Adam Bass — Senate - District 36
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Live from the 2025 Regular Session
(658 Senate floor votes analyzed - so far...)
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SB127: Provides relative to permitting for advanced nuclear power generation. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Adam Bass (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SB9: Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Adam Bass (R)
Co-sponsors: Mark Abraham (R) Regina Barrow (D) Heather Cloud (R) Bob Hensgens (R) Valarie Hodges (R) Caleb Kleinpeter (R) Blake Miguez (R) Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Dennis Bamburg (R) Mike Bayham (R) Stephanie Berault (R) Kim Carver (R) Emily Chenevert (R) Raymond Crews (R) Phillip DeVillier (R) Jason DeWitt (R) Jessica Domangue (R) Peter Egan (R) Dodie Horton (R) Alonzo Knox (D) Wayne McMahen (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Michael Melerine (R) Sylvia Taylor (D) John Wyble (R)
...and 21 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
AS AMENDED
Difference Between Original and Amended Version of SB9 (2025):
Penalty Provision:
- Original Bill:
- Violation of the new UAS restriction (over military facilities) would be punishable by:
- A fine between $2,000 and $5,000,
- Imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to one year, or both.
- Amended Version (Senate Judiciary C):
- The penalty was increased to:
- A fine between $2,000 and $5,000,
- Imprisonment at hard labor for up to five years (hard labor now required, and maximum sentence increased from 1 to 5 years).
- Mandatory forfeiture and disposition of the drone remain unchanged.
Summary:
The amendment significantly stiffened the penalty—turning it from a possible misdemeanor or low-level felony into a higher-level felony with mandatory hard labor and a longer potential sentence.
ORIGINAL BREAKDOWN:
Amends R.S. 14:337 to prohibit unauthorized use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drones) over federal and state military installations and facilities, effective August 1, 2025.
· Prohibition: Bans intentional UAS surveillance, evidence collection, interference, or recording of military sites without prior written consent from the commander.
- Definitions:
- Military Installation/Facility: Permanent or temporary bases for defense/security operations.
- UAS: Unmanned, powered aircraft; excludes satellites, government-used UAS, and certain regulated business drones.
- Penalties: $2,000–$5,000 fine, up to 1 year imprisonment (with/without hard labor), or both; plus UAS forfeiture and disposal.
Enhances military security by deterring unauthorized drone activities, balancing restrictions with exemptions for legitimate uses (e.g., government, utilities).
SB181: Provides relative to prohibitions in gaming. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Last Action: Veto message from the Governor received and read.
Date: 2025-06-12
Author: Adam Bass (R)
Co-sponsors: Mike Bayham (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Steven Jackson (D) Debbie Villio (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Cracks down on illegal online gambling and sweepstakes gaming, and restricts gaming industry ties to hostile or high-risk foreign jurisdictions.
Key Provisions:
- Bans online sweepstakes games using dual-currency systems that simulate gambling.
- Increases penalties for illegal gambling by computer: $10,000–$100,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison.
- Makes violations a deceptive trade practice under consumer law.
- Prohibits licensed gaming entities and affiliates from supporting or promoting illegal online gambling.
- Bars gaming suppliers from doing business in terrorist-supporting or gambling-prohibited countries.
- Requires annual disclosures of foreign activity; misstatements can lead to license denial or revocation.
- Effective August 1, 2025.
SB232: Provides relative to the motion picture production tax credit. (7/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Effective date 6/4/2025.
Date: 2025-07-01
Author: Adam Bass (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) Mike Bayham (R) Josh Carlson (R) Tehmi Chassion (D) Emily Chenevert (R) Adrian Fisher (D) Steven Jackson (D) Alonzo Knox (D) Ed Larvadain (D) Shaun Mena (D) Joy Walters (D)
...and 6 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
SENATE floor amendments [LINK]:
- Defines "Louisiana promotional graphic" as a short (up to five seconds) state-promoting graphic in a film's end credits.
- Narrows focus from "entertainment industries" to "entertainment industry."
- Requires new rules for the film tax credit program to get approval from House and Senate fiscal committees before becoming effective.
Implications:
Removes the per-project limits and allows film companies and individuals to profit from selling Louisiana tax credits to others—without having to pay Louisiana taxes or prove lasting benefit to the state.
Summary:
SB232 expands Louisiana’s film tax credit program REPEALS the $20 million limits per-project (companies) and $3 million (individuals) allowing up to 40% in state tax credits for approved productions, with fewer restrictions and broader eligibility. These credits remain fully transferable, meaning companies—often out-of-state—can sell them to third parties who owe Louisiana taxes, effectively turning the credits into a cash-equivalent subsidy. The state loses revenue, while the local economic benefit remains uncertain or minimal.
Key Concerns:
- Transferable to Third Parties: Companies can sell their tax credits to Louisiana businesses or individuals with tax liability, converting tax credits into cash while avoiding Louisiana taxes themselves.
- No Caps for New Applications: Repeals existing $20 million per-project and $3 million per-individual limits, opening the door to much larger giveaways.
- Discretionary Project Approval: Puts approval power solely in the hands of Louisiana Economic Development without clear legislative or public oversight.
- Unproven ROI: Prior audits show the program costs taxpayers more than it brings in, with no guarantee of sustained job creation or long-term economic gain.
- Concentrated Benefits: Historically, most tax credits go to the New Orleans area, while taxpayers statewide shoulder the cost.
SB53: Provides relative to warrants for interception of communications. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Adam Bass (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Seeks to amend Louisiana's electronic surveillance laws, specifically regarding procedures for obtaining communication interception warrants.
Key provisions of the bill:
- Definition of "Monitoring Post": The bill introduces and defines the term "monitoring post" as a secure Department of Public Safety and Corrections facility, including Louisiana State Police facilities, that has investigative control over the intercept, regardless of geographic location.
- Informant Presentation in Warrant Applications: Currently, if an application for an interception warrant relies on an informant's statements, the informant must be presented to the judge for questioning. The proposed bill grants judges discretion to decide whether the informant should appear and be sworn in. If the judge orders this, the application must indicate that the informant was presented and sworn.
- Specification of Monitoring Post Location: The bill mandates that any order authorizing the interception of communications must specify the exact location of the monitoring post.
If enacted, these provisions would take effect on August 1, 2025.
SB79: Provides relative to requirements of industrial areas. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Adam Bass (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Proposes amendments to Louisiana's statutes concerning industrial areas allowing for agreements with locals for essential services.
The bill aims to:
- Include Data Centers as Industrial Purposes: It expands the definition of "industrial purposes" to encompass the construction and operation of data centers and related commercial operations.
- Authorize Cooperative Endeavor Agreements: The bill allows industries within industrial areas to enter into cooperative agreements with local parishes, municipalities, other political subdivisions, or private entities to provide essential services such as street maintenance, lighting, sewerage, water service, fire protection, and waste management.
- Ensure Existing Obligations Are Unimpaired: It mandates that any such cooperative agreements must include provisions ensuring that obligations to provide services to existing residents are not impaired.
The proposed law is set to take effect on August 1, 2025.
SR63: Commends and congratulates the Bossier Parish Community College debate team of Lindsey Brown, Jackson Csoma, TJ Jones, and Danielle Sanson for winning the 2025 International Public Debate Community College National Championship.
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: Adam Bass (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SENATE committee amendment 1 [LINK] broadens "electric public utility" to include not only traditional electricity providers under R.S. 45:121 but also anyone involved with small modular reactors, including owners, operators, developers, designers, generators, and customers.
Establishes a federal permitting parity program within the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to expedite permitting for advanced nuclear power projects, specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), submitted by electric public utilities.
Key Provisions:
- Authorizes DEQ to develop and implement expedited permitting specifically for advanced nuclear power generation (small modular reactors).
- Requires utilities seeking expedited permits to demonstrate their application aligns with a collaboration letter with specified federal agencies (e.g., Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Defense).
- Mandates DEQ adopt administrative rules clarifying when permits are issued under this federal permitting parity program.
Effective August 1, 2025.