Patrick Connick — Senate - District 8
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Live from the 2025 Regular Session
(658 Senate floor votes analyzed - so far...)
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🕗 Bills Pending: 1
Sponsored Bills
SB58: Creates the crime of child grooming. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
Co-sponsors: Mark Abraham (R) Regina Barrow (D) Gerald Boudreaux (D) Gary Carter (D) Heather Cloud (R) Michael Fesi (R) Franklin Foil (R) Cameron Henry (R) Valarie Hodges (R) Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) Patrick McMath (R) Gregory Miller (R) Beth Mizell (R) Brach Myers (R) Larry Selders (D) Jeremy Stine (R) William Wheat (R) Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Mike Bayham (R) Rhonda Butler (R) Dewith Carrier (R) Tehmi Chassion (D) Vincent Cox (R) Jason DeWitt (R) Jessica Domangue (R) Kathy Edmonston (R) Gabe Firment (R) Barbara Freiberg (R) Stephanie Hilferty (R) Dodie Horton (R) John Illg (R) Alonzo Knox (D) Ed Larvadain (D) Dixon McMakin (R) Dustin Miller (D) Pat Moore (D) Candace Newell (D) Laurie Schlegel (R) Annie Spell (R) Joseph Stagni (R) Sylvia Taylor (D) Francis Thompson (R) Debbie Villio (R) Joy Walters (D) Roger Wilder (R)
...and 41 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
SB141: Provides for nonprofit corporations in Plaquemines Parish. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Effective date 8/1/2025.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Adds Plaquemines Parish to existing exemptions allowing local governments to create nonprofit corporations with bonding authority and modifies lease terms for public benefit corporations in the parish.
Key Provisions:
- Exempts Plaquemines Parish from state restrictions on forming nonprofit corporations for public purposes.
- Allows such corporations in the parish to issue up to $15 million in revenue bonds, tax-exempt and subject to Louisiana’s public transparency laws.
- Authorizes public benefit corporations in Plaquemines Parish to execute leases or subleases up to 99 years, with rent payable in a lump sum or installments.
- Effective August 1, 2025.
SB208: To provide for Lafitte Area Independent Levee District. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Withdrawn from the files of the Senate prior to introduction.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
Pending: 👨⚖️ Floor Vote 📅 Mon, Jun 1 at 9:30 AM
📄 Details 🔍 View Bill on Legislature Website
SB238: Provides relative to the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District. (8/1/25)
Last Action: Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 30, nays 47. Failed to pass.
Date: 2025-05-28
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
Authorizes the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations to address dangerous and dilapidated structures.
Key Provisions:
- Amends R.S. 33:4754(A)(1) to include Lafayette and Lafayette Parish among the jurisdictions with authority to secure, condemn, or demolish blighted buildings.
- Aligns Lafayette's authority with that already granted to numerous other parishes and municipalities.
- Effective August 1, 2025.
SB68: Establishes the Homeowners' Insurance Transparency Act. (1/1/26) (OR +$91,520 SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
Pending: 🏛 Insurance 8 📅 Not Scheduled
Senate Bill No. 68, introduced in the 2025 Regular Session by Senator Connick, proposes the establishment of the "Homeowners' Insurance Transparency Act." This act mandates that homeowners' insurance companies annually disclose financial information regarding their affiliated entities, such as claims adjustment firms and reinsurance companies. The required disclosures include the total annual profit or loss of each affiliated entity, a breakdown of fees and commissions paid to them, a list of services provided along with their total value, and any additional financial interests or transactions that could impact premiums for Louisiana homeowners. These disclosures must be submitted to the Department of Insurance within 90 days after the end of the insurer's fiscal year and will be made publicly accessible. Non-compliance may result in penalties, including fines up to $25,000 and suspension of the ability to issue new policies. The act is set to become effective on January 1, 2026. citeturn0search0
SCR4: Commends and recognizes Coach Hank Tierney and the Archbishop Shaw High School football team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division II Select state championship.
Last Action: Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Date: 2025-04-28
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
Co-sponsors: Gary Carter (D) Vincent Cox (R) Kyle Green (D) Roger Wilder (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SCR61: To authorize and direct the legislative auditor and the Department of Insurance to study the financial transactions of foreign and domestic insurers who are authorized to do and are doing business in Louisiana.
Last Action: Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Date: 2025-06-02
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SR159: To authorize and direct the legislative auditor and the Department of Insurance to study the financial transactions between foreign and domestic insurers who are authorized to do and are doing business in the state of Louisiana.
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: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SR19: Designates Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as Louisiana Funeral Directors Association Day at the capitol.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 4/17/2025.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SR56: Commends and recognizes the staff of Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission.
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: Patrick Connick (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
SENATE floor amendments technical
SENATE committee amendments [LINK] redefine the crime of child grooming to include any act intended to persuade or coerce a child under 13 to enable a lewd or lascivious act. They add specific factors for courts to consider, such as whether the child was isolated or exposed to sexual content. The penalty is up to 15 years in prison.
Creates the crime of "child grooming" in Louisiana. Under the proposed R.S. 14:81.7, child grooming is defined as an adult, who is at least two years older than a minor under seventeen, taking actions to persuade, induce, entice, seduce, or coerce the minor into conduct that would facilitate the commission of a lewd or lascivious act. Penalties include imprisonment for up to five years, or for offenders over seventeen engaging with minors under thirteen, imprisonment ranging from two to twenty-five years with hard labor. Additionally, the bill seeks to amend R.S. 15:541(24)(a) to classify child grooming as a sex offense.