2023 Regular Session

Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Removes certain employment eligibility requirements for certain unclassified state employees relative to the registration of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Provides relative to federal election guidance and funding

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides for the detention of seventeen year old juveniles under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Creates a statewide database for individuals convicted of certain offenses against minors

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to recall petitions. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (EN +$42,376 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Provides relative to vehicular homicide

Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau

Provides relative to agriculture land protection against foreign adversaries (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Requires certain information and analysis to be included in the governor's executive budget and the General Appropriation Bill (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to economic development (EN +$1,100,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to denial of parole for dangerous offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure and Security Protection Act. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Creates the Victims of Vehicular Homicide Fund (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Bryant

Provides relative to ignition interlock devices. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides relative to rights of victims of alleged delinquent acts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Changes the month for the annual determination of the personal income tax and corporate franchise tax automatic rate reductions. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Criminalizes deepfakes involving minors and defines the rights to digital image and likeness. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Provides for a portal to provide comprehensive financial and other information to the public (EN -$3,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to juvenile detention facilities

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides relative to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Illg

Provides for balance billing by and reimbursement of covered health services provided by out-of-network emergency ambulance services. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Repeals provisions relative to police officers making arrests for certain misdemeanors and felonies. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Morris

Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Provides with respect to the sourcing of sales for purposes of calculating Louisiana income (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Prohibits promotion to the fourth grade of certain students whose reading deficiencies have not been remedied by the end of the third grade (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Establishes an insurance premium tax credit for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Provides for applicability of sales tax to sales of admissions to certain museums (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Establishes the Louisiana Rural Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program to provide financial assistance to local governments and political subdivisions for certain capital infrastructure projects (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Provides relative to the rehabilitation of historic structures tax credit (EN -$32,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Modifies the definition of the term commercial farmer by removing certain reporting requirements (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides relative to the discretion of the district attorney to prosecute a juvenile as an adult for certain offenses

Sponsor: Laurie Schlegel

Provides relative to disposition of juveniles after adjudication of certain felony-grade delinquent acts (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Laurie Schlegel

Provides for a premium discount for certain military personnel (EN -$6,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston Lafleur

Provides relative to suspension of a driver's license and eligibility for a hardship license for certain offenses of operating a vehicle while intoxicated

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl or carfentanil (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Provides relative to liability associated with parades

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Provides relative to exemptions to capital outlay procedure. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Increases the rate of the excise tax on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and dedicates a portion of the avails of such increase to payment of salaries and related benefits for La. State Police (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Provides with respect to the credit and the deduction for taxes paid to other states (EN +$39,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to truancy and assessment and service centers. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Creates the Correctional Facility Capital Outlay Fund. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides relative to electronic monitoring (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to sanctions for a lapse in required vehicle liability security (EN -$482,845 RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Authorizes assessors in each parish to increase their annual compensation (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Prohibits the assignment of certain benefits

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides relative to Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Provides relative to alcoholic beverages

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides relative to franchise fee audits

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides for meetings of boards and commissions via electronic means. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Creates a law enforcement recruitment incentive fund (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to catalytic converter sales law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual businesses. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides relative to protective orders

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to supplemental pay for municipal or parish fire department employees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Exempts certain school surveillance and security video from the Public Records Law

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Provides relative to certain activities regarding contraband (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Provides relative to the assessment of taxes by the Department of Revenue. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to release and dissemination of booking photographs of an arrested person

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides for certain change orders when certain unit prices are contained in the initial contract. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association and the Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation shall not be liable for certain property damage insurance claims. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Expands the types of investments eligible for the insurance premium tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides relative to utilization review standards and approval procedures for healthcare service claims submitted by healthcare providers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Authorizes the division of administration to waive local match requirements for certain non-state entity projects. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Creates the Louisiana Interagency Council on Homelessness within the office of the governor (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Provides for repayment of personal contributions or loans. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Modifies structural pest control provisions related to the registered technician examination and the appointment of research committee members

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Extends the sunset of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Award program. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to electronic or video bingo machines and licensed premises. (7/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to hull identification numbers issued by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Exempts certain research and development tax credit recipients from detailed examinations by the Department of Economic Development (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to the Acadiana Watershed District. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to medicaid coverage of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

(Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the use of monies from a foreign government or nongovernmental source to fund elections

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides relative to administration of public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Memorializes the United States Congress to adopt strategies for improving access to dental care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Provides relative to home inspectors

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Requests FEMA to extend the temporary housing program for residents affected by Hurricane Ida

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Urges the United States Congress to not support any legislation or efforts to adopt a central bank digital currency in the United States

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Requests BESE to recognize and include increased funding, as provided in House Bill No. 1 of the 2023 Regular Session, when developing and adopting a minimum foundation program formula for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year and in future years

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Provides relative to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. (1/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to expungements for certain amounts of possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provide relative to the authorization of the office of motor vehicles to impose fines on contracts

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides relative to the issuance of revenue bonds on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Provides relative to telehealth services. (1/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requires foundational numeracy skills standards as a component of teacher education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Provides relative to the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to create a task force to study, identify, and make recommendations to address the specialist physician shortage in the state

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Requires numeracy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to online handgun education course curriculum

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides relative to health coverage plan benefits for occupational therapy services delivered via telehealth (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Authorizes payments from unclaimed funds to certain agents for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed property (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Creates the Task Force on African American Suicide Rates

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for the notification of certain hazardous material releases. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study wakeboard boats and their impact on fishing and properties on False River

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides for alternatives in lieu of payment under protest for challenges to ad valorem tax assessments. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Establishes the ArkLaMiss Timber and Bioinnovation Corridor Commission

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Creates the Louisiana Churches and Nonprofit Religious Organizations Self-Insured Fund. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides for Megaprojects Leverage Fund investments. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations for designating a certain percentage of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for certain construction and capital projects (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Repeals the provisions of the Lake Charles North Redevelopment Authority

Sponsor: Wilford Carter

Provides relative to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Requests the Department of Insurance to report certain information regarding the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for nonrecurring lump-sum supplemental payment to certain eligible retirees and beneficiaries (EN +5,970,000 FC SG EX)

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study and make recommendations regarding alligator markets, populations, and hunting

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Authorizes retired law enforcement officers and retired elected law enforcement department heads to carry concealed firearms if POST certified at the time of retirement. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: John Morris

Provides relative to student behavior, discipline, and behavioral and mental health (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to the Delachaise Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to the crime of assault by drive-by shooting. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides relative to maternity support services of doulas (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Creates the Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program to cover the cost of mandatory fees for members attending La. public postsecondary education institutions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Tangipahoa Parish

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Requests the citizens of Louisiana to practice proper state flag etiquette

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to review Medicaid prior authorization criteria for L-glutamine which is used to treat acute complications caused by sickle cell disease

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate all potential areas in the upper Amite River Basin on potential to detain or retain stormwater runoff through a system of structures

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to design-build. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides for the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District

Sponsor: Travis Johnson

Provides relative to corporal punishment in elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides for "Crisis Lifeline dial 988" to be included on all state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards and the home page of LA Wallet. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Adds Financial Literacy as a required course for high school students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Creates a task force to study the effects of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative and the rise of violent crime in Louisiana

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for transparency and community engagement in redistricting. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to electronic signatures by judges

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Provides relative to the costs for public records. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Authorizes the city of Denham Springs to levy a hotel occupancy tax.

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of Waterworks District No. 1 of Pointe Coupee Parish

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Declares "Callin' Baton Rouge" as performed by Garth Brooks as the Official Welcome Song of the LSU Fighting Tigers football team.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the state Department of Education, to develop a policy relative to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to deceased high school students

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to form a group to study alternative tools to inform reimbursement rates for outpatient behavioral health services

Sponsor: Larry Selders

Requests BESE to recognize and include increased funding, as provided in House Bill No. 1 of the 2023 Regular Session, when developing and adopting a minimum foundation program formula for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year and in future years

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Creates a subcommittee of the House of Representatives to study the makeup of the state's current music industry ecosystem and economic impact on the state

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Commends Master Sergeant Cedric E. Phelps on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Commends Senator Kirk Talbot on receiving the 2023 Medical Professional Liability Association Award of Excellence for Public Policy.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Memorializes Congress to pass the AMERICANS Act of 2023 to reinstate any service member removed from any branch of the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Requests the Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force to study the feasability of creating a program to provide education on child passenger safety and coordinate the distribution of child safety seats to families in need.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends Diane O'Quin for her many years of service to the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Creates a task force to study the educational programs in the prisons and jails of this state

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides relative to the collection of certain traffic stop data by law enforcement (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Requires a chairman to disclose certain information to the Speaker of the House when scheduling interim meetings under specified circumstances

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Commends the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC) Foundation for its exceptional service.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Expresses condolences upon the passing of Brother Richard Obra Early.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

To commend the State of Israel on the 75th anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and the police department for the village of Noble

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Creates the Task Force on Maternal Health.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RE)

Sponsor: Edward Price

To proclaim June 5, 2023, as Louisiana Unclaimed Property Day in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Louisiana Unclaimed Property Program.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to grain sampling and grading.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the parish of Acadia

Sponsor: John Stefanski

(Constitutional Amendment) Requires the legislature to appropriate no less than twenty-five percent of nonrecurring state revenues for application to certain state retirement system unfunded accrued liability (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to assist in the development of a public service campaign to foster awareness and education on perinatal mental health care.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to a child in need of care

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Exempts certain persons who sell trolling motors from licensing requirements. (8/1/23) (EN -$26,225 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Commends Marlene D. Ferrara for her years of dedicated, outstanding service to the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Creates the Task Force on Sentencing for Second Degree Murder to determine the best changes to sentencing for second degree murder.

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides for a tuition waiver for certain disabled veterans (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides that retaliation against an employee for an absence from work due to genetic testing or a medically necessary cancer screening shall be an unlawful employment practice. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Records for posterity the time invested in giving farewell speeches in the Senate since 2016.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Expresses condolences on the death of Earl Guilbeau

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to schedules of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Expresses condolences on the death of Martha Archinard

Sponsor: Wilford Carter

Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

To urge and request the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to verify and provide public access to collaborative practice agreements.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirtieth Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Requests the commissioner of the office of alcohol and tobacco control, Department of Revenue, to submit a written report concerning the sale or service of alcoholic beverages to underage persons.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams, Jr., for his civil service

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Establishes the Task Force on Local Impacts of Carbon Capture and Sequestration to study the benefits and revenue streams of carbon capture and sequestration projects.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Provides for the jurisdictional boundaries of the Benton Metropolitan Planning Commission. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of James Coleman on the occasion of his passing.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on the occasion of her retirement

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Creates the crime of unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of Xylazine (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Mason Mackie for his outstanding academic and athletic achievements and commitment to community service

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides for creation of a public benefit corporation in Jefferson Parish. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Commends Debra Russell for her many years of dedicated service to the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requires the insurer to provide upon written request of the insured claim file for certain records in connection with an unsettled property insurance claim. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Creates the Bayou Chene Operational Advisory Committee.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides for the board of commissioners of veterans' memorial districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to reevaluate and construct a safety installation in a certain community in Shreveport, Louisiana

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides for creation of the Victoria Farms Crime Prevention and Improvement District. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles, the Louisiana State Police, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Safety Management Council to work together regarding consistency of regulations enforced and followed by commercial motor vehicle companies within Louisiana

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Malinda White

Commends Calvin Mills Jr. on his myriad accomplishments as a proliferant serial tech entrepreneur.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make determinations related to the One Lake project on the Pearl River.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends the Delgado Community College baseball team for an outstanding 2023 season

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Expresses condolences on the death of Doveal Essex

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston Lafleur

Provides for the boundaries and certain payments to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend the state Medicaid plan to extend pregnancy coverage to individuals at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends and congratulates Laura Gail Sullivan for her decades of dedicated and distinguished public service.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (EN +$314,552,060 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides for the Louisiana Small Wild Catfish Processor's Act. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to protect the people of Louisiana from the dangers of imported seafood by immediately taking any and all action necessary to enforce the many provisions of Louisiana law relative to seafood safety.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends the Reverend Dr. Ernest Marcelle, Jr., for his lifetime of civic and community service

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to the state medical assistance program

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

To commend the State of Israel on the 75th anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Urges and requests the division of administration, office of state procurement and the Louisiana Department of Health to study vendors for Medicaid Management Information System contracts

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Congratulates Our Future Our Family Ministries upon the occasion of the grand opening of their Community Outreach Center & Ministry Services Complex.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to campus accountability and safety.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to racehorse wagering

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides for the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and Fiscal Year 2023-2024. (2/3-CA7s10) (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests Louisiana State Police, LDH's office of behavioral health, and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to collaborate on best practices and model programs that address gun violence prevention and intervention.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Recognizes June 26, 2023, as National HIV Testing Awareness Day in support of the efforts of the federal government in ending the HIV epidemic in the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends Taylor Sims, reigning Miss North Louisiana, on her receipt of the 2023 Miss Louisiana USA's People's Choice Award

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations regarding crime against nature by solicitation.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of George Lee Griffin Sr. on the day of his passing.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Memorializes the U.S. Congress to assist with a La. pilot program for the recruitment of new members to the U.S. Army.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to the Louisiana Drone Advisory Committee

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides relative to the growth and accumulation of grass, weeds, and other deleterious matter in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Creates the "Juneteenth" specialty license plate

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of Kinder Public Housing Authority

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Provides relative to possession of a firearm by a felon (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Creates a Juvenile Justice District to include the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to the composition of a parish executive committee of the Democratic Party in Caddo Parish

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Authorizes the exchange of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2023-2024 school year. (7/1/23) (EG +$258,512,590 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Authorizes the use of personal watercraft between sunset and sunrise

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Provides relative to the secretary of the municipal fire and police civil service board for the city of Monroe

Sponsor: Adrian Fisher

Establishes the Louisiana Sustainability Limit and requires notice related thereto

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Exempts certain state property in Lafourche Parish from state park size requirements

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to the Iberville Parish Parks and Recreation District

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Renames the Department of Natural Resources. (1/10/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Creates the "Utility Line Worker", the "Louisiana Soccer Association", and the Louisiana Respiratory Therapist "RT STRONG" special prestige license plates

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Provides relative to driver education skills test

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Provides relative to compensation to wrecker service companies for costs associated with undertaking remedial action involving hazardous material accidents (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Changes the name of one member on the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate all potential areas in the upper Amite River Basin on the potential to detain and retain stormwater runoff through a system of structures

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to the salaries of firefighters employed by the city of Sulphur (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides relative to public notice of hearings of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to the Pointe Coupee Parish Retired Employees Insurance Fund

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides for the nomination of voters with disabilities for gubernatorial appointment to the State Board of Election Supervisors

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides relative to inspections of riverboats

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Requests that the state Department of Education revise the proposed early learning and development standards and submit its version to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for consideration

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to sequestration of jurors

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Prohibits an elected official who has retired or resigned from office from filling the vacancy his retirement or resignation created

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to the use of state sales tax increments in certain local tax increment financing initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides for the associate educator program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to court costs and civil filing fees in Alexandria City Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to pupil appraisal and services for children transitioning from EarlySteps to services provided by the local public school system upon their third birthday (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Provides a time limitation for citing intentional and simple littering violations

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Prohibits public postsecondary education institutions from entering into promotional agreements with gaming entities. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends and congratulates the undefeated Destrehan High School Fighting Wildcat football team upon winning the 2022 LHSAA Division I state championship.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Requests that the state Department of Education conduct a survey relative to recess at charter schools

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to the funding deposit account for Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and authorizes the board of trustees of the system to modify employer contributions (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Directs the La. Dept. of Health to report statistics on abuse and neglect in certain Medicaid programs

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Provides relative to criminal blighting of property (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to nursing education

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Requests the Louisiana Department of Education and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to submit an annual report to the Senate committees on Education and Finance on how differentiated teacher pay, contained in the Minimum Foundation Program formula, is applied and distributed in a fair and equitable fashion.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$34,700 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Designates certain portions of highways in Iberia and St. Landry parishes

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Requires each insurer subject to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association Law to provide for a data transfer plan and file such plan with the commissioner of insurance

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Program.

Sponsor: Mack White

Memorializes congress to support passage of a joint resolution designating the second Saturday in June as "Get Outside Day"

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study and make recommendations relative to the provision of valid state identification documents to individuals released from state custody and the inclusion of such documents on LA Wallet.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Encourages the United States Congress and the National Security Council to formally review the Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Japan to ensure that our service members are being properly treated and adequately protected while serving in Japan

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to convene a task force to make recommendations regarding nursing involvement to improve maternal outcomes.

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the passing of Jimmy "Jim" Foster Harris.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Creates the Task Force on Available and Affordable Commercial Motor Vehicle Insurance.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Memorializes Congress to codify the terminology of "solar compound" and "wind installation"

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to rights in minerals

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Provides for the commission for the Port of South Louisiana to set contract limits. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Louisiana Racing Commission. (7/1/23)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to licenses for certain raffle games

Sponsor: John Illg

Provides for concurrence of a public school system prior to changing certain information assigned to a student in the data collection system. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Continues the Health Inequities and Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Urges the commissioner of insurance to create the Hurricane Mitigation Commission to study and report findings and recommendations relative to the handling of property insurance claims in the wake of hurricanes and the necessity of a catastrophe savings account.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Expresses the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana on the death of former Louisiana State Representative and U.S. Congressman Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Requests the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to provide optional identification tags to inmates assigned to work in state buildings

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Memorializes Congress to impose a quota or tariff on imported shrimp, crab meat, and crawfish and enact a buy plan for domestic shrimp, crab meat, and crawfish

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Urges the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission to have automated external defibrillators on its premises

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to the board of commissioners of East Feliciana Gas Utility District No. 1

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Provides relative to certain payments for home improvement contracting services. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Urges and requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include monoclonal antibodies for RSV within the federal Vaccines for Children program.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends the Baton Rouge area students and instructors for competing in and winning martial arts tournaments throughout Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to fees for the City Court of Hammond (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Commends and congratulates Shelby Ainsworth on the occasion of his retirement as principal from West Monroe High School.

Sponsor: John Morris

Commends WAFB television station upon the celebration of its seventieth anniversary of broadcasting.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Recognizes that on June 14, 2023, the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary will commemorate the dedication of a building in honor of the esteemed Pastor Fred Luter.

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Commends and congratulates retired Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson on the occasion of her 80th birthday and for a distinguished legal career.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 398 as the "Commander Glenn Daigle Memorial Bridge"

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Provides relative to the guaranteed issue of Medicare supplement policies

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Increases certain fees for the justice of the peace courts in East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to uniform traffic citations

Sponsor: Kyle Green

Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of DeRidder

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to distilleries

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Commends John Mamoulides for his years of public service

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on the general provisions of justification and use of force or violence in defense as applied to abuse survivors.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, and recognizes National Flag Week, June 11-17, 2023, in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Joseph E. Peychaud, Jr., on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Ernest Sickey.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides relative to teacher certification

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides for an increase in the allocation of funds to parish councils on aging for senior centers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Requests study by Louisiana Department of Health to consider Medicaid coverage of gene therapy

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Creates the "Protect Teachers Act"

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to automatic weapons (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Requests the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to study and make recommendations relative to repairs needed at the Pentagon Barracks

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Commends Cory Stewart for his service to the Louisiana legislature

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Creates the Task Force on Safety for Law Enforcement Officers Involved in High Speed Vehicle Pursuits to study and review police officer training and protocols necessary to increase the safety of law enforcement officers and innocent bystanders.

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Elvina Broussard Chaisson.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to school facilities preservation and systemwide needs programs in certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Commends the Louisiana Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for receipt of the Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project in the nation by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to foreign interest in certain Louisiana research facilities. (7/1/23)

Sponsor: Barry Milligan

Requests the Department of Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the office of state buildings to plan and implement a Purple Heart Trail on the grounds surrounding the state capitol

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Memorializes the United States Congress to pass bipartisan legislation allowing for tax exclusion of amounts received from state-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Commends the Honorable Raymond E. Garofalo and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to the parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations on the impact of dollar stores on this state

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Commends Teruis "Juvenile" Gray for his musical and cultural contributions

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Memorializes the United States Environmental Protection Agency to timely grant the state of Louisiana's application for primacy in the administration of Class VI injection well permitting

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Requests the secretary of state to study the feasibility of creating and maintaining a portal on the secretary of state's website which allows citizens to identify unduly burdensome statewide regulations and to propose potential alternatives

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Requests the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority to provide information regarding integrated e-filing and case management

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to implement a digital platform to facilitate access to behavioral health services for certain conditions

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Memorializes the U.S. Congress to assist with a La. pilot program for the recruitment of new members to the U.S. Army

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Commends The Cajun Catfish House on the celebration of its fiftieth year of business

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Urges and requests the Dept. of Education and the La. Workforce Commission to study the feasibility of establishing a program to incentivize businesses to work in partnership with high schools to offer job training and internship programs for students

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Requests Louisiana State Police to increase patrols on Interstate 10 between Slidell and New Orleans

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

(Constitutional Amendment) Creates an exception to maximum one-year period for appropriations for nongovernmental entities (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Lowers the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system (EGF SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Commends the Honorable Stuart J. Bishop and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to Lafayette Parish and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends the Honorable Paul Hollis and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to St. Tammany Parish and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to expenditures utilized to claim income and franchise tax credits. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends Peabody Magnet High School and the graduating classes from 1970 to 1979

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Requests a study regarding taxation of vapor products

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Requests that payment for lodging, meals, or incidental expenses for state public officials and employees not exceed the amounts for such expenses established by the United States General Services Administration

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Commends Academy of the Sacred Heart golf team for an outstanding season

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Requests the legislative auditor to evaluate the oversight and management of the Office of Group Benefits' contracts with pharmacy benefit managers to provide pharmacy benefits for state employees and retirees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Commends the Oak Grove High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Non-Select Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Doug Warner for his accomplishments in broadcast journalism on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commends the Honorable Valarie Hodges and expresses enduring gratitude for her outstanding contributions to the parishes of East Baton Rouge and Livingston and the state of Louisiana, particularly during her tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Continues the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Provides relative to the Louisiana Renewable Energy Development Act

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Requests the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its proposed rule with respect to climate-related disclosures for investors

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides for the expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park pursuant to the Capitol Complex Master Plan as envisioned by the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan.

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Commends Senator Gregory Tarver for his years of distinguished public service.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Creates the Task Force on Alopecia Awareness.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Commends and congratulates St. Mary's Academy seniors Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson for presenting their trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem at a sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Commends and congratulates the George Washington Carver boys basketball team and coaches on winning their second straight state championship.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Congratulates the students and faculty of the St. Tammany Parish School System for their placement of first-overall in the 26th Annual Governor's Games' Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet.

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Establishes the Task Force on Local Impacts of Carbon Capture and Sequestration to study the benefits and revenue streams of carbon capture and sequestration projects.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends the outstanding performance of the Lake Castle Slidell Private School Robotics Team at the 2023 International SeaPerch Challenge.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends the volunteers and members of the 2023 Concerned Women for America's Encourage-A-Legislator Project.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Mike McConathy on being named LABC's 2023 Mr. Basketball.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Senate President Patrick Page Cortez for his years of distinguished public service.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Requests a study relative to the creation of an economic development district in the Lafitte Greenway corridor in the city of New Orleans

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Expresses condolences on the death of Theodore "Ted" Alexander Castillo

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Directs the secretary of state to amend the administrative code to provide for optional voter registration agencies

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Commends the E.D. White Catholic High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Select Division II state championship

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides for the expenditure limit for FY 2024-2025 (OR SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Requests the city of New Orleans to develop and implement initiatives to attract quality retail and dining establishments to certain areas of the city.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Requests the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to establish new billing policies and procedures.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Designates Friday, June 2, 2023, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Louisiana to honor and remember all victims and survivors of gun violence.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends Lou St. Amant upon the occasion of having the University of Louisiana at Monroe's baseball field renamed in his honor as "Lou St. Amant Field".

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Urges and requests the entities that approve certain incurrence of debt, appropriation of capital outlay, or a rate adjustment to consider an applicant's compliance status with appropriate regulatory bodies and financial status with the legislative auditor as a component of their review process. (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge fire in the French Quarter in New Orleans

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Commends LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine on the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Recognizes and commends Patrick Fontenot for his leadership, public service, and many years with Williams Progressive Life and Accident Insurance Company.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Urges and requests the United States Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider the mitigation and stewardship plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion to include tidal levee protection for Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Commends and expresses support for economic trade and friendship between the state of Louisiana and the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Memorializes congress to pass legislation allowing for tax-advantaged catastrophe savings accounts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Urges and requests the board to prepare for implementation of an "education savings account" program.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Memorializes congress to establish Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish as a national park

Sponsor: Mack Cormier

Expresses recognition and encouragement of the economic ties and friendship between the state of Louisiana and the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Expresses affirmation and resolute support for fostering a strong domestic maritime industry for the nation's economic prosperity

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to the creation of the Louisiana Port Authority (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides for certain insurance premium discounts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of certain veterans. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides for the distribution of funds from the Lafayette Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund. (7/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Authorizes the sale of certain school property by the Natchitoches Parish School Board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (RE1 DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/23) (EN +$123,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to hospital service districts and scholarships for certain healthcare professionals. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides for the composition, terms, powers, and duties of the Shreveport police and firefighters' pension boards of trustees. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Requests school-level reporting by public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools relative to programs and activities related to critical race theory; diversity, equity, and inclusion; or transformative social emotional learning

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Requests electric utility companies to collaborate with livestock producers to allow for the repurposing of utility poles replaced during resiliency investments

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Creates the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. (8/1/23) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to amend its administrative rule relative to the geographic location of a hospice provider

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Commends the Honorable Gregory A. Miller and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to the parishes of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Expresses condolences on the death of Bishop Charles Henry Milton Mason Gordon

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides relative to the use of the House Chamber

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides relative to denial of parole (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Creates a study group to study the barriers to deploying broadband across public and private property

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Requests the Louisiana Department of Education and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide specific information in a report to the Senate committees on finance and education relative to cameras in certain classrooms.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides relative to mayor's court costs (EN +$17,200 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Designates May 30, 2023, as Louisiana Athletic Trainers Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to licensing and reporting procedures for charitable gaming

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requests the House Committee on Retirement and the Senate Retirement Committee to study future benefit options for employees

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

To urge and request the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to verify and provide public access to collaborative practice agreements.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides for contract limits for projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Provides relative to fortified roof endorsements

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Requests the legislative auditor to provide information relative to Department of Transportation projects included in the Capital Outlay Act

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to cemetery trust funds

Sponsor: Vincent St. Blanc

Designates Monday, May 22, 2023, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol and commends the council

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides relative to default judgments

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Commends the Honorable Lance Harris and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to Rapides Parish and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides for the burial of pet remains with human remains

Sponsor: Wayne McMahen

Provides relative to parish homeland security and emergency preparedness agency requests during an emergency

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Provides relative to the cemetery care fund

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Recognizes June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth Day in Opelousas

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides relative to filings with the secretary of state's office

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to property taxes generated for the Comite River Diversion Canal Impact Area

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Requests the legislative auditor to perform an audit or evaluation of assistance programs to identify areas for improved coordination of efforts

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides relative to the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Commends The Dunham School volleyball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division III State Championship.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Creates the Year-Round Healthy Child Task Force.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Designates Monday May 22, 2023, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Senator R. Barrow Peacock for his twelve years of distinguished public service to the residents of Senate District 37.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Designates May 20 through 26, 2023, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Commends the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier, Inc. on celebrating their ninetieth anniversary.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends and congratulates Barbe High School girls golf team on defending its title at the LHSAA 2023 Division I State Girls Golf Championship.

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Commends and congratulates Christa Cotton on the launching of her El Guapo products inside The Fresh Market stores nationwide.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends the St. Charles Catholic High School baseball team on winning the LHSAA 2023 Select Division III state championship.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends Senator J. Rogers Pope for his many years of distinguished and dedicated public service to the citizens of Livingston Parish and the people of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Expresses condolences on the passing of Russel Wayne Conrad.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study acute and long-term adverse health events related to medical marijuana.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Senator Louie Bernard for his forty-four years of dedicated public service.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Expresses condolences and honors the life of Rhyann Green.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Creates a task force to study the wrongful association of physical and mental health problems

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Creates a task force to study the benefits of mandatory liability insurance coverage for owners of firearms

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Memorializes the United States Congress to support passage of the Flood Insurance Affordability Act and the Risk Rating 2.0 Transparency Act

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Provides relative to supplemental pay for tribal officers of the Coushatta Tribe of La. (EG +$72,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to fundamental parental rights

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Requests a study of provisions relative to filiation

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to a recommendation of medical marijuana in employment

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Creates a special study committee to study the need for and obstacles to the installation of sidewalks at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Memorializes Congress to take necessary actions to halt the influx of fentanyl from Mexico and China into the United States

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Expresses condolences on the death of Paul Maraist

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Commends Ismail Esau as Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Chief of Mission with the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Washington, D.C.

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Kenny R. Cox and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River Parishes and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to nursing home requirements and standards for emergency preparedness plans

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Repeals a provision of licensure by endorsement for nurses

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Commends the Honorable Patrick O. Jefferson and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study and take measures to relieve traffic congestion on Louisiana Highway 16 at Live Oak High School

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Requests that the Board of Regents conduct a study relative to the state's articulation and transfer process with respect to high school students who complete career and technical education courses and earn industry-based credentials

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Commends Dennis "Maliq" Barnes on his record-setting college scholarship award offers and extraordinary achievements.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Designates May 21-27, 2023, as Emergency Medical Services Week

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Creates a subcommittee to study mental health issues in this state

Sponsor: Laurie Schlegel

Provides for the reinstatement of the voter registration of a person who is no longer under an order of imprisonment

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Commends and congratulates Raj Letchuman on winning the Louisiana Student of the Year award.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to research, evaluate, and make recommendations relative to allowing the use of dogs for deer hunting on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Provides relative to the removal of deceased voters from the voter registration rolls

Sponsor: Laurie Schlegel

Commends Bryson "Cupid" Bernard, creator of the "Cupid Shuffle"

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends the Isidore Newman School speech and debate team on being named the Louisiana High School Speech League 2023 state champions

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Kenneth "Biggy" Johnston.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends the members and volunteers of the 2023 Concerned Women for America of Louisiana's Encourage-A-Legislator Project

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides for the termination of certain tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, deductions, and other tax incentives (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Designates May 18, 2023, as AKA Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston Lafleur

Commends the Honorable Alan Seabaugh and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to Caddo Parish and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends the Honorable Vincent J. Pierre and expresses enduring gratitude for his outstanding contributions to Lafayette Parish and the state of Louisiana, particularly during his tenure as a distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Establishes a tax credit for the development of certain affordable housing projects (EG1 -$1,700,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides relative to volunteer board members of certain interlocal risk management agencies

Sponsor: Malinda White

Provides for the signatures required on a recall petition (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Creates the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act (OR +$32,986,100 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Commends and congratulates Lana Gilliam on her retirement after forty-eight years as a kindergarten teacher.

Sponsor: Barry Milligan

Memorializes Congress to enact a trade policy that supports United States businesses and workers while penalizing global polluters.

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Commends Clarence H. "Sonny" Savoie upon his retirement from the St. Charles Parish School Board.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Creates the Expanding Louisiana's Health Care Workforce Fund. (8/1/23) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends Deputy Brett Savant of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office on being named the 2023 Deputy of the Year by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Creates and provides for a program to provide state funding for the education of students not enrolled in public school and expands the ability of parents to enroll children in the public school of their choice (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Commends and congratulates Senator Gerald Boudreaux for being selected as recipient of the 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of America State Alliance Champion of the Year Award.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Wesley United Methodist Church on the 157th Anniversary of its founding.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Recognizes, commends, and congratulates Harry Hurst Middle School principal David Schexnaydre as the 2023 Louisiana Principal of the Year.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends and congratulates Parkview Baptist School girls' soccer team on winning the school's first state girls' soccer title.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Deputy Christopher Hogan of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office on being the recipient of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association's 2023 Deputy Valor Award.

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Provides relative to the disposition of funds derived from alternative energy production in the coastal area (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Designates Thursday, May 18, 2023, as Community Provider Association Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs to jointly study the Louisiana Civil Service system

Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau

Commends Raj Letchuman on winning the Louisiana Student of the Year award.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends For His Temple Family Foods for its farm-to-table efforts in preparing and serving locally sourced foods and for promoting a family-style approach to healthy eating in northeast Louisiana

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding notice and mailing requirements

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Commends the Riverside Academy High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Select Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends the Calvary Baptist Academy softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Select Division III state championship

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux on his receipt of new certification from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy and for leading the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Commends Georgina Dhillon, editor of Kreol Magazine, for her numerous professional achievements

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides relative to enforcement of federal firearm laws (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development study the need of automated wheel chocking systems

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to permit incarcerated parents to virtually attend certain ceremonies involving their children

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Commends Tulane University for its history of academic excellence

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Expresses condolences on the death of Donald Gifford "Don" Briggs and recognizes his outstanding achievements

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Designates May 15, 2023, as Southern University Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides relative to exceptions to abortion

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Provides relative to disclosure by healthcare facilities to patients of prices for certain items and services (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Commends the Rosepine High School girls' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Non-Select Division III state championship

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to report statistics on abuse and neglect in certain Medicaid programs

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Provides relative to factors in fixing the amount of bail and modifications of bail

Sponsor: Wilford Carter

Commends John McNally on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: John Illg

Provides relative to definition of first degree murder and penalties. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends the Many High School football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division III state championship

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Establishes a tax credit for infant adoptions and the Strong Louisiana Families Tax Credit for donations to certain social service organizations (OR -$16,900,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

(Constitutional Amendment) Increases amounts of severance tax revenues remitted to parishes and requires that portions of these amounts be spent on parish transportation projects (RE -$21,200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Creates and provides relative to the Calcasieu Parish I-10 Bridge Authority. (8/1/23) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to severance tax revenues remitted to parishes in which the associated severance occurs (RE -$46,900,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Expresses condolences on the death of Janice Rae Anderson Williams

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Authorizes certain members of specified commissions within the Department of Natural Resources to attend and participate in meetings via teleconference or video conference

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Expresses condolences on the death of Sergeant Nicholas Pepper of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Recognizes May 10, 2023, as the thirty-ninth annual Red and White Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Recognizes Wednesday, May 10, 2023, as The Arc Appreciation Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for minimum live horse racing dates. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits (RE +$81,550 FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to the application for federal student aid with respect to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Commends Elizabeth Ann Howard Lewis on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Recognizes Monday, May 8, 2023, as Louisiana Renewable Energy Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Places a moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration projects on Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides relative to drinking water providers

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to fees for certain alcoholic beverage permits in the city of New Orleans

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Prohibits the permitting of certain above-surface structures on Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Provides relative to use of monies in the Waste Tire Management Dedicated Fund Account

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Commends Dennis J. Naquin upon his retirement from the St. Charles Parish School Board.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for grant programs to attract residents to Louisiana.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Expresses the sincere condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the passing of Ambassador James Joseph.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Recognizes May 18, 2023, as Community Provider Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends the 2023 participants of the Youth Legislature program

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to penalties and responsive verdicts for negligent homicide (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Provides relative to continuous service for the purpose of determination of chief judge

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides relative to liability and damages resulting from carbon sequestration

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides relative to kratom products (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau

Commends the Kaplan High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Non-Select Division III state championship

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides relative to the State Licensing Board for Contractors

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Recognizes May 8-12, 2023, as Teacher Appreciation Week and Teacher Appreciation Fest in Louisiana House District No. 87

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Requests the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study and make recommendations concerning the policies and procedures of high-speed pursuits by law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Recognizes May 16, 2023, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Mack Cormier

Removes eminent domain authority of carbon dioxide storage facility operators

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides relative to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EG SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Recognizes May 4, 2023, as Phi Beta Sigma Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by gender. (8/1/23)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Designates May 3, 2023, as Literacy Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides relative to Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (GUMBO) (OR SEE FISC NOTE FF EX)

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Commends Odyssey House Louisiana for its mission, growth, and impact over fifty years of treating individuals with chronic addictions

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption in Louisiana for affordable housing. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Expresses condolences on the death of Lula Ruth Vinson

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to the civil liability and criminal prosecution of certain pregnancy outcomes

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Commends the Oakdale High School Lady Warriors basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division IV Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Commends the Wossman High School Lady Wildcats basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division II Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Commends the members and board of directors of the Louisiana School Boards Association for their commitment to advancing education in the state

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides relative to a Louisiana Music Trail (OR +$302,571 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Commends Mr. Clarence Jones Jr. upon his 80th birthday and for being the founder and director of the Heritage Festival of Negro Spirituals.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to alcohol beverage products for consumption off restaurant premises

Sponsor: John Illg

Commends the Port Allen High School boys' basketball team on winning the LHSAA 2023 Division III Non-Select State Championship.

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Recognizes Tuesday, April 25, 2023, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Recreates the Task Force on Human Trafficking Arrests.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends the Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Civic Associations for fifty years of community service.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Randell Aaron Fletcher.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Expresses condolences on the death of Reverend Thomas Anthony James, S.V.D.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to manufacturers and microdistillers of alcoholic beverages

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Recognizes May 6, 2023, as Louisiana Firefighter's Appreciation Day and commends the firefighters of Louisiana for their dedication.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends LSU Shreveport chancellor Larry Clark on his retirement.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends the Ready Louisiana Coalition and designates Monday, May 1, 2023, as Early Education Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Recognizes and commends the Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs and volunteers.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Recognizes May 3, 2023, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Designates May 4, 2023, as Rural Mental Health Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Establishes an employer supported maternal healthcare tax credit. (gov sig) (EG -$2,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Commemorates the celebration of St. Patrick's Day and recognizes the cultural and historic links between Ireland and Louisiana and the establishment of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Urges the mayor and city council of Shreveport to study and make recommendations relative to a crime prevention district for the city.

Sponsor: Barry Milligan

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Richard P. Ieyoub.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for a supplemental annual canvass of registered voters (OR +$263,875 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides for the compensation of members of the legislature (EG +$1,764,164 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Adds Xylazine to Schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Requires that carbon dioxide injected for geologic sequestration using a Class VI injection well be transported to and sequestered in a storage facility in the Gulf of Mexico

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations relative to the implementation of the "Charter School Demonstration Programs Law".

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Provides relative to cosmetology licensure fees (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Commends the 2023 royal court of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Rodeo

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Expresses condolences on the death of Wellborn Jack, Jr.

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Requests the implementation of paid parental leave for all state employees

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Expresses condolences on the death of Ronnie Matthew LeMaire

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends the city of Meylan, France, on the occasion of the thirty-seventh anniversary of its twinning with its sister city of Gonzales, Louisiana

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Commends WDSU News Chief Meteorologist Margaret Orr on being recognized by WeatheRate, Inc., as the most accurate weather forecaster in Louisiana for ten consecutive years

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Reduces the rate of the state sales and use tax (EG -$194,600,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Designates Wednesday, April 26, 2023 as Louisiana Loggers Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Declares racism a public health crisis and urges certain actions by the governor and specific state entities

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Commends the St. Thomas Aquinas High School girls' cross country team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Provides relative to sales and use taxation of certain digital products and services (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Repeals the individual income tax deduction for net capital gains (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Commends Dr. John L. Crain on the occasion of his retirement as president of Southeastern Louisiana University

Sponsor: William Wheat

Designates April 26, 2023, as University of Louisiana System Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Recognizes April 25, 2023, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Expresses condolences on the death of Bernadine Elder Gibson

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Posthumously commends Glenn Henri Daigle for his military service

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Commends the Oak Grove High School football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to fee exemptions for certain solar power generation facilities (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Adrian Fisher

Commends the Zwolle High School boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division V state championship

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends the members of the United States Armed Forces for their service and proclaims May 2023 as Military Appreciation Month

Sponsor: William Wheat

Designates 2024 as the Year of the Bible

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Commends the Honorable Francis C. Thompson on his status as the longest-serving member of the Legislature of Louisiana

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Lowers the minimum ACT score required for initial qualification for a TOPS-Tech Award from 17 to 15 (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends Isiah Chavis for winning the 2023 George A. Spiegelberg Award as Best Oral Advocate at the National Trial Competition.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Designates April 24, 2023, as Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

To commend AmeriCorps Seniors Southern University (SUSLA) Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for its forty-three years of exceptional service.

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Commends Bossier High School Principal David Thrash on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Creates a a task force to study the dissolution or absorption of fiscally distressed municipalities.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Commends Armand "Mondo" Duplantis on setting a new world record for the pole vault.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requires parishes to use portions of severance tax revenues received from the state for economic development activities and infrastructure projects (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends the Eta state chapter of Kappa Kappa Iota Sorority, Inc on hosting the seventy-fourth annual national convention and Phyllis Thomas on serving as the organization's national president.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Reduces the severance tax rate for oil over a certain period of time and fixes the severance tax rate for oil produced from certain wells at the current rate (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends the Parkway High School Lady Panthers basketball team on wining the LHSAA Division I state championship title.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends South Highlands Elementary School on the occasion of its centennial celebration.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Dedicates a portion of the 0.45% state sales tax to payment of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. initial unfunded accrued liability and to highway and bridge preservation projects (RE -$444,300,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides for the decriminalization of marijuana possession and distribution (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Commends Louisiana State University student Kenedi Lynch on being named a Goldwater Scholar

Sponsor: Larry Selders

Commends Louisiana State University student Rachael Coates on being named a Goldwater Scholar

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Commends Louisiana State University in Shreveport professor Dr. Alexandre Mikaberidze on being named a Fulbright Scholar

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice coach and athletic director Jeff Willis on being named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Coaches Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends Kaydence Bradford on her selection as a 2023 Louisiana Public Broadcasting Young Hero

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Commends Louisiana State University student Cale Locicero on being named a recipient of a 2022-2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Commends Vivienne Webb on her selection as a 2023 Louisiana Public Broadcasting Young Hero

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Commends Louisiana State University Health Shreveport medical student Holly LaCour for her work to increase students' exposure to science

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Commends Arthur Villordon for receiving the National Sweet Potato Impact Award

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Recognizes April 19, 2023, as Nurses Day and May 6 through May 12, 2023, as National Nurses Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends the Lutcher High School Bulldogs football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Non-Select Division II state championship

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Designates April 19, 2023, as LSU Day at the legislature and commends Louisiana State University

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Designates May 16, 2023, as Parks and Recreation Day at the state capitol and July 2023 as Parks and Recreation Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends Louisiana State University student Evan Leonhard on being named a Fulbright Scholar

Sponsor: John Illg

Commends Kelsie Tillage on her selection as a 2023 Louisiana Public Broadcasting Young Hero

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Expresses condolences on the death of Sergeant David J. Poirrier

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice Professor Emeritus Dr. Malcolm Vidrine for being recognized as the 2022 recipient of the James William Rivers Prize in Louisiana Studies

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends Lindsay McKinney on her selection as a 2023 Louisiana Public Broadcasting Young Hero

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides relative to line of credit recommendations for certain capital outlay projects funded through the Capital Outlay Act (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Creates the Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Subscription Pilot Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston Lafleur

Expresses condolences on the death of Jack Marshall Scoggins

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Commends the organizers, volunteers, and royal court of the 2023 Italian Festival in Tickfaw, Louisiana

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Authorizes surveys of certain public school students in Orleans Parish regarding sex

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Establishes a tax credit for workers who commute to out-of-state sites for certain jobs that had formerly been located in Louisiana (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Abolishes the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission

Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston

Provides relative to alcohol infused ice cream

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner