Robby Carter — House - District 72
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HB304: Provides relative to venue for claims involving expropriation for carbon capture
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Robert Carter (D)
Co-sponsors: Charles Owen (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB503: Provides relative to horse racing (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Robert Carter (D)
Pending: 🏛 Commerce 40 📅 Not Scheduled
Broadens the Louisiana State Racing Commission’s authority by allowing the appointment of up to three additional stewards. The bill also permits racetracks that hold both sports wagering and racing licenses to offer pari-mutuel wagering within their retail sports book lounges, contingent on an approved operational plan by the Racing Commission and Gaming Control Board. The overall intent is to support and stabilize the horse racing industry through regulatory and operational flexibility.
HB576: Provides relative to rates in competitive and noncompetitive markets
Last Action: Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Robert Carter (D)
Co-sponsors: Chad Brown (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
AS AMENDED will cause insurance companies to flee the state. Does nothing to reign in out of control lawsuits, but instead sets up the insurance commissioner as a fall guy.
Amendments decouple insurance rate assessments from actuarial standards and expands the insurance commissioner’s power to reject insurance rates based on vague or subjective standards. The bill strips away requirements for actuarial justification, enabling politically driven rate disapprovals without relying on sound, data-based assessments.
Key Provisions:
- Repeals statutory protections that recognized market competition as a natural check on excessive pricing.
- Redefines “excessive” to include not just high profits but also any expense provision the commissioner deems "unreasonably high," creating an open-ended standard.
- Removes the requirement that disapproval of rates be tied to actuarial justification or market conditions, giving the commissioner broad authority to block rates based on subjective judgment.
- Mandates that the commissioner disapprove any rate found to be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory—without clear criteria for these terms.
- Requires the commissioner to impose interim rates upon insurer request if a filing is disapproved, and allows for partial premium escrowing, with state-directed redistribution of overcharges, bypassing normal rate-setting processes.
- Exempts small (de minimis) refunds from being returned to policyholders, potentially allowing the state to retain excess funds.
- Repeals multiple statutory provisions that provided structure, consistency, and market-based limitations on regulatory intervention.
This bill opens the door to rate-setting by regulatory whim rather than actuarial rigor, undermining predictability for insurers and potentially destabilizing Louisiana’s insurance market.
ORIGINAL BREAKDOWN:
PRICE FIXING
Removes the distinction between competitive and noncompetitive insurance markets, allowing the commissioner of insurance to disapprove any rate deemed excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, regardless of market type.
Key Provisions:
- Revises the definition of “excessive” to apply in all markets.
- Eliminates separate rating standards based on market competition.
- Authorizes the commissioner to disapprove rates if excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, unless actuarially justified.
- Repeals statutes related to competitive and noncompetitive market distinctions.
HB597: Enacts the Speedy Tort Claims Act (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Robert Carter (D)
Pending: 🏛 Civil Law and Procedure 44 📅 Not Scheduled
Establishes the Speedy Tort Claims Act to create special court divisions for expedited resolution of low-value tort claims.
Key Provisions:
- Authorizes each judicial district court to create a "speedy tort claims division" with jurisdiction over tort claims not exceeding $50,000.
- Magistrate judges are appointed by majority vote of the district court judges and paid from the judicial expense fund; must meet residency and legal experience requirements.
- Jurisdiction excludes certain matters including property title, constitutional rights, family law, successions, class actions, and suits involving the state or political subdivisions.
- Procedures are streamlined: reduced court costs, no jury trials, mandatory trial scheduling within 60 days, and default judgments allowed without hearings.
- Medical treatment and reimbursement must follow existing workers’ compensation guidelines.
- Appeals go directly to the court of appeal, limited to errors of law only, and no appeals to the Louisiana Supreme Court are permitted.
- Appeals are decided by a three-judge panel based on written records only, with strict timeframes for rulings.
This would use magistrate judges specifically appointed. They are not existing district court judges. They would be appointed by a majority vote of the judges in the judicial district. They muxt be licensed attorneys with at least 8 years of legal practice and one year of parish residency. Their salaries are paid from the court’s judicial expense fund.
HB646: Imposes an excise tax on proceeds from geologic storage of carbon dioxide (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-23
Author: Robert Carter (D)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
Makes it harder to get rid of something that you're taxing.
Summary: Imposes a 30% excise tax on proceeds from geologic storage of carbon dioxide.
Key Provisions:
- Levies a 30% tax on gross proceeds earned by carbon storage operators in Louisiana.
- Tax applies in addition to all other state and local taxes.
- Paid quarterly to the Department of Revenue.
- Effective July 1, 2025.
HB95: Authorizes commissioned officers of the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry to purchase their service weapon upon retirement
Last Action: Effective date: 06/04/2025.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Robert Carter (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
Proposes a new law (R.S. 11:610) allowing certain retiring commissioned officers from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to purchase their service firearms. The key provisions are:
- Eligibility: Officers must be members of the State Employees' Retirement System, employed under R.S. 3:734 or 4274.1, have at least 20 years of active service, and retire under R.S. 11:441.
- Purchase: They can buy their firearm at fair market value upon retirement.
- Oversight: The purchase is subject to approval by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
The bill aims to provide a benefit to long-serving officers by allowing them to retain their service weapon post-retirement, pending administrative approval.
HCR74: Requests that the Louisiana Supreme Court develop rules that prohibit judges from attending campaign events for other elected officials
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Date: 2025-05-28
Author: 🥇 Robert Carter (D)
Pending: 🏛 Judiciary 39 📅 Not Scheduled
HR135: Commends Willie "Jackrabbit" Morgan on being named Louisiana Outstanding Log Truck Driver of the Year
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: Robert Carter (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
Proposes an amendment to the Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act concerning the venue for expropriation hearings. The bill seeks to modify R.S. 30:1108(C) to mandate that any expropriation hearings under this Act be conducted in the parish where the property subject to expropriation is located. This change aims to ensure that legal proceedings related to eminent domain for carbon capture projects occur within the local jurisdiction affected by the expropriation.
The proposed amendment emphasizes the importance of local jurisdiction in expropriation cases, potentially enhancing community involvement and oversight in decisions impacting local properties. By requiring hearings to be held in the parish of the property in question, the bill could facilitate greater accessibility for local stakeholders and ensure that decisions are made with direct input from the affected community.