Michael Echols — House - District 14
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Live from the 2025 Regular Session
(1400 House floor votes analyzed - so far...)
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House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
🏛 House📅 No upcoming hearing scheduled
🕗 Bills Pending: 6
Sponsored Bills
HR212: Urges and requests the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and the Public Service Commission to research the benefits of using nuclear energy generation within the state
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: 2025-06-05
Author: Michael Echols (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR249: Creates a task force to study and recommend policies to promote Small Nuclear Reactors 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: 2025-06-11
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Alonzo Knox (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB117: Provides for adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (EG +$100,000 SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Labor & Industrial Relations 5 📅 Not Scheduled
HB129: Establishes a corporate income tax credit for certain broker-dealer financial businesses (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
HB135: Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for certain institutions of higher education (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
HB233: Establishes an income tax credit for certain pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
HB235: Increases the excise tax levied on consumable hemp products and dedicates revenues collected from the tax (OR +$5,100,000 SD RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
HB264: Provides for transparency and compensation practices relative to pharmacy benefit managers (EN +$90,000 SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: 06/20/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Lawrence Bagley (R) Dennis Bamburg (R) Mike Bayham (R) Beau Beaullieu (R) Stephanie Berault (R) Beth Billings (R) Delisha Boyd (D) Rhonda Butler (R) Josh Carlson (R) Barbara Carpenter (D) Dewith Carrier (R) Robert Carter (D) Kim Carver (R) Tehmi Chassion (D) Emily Chenevert (R) Kimberly Coates (R) Vincent Cox (R) Raymond Crews (R) Daryl Deshotel (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Jessica Domangue (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Les Farnum (R) Gabe Firment (R) Bryan Fontenot (R) Brian Glorioso (R) Troy Hebert (R) Dodie Horton (R) Jason Hughes (D) John Illg (R) Steven Jackson (D) Mike Johnson (R) Travis Johnson (D) Edmond Jordan (D) Timothy Kerner (R) Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Jacob Landry (R) Shane Mack (R) Denise Marcelle (D) Danny McCormick (R) Jack McFarland (R) Wayne McMahen (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Michael Melerine (R) Dustin Miller (D) Candace Newell (D) Joseph Orgeron (R) Charles Owen (R) Troy Romero (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Laurie Schlegel (R) Annie Spell (R) Vincent St. Blanc (R) Joseph Stagni (R) Sylvia Taylor (D) Francis Thompson (R) Christopher Turner (R) Debbie Villio (R) Joy Walters (D) Roger Wilder (R) Jeff Wiley (R) John Wyble (R) Adam Bass (R)
...and 63 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HB317: Establishes prohibited acts by certain healthcare facility lessors and lessees (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2025-05-06
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Health & Welfare 5 📅 Not Scheduled
HB415: Authorizes enhanced promotional play allowances for gaming operators that make certain capital investments (EG -$50,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-05-22
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 71 📅 Not Scheduled
HB559: Provides relative to human services districts and boards (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Lawrence Bagley (R) Peter Egan (R) Gabe Firment (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Steven Jackson (D) Mike Johnson (R) Roger Wilder (R) Mark Wright (R)
...and 3 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HB598: Authorizes income tax credits for businesses within certain manufacturing industries (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: 👤 Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
HCR64: Urges and requests the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and the Public Service Commission to research and implement nuclear energy generation within the state
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Date: 2025-05-22
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources and Environment 33 📅 Not Scheduled
HR218: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate with stakeholders to develop a healthcare plan for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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: 2025-06-11
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Tehmi Chassion (D) Alonzo Knox (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR236: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Phil Alexander Robertson
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: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Lawrence Bagley (R) Dennis Bamburg (R) Mike Bayham (R) Beau Beaullieu (R) Stephanie Berault (R) Beth Billings (R) Ryan Bourriaque (R) Delisha Boyd (D) Chad Boyer (R) Ken Brass (D) Jacob Braud (R) Chad Brown (D) Marcus Bryant (D) Rhonda Butler (R) Josh Carlson (R) Barbara Carpenter (D) Dewith Carrier (R) Robert Carter (D) Wilford Carter (D) Kim Carver (R) Tehmi Chassion (D) Emily Chenevert (R) Kimberly Coates (R) Vincent Cox (R) Raymond Crews (R) Paula Davis (R) Daryl Deshotel (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Jason DeWitt (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Jessica Domangue (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Les Farnum (R) Gabe Firment (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Bryan Fontenot (R) Barbara Freiberg (R) Foy Gadberry (R) Jay Galle (R) Brett Geymann (R) Brian Glorioso (R) Kyle Green (D) Troy Hebert (R) Chance Henry (R) Stephanie Hilferty (R) Dodie Horton (R) Jason Hughes (D) John Illg (R) Steven Jackson (D) Mike Johnson (R) Travis Johnson (D) Edmond Jordan (D) Timothy Kerner (R) Alonzo Knox (D) Jeremy LaCombe (R) Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Jacob Landry (R) Terry Landry Jr. (D) Ed Larvadain (D) Rodney Lyons (D) Shane Mack (R) Denise Marcelle (D) Danny McCormick (R) Jack McFarland (R) Wayne McMahen (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Michael Melerine (R) Shaun Mena (D) Dustin Miller (D) Pat Moore (D) Nicholas Muscarello (R) Joseph Orgeron (R) Charles Owen (R) Neil Riser (R) Troy Romero (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Laurie Schlegel (R) Annie Spell (R) Vincent St. Blanc (R) Joseph Stagni (R) Phillip Tarver (R) Polly Thomas (R) Francis Thompson (R) Christopher Turner (R) Lauren Ventrella (R) Debbie Villio (R) Roger Wilder (R) Jeff Wiley (R) Matthew Willard (D) Mark Wright (R) John Wyble (R) Rashid Young (D) Jerome Zeringue (R)
...and 93 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HR251: Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study and report relative to the voting threshold required for parental approval for the conversion of a preexisting school to a charter school
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: 2025-06-11
Author: Michael Echols (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR290: Requests the Department of Insurance to annually submit comprehensive reports of received complaints relative to property and casualty insurance companies
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: 2025-06-13
Author: Michael Echols (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR3: Requests the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of and potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and beverages in public schools
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: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Kathy Edmonston (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR348: Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to monitor changes to terms and conditions of equity commitments made by investors to development projects in the state
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: 2025-06-13
Author: Michael Echols (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR4: Memorializes the United States Congress to support funding for the ability to focus on purchasing American agricultural products and the removal of ultra-processed food and beverages from K-12 public schools
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: Michael Echols (R)
Co-sponsors: Beryl Amedee (R) Mike Bayham (R) Beth Billings (R) Kimberly Coates (R) Kellee Dickerson (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Peter Egan (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Jason Hughes (D) Steven Jackson (D) Mike Johnson (R) Vanessa Caston Lafleur (D) Shaun Mena (D) Troy Romero (R) Rodney Schamerhorn (R) Roger Wilder (R) John Wyble (R)
...and 12 more.
📅 Not Scheduled