggravated arson
- Aggravated criminal damage to property
- Home invasion
- Second degree robbery
- Simple robbery
- Purse snatching
- Aggravated flight from an officer
Note: All other crimes of violence listed in R.S. 14:2(B) and specifically enumerated in HB558 remain disqualifying and will continue to render an applicant ineligible.
Let me know if you’d like a formatted chart comparing before/after eligibility or a version tailored for legislative testimony.
HB653: Transfers the sound recording investor tax credit program from La. Economic Development to the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and extends the duration of the program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Paula Davis (R)
Co-sponsors: Mandie Landry (D) Franklin Foil (R) Bob Hensgens (R) Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) Patrick McMath (R) Brach Myers (R) Jeremy Stine (R)
...and 2 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
Why are Louisiana taxpayers paying for a tax credit for sound recordings? This is a five-year extension of this tax credit that is sunsetting. Things like this should be DOGE'd out.
HOUSE committee amendments [LINK] transfer responsibility for administering the Sound Recording Investor Tax Credit program from Louisiana Economic Development to the Office of Cultural Development within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. They increase credit percentages for investors and Qualified Music Companies (QMCs), lower certain eligibility thresholds, clarify payroll definitions, and adjust administrative processes, including allowing but no longer requiring expenditure verification report fees. Additionally, the amendments authorize emergency rulemaking to implement these changes promptly.
Extends the sunset date of the Louisiana sound recording investor tax credit program.
Key Provisions:
- Amends R.S. 47:6023(I) to extend the program's expiration date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2030.
- Applies to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
HR125: Designates May 2025 as Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month in Louisiana
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: 2025-05-09
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR207: Designates May 27, 2025, as Louisiana Music Advocacy Day at the state capitol
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: 2025-05-28
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR248: Commends Emerson Thom on being one of ten students selected to compete in the 25th Braille Challenge in Los Angeles
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: 2025-06-04
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR250: Commends Charity Boney on placing first in the Regional Braille Challenge in Ruston
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: 2025-06-04
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR28: Designates April 16, 2025, as AARP Louisiana Caregiver Day at the state capitol
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: 2025-04-17
Author: Paula Davis (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HOUSE Amendments technical
SHOULD REQUIRE JUDICIAL REVIEW/A WARRANT
Implications:
Facilitates the Office of Elderly Affairs in obtaining critical financial information through a certified written request without judicial review in its capacity to investigate and address issues of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or extortion involving adults under its protection (persons over 60 years of age where allegations have been made). Broadens the Office of Elderly Affairs' power to expand access to financial records without a warrant, this one for adult protective services with no judicial review.
Key Provisions:
1. Authorization for Financial Record Disclosure:
The bill seeks to amend R.S. 6:333(F) by adding a new provision (F)(19), explicitly allowing banks and their affiliates to disclose financial records to the Office of Elderly Affairs upon receiving a written request. This request must certify that the records are necessary for the office to perform its duties under the Adult Protective Services Act.
2. Access to Essential Records:
The bill proposes changes to R.S. 15:1507(H)(1) to ensure that the adult protection agency has access to various records, including medical, psychological, criminal, and financial documents, that are essential for carrying out its responsibilities. It mandates that any person or agency in possession of such records must provide them to the agency without unnecessary delay.