Samuel Jenkins — Senate - District 39
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SB178: Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights. (gov sig)
Last Action: Effective date 6/20/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) Mike Bayham (R) Marcus Bryant (D) Wilford Carter (D) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Barbara Freiberg (R) Jason Hughes (D) Steven Jackson (D) Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Mandie Landry (D) Rodney Lyons (D) Shaun Mena (D) Candace Newell (D) Neil Riser (R) Joy Walters (D) Matthew Willard (D) Rashid Young (D)
...and 14 more.
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SB189: Provides for creation of the State Land Banking Authority Act. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SENATE floor amendments technical
SENATE committee amendment [LINK] rename the bill to the "State Land Banking Authority Act" and require any land banking authority created under it to operate as a quasi-public nonprofit under Louisiana’s Nonprofit Corporation Law. They clarify incorporation, amendment, and filing procedures with the secretary of state.
Creates a legal framework allowing parishes and municipalities to form land bank authorities to acquire, manage, and redevelop blighted, tax-delinquent, or abandoned properties.
Key Provisions:
- Allows local governments to establish or jointly form a land bank authority by ordinance.
- Land banks are public or quasi-public entities with independent boards.
- Authorized to acquire, hold, improve, lease, or sell properties.
- May accept donated or tax-delinquent properties.
- Can quiet title, insure properties, and clear code violations.
- Can issue bonds, borrow money, and pledge project revenues.
- Subject to open meetings, ethics, zoning, and permitting laws.
- Properties acquired may be tax-exempt while held by the authority.
- Annual reports to local governments required.
- Includes detailed procedures for issuing and managing bonds.
Effective August 1, 2025.
SB31: Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish.
Last Action: Effective date 6/8/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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Authorizes the transfer of a specific parcel of state-owned property in Caddo Parish to private individuals, Jeremy Lance Evans and Karen A. Evans. The property consists of approximately 0.696 acres of dried lake bed near Caddo Lake. The state retains mineral rights, and the commissioner of administration is empowered to execute necessary agreements for the transfer, ensuring the transaction aligns with the appraised value. The bill becomes effective upon the governor’s signature or lapse of the required time for gubernatorial action.
SB63: Provides for a privilege by municipalities against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
Co-sponsors: Thomas Pressly (R)
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SENATE committee amendments [LINK] clarify how municipalities can collect overdue water and sewer fees from multifamily residential properties. They define the properties affected, require municipalities to send a written demand giving owners 30 days to pay, and allow filing a lien against properties if fees remain unpaid. The amendments also specify how to file and record this lien to ensure it is legally valid.
Proposes granting municipalities a privilege against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees. This privilege specifically targets properties operating under master meter service agreements, where a single meter measures total usage for the entire property or multiple units, such as apartment or condominium complexes.
Key provisions of SB 63 include:
- Ordinance Authorization: Municipal governing authorities may enact ordinances allowing the filing of a notice of nonpayment into public records when service charges or user fees remain unpaid. This filing perfects the municipality's privilege against the property, ranking it superior to mortgages, vendor's privileges, and other privileges, except tax privileges.
- Notice Requirement: Before filing the notice of nonpayment, municipalities must send a certified mail notice to the delinquent property, informing them of the existing privilege and the intent to perfect it through public record filing. If the charges or fees remain unpaid 30 days after this notice, the municipality may proceed with filing the notice of nonpayment in the parish's mortgage records.
- Third-Party Effectiveness: The municipality's privilege becomes effective against third parties only upon filing in the mortgage records.
The proposed law aims to enhance municipalities' ability to enforce collection of unpaid service charges or user fees for sewage and water services from multifamily residential properties operating under master meter agreements.
SR151: Commends and recognizes Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sigma Rho Omega Chapter on the occasion of its thirty-fifth anniversary.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/5/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR167: Commends DEA Task Force Officer Rickey Anderson on his selection as the Louisiana Association's Deputy of the Year.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/5/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR37: Designates Thursday, April 24, 2025, as the inaugural Caddo Parish Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-04-28
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR57: Commends and recognizes the Louisiana-based councils of the National Pan-Hellenic Council for their outstanding contributions to civic engagement, leadership, and community service.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR58: Commends and congratulates the Green Oaks High School Class of 1975 upon the celebration of their 50th class reunion and designates June 21, 2025, as "A Day of Celebration" in honor of their class reunion.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR68: Expresses sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Ayodele "Ayo" Edith Anderson upon her passing, and commends and celebrates her life and legacy, recognizing her outstanding contributions to her community, and her unwavering faith and service.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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SR84: Designates May 9, 2025, as AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Volunteer Day and commends the AmeriCorps Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for 45 years of service.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-05-14
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
Co-sponsors: Thomas Pressly (R)
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SR93: Expresses sincere condolences upon the death of Bessie D. Smith.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-05-14
Author: Samuel Jenkins (D)
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FISCAL NOTE ON “fair pay, additional compensation and no mid-year pay reductions” SHOULD THERE BE A FISCAL NOTE??
SENATE amendments technical
Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights and expands protections for public school employees related to student discipline, compensation, and workplace safety.
Key Provisions:
- Allows all school employees—not just teachers—to take disciplinary action under local policy.
- Adds a paraprofessional to school discipline policy review committees, increasing membership from 16 to 17.
- Creates the “School Employee Bill of Rights,” guaranteeing school staff:
- A safe and respectful work environment
- Legal protection and indemnification for job-related actions
- Protection against retaliation for enforcing discipline
- Involvement in student behavior decisions
- Fair pay, additional compensation, and no midyear pay reductions
- Protection against being assigned medical tasks without training
- Support for professional development and streamlined paperwork
- Requires school boards to distribute and post the Bill of Rights annually and provide it to parents.
- Prohibits school boards and principals from interfering with these rights unless a staff member violates school discipline policy.
- Effective upon governor’s signature.