2024 Regular Session

Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides for certain assets and transactions subject to the Uniform Commercial Code. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Requires a political subdivision or agency negotiate a fair and reasonable contract with the most highly qualified firm for architectural and engineering professional services (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Creates the Shreveport I-20 Economic Development District

Sponsor: Steven Jackson

Prohibits certain types of discipline of students in elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Provides relative to past payments of workers' compensation premiums

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Provides relative to auctioneers

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides for the merger of cemetery trust funds

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to Medicaid and private insurance coverage for perimenopausal and menopausal care (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides relative to the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Council. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to continuous service for the purpose of determination of chief judge. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for economic development districts. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to required insurance coverage applicable to trucks transporting waste

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides for exemption to wildlife rehabilitation program rules

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Provides relative to behavioral health services for students (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Requires continuing education for the treatment of sickle cell disease for physicians and physician assistants

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to budgets adopted by library boards of control

Sponsor: Steven Jackson

Adds Tianeptine to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law

Sponsor: Peter Egan

Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella

Provides relative to licensure of plumbers

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Prohibits the imposition of penalties via unmanned automated speed enforcement devices in a school zone in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Establishes a seafood importer license for wholesale/retail dealers and retail dealers (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides for health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related and postpartum healthcare services. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides relative to the capital outlay process. (7/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Authorizes the city of Monroe to expropriate property by declaration

Sponsor: Adrian Fisher

Provides for regulation of litigation funding by a third party that is a foreign person, state, or wealth fund. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Provides relative to student instruction requirements (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides for a special master for New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Requires the Louisiana Educational Television Authority (LETA) to include funds for French language educational programming in its annual budget request to the division of administration

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to the election of home rule charter commissions

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities

Sponsor: Kellee Dickerson

Provides relative to actuarial reviews of healthcare legislation (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kyle Green

Provides relative to the boundaries of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Provides relative voter registration applications collected through registration drives

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Provides relative to the sale of raw milk (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Kimberly Coates

Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Provides relative to facility need review (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to pardons

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to real estate

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides relative to deposits for customers who expire while domiciled out of state. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the regulation of medical marijuana

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Repeals certain student instruction and teacher training requirements and authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt policies requiring the inclusion of certain topics in such instruction and training (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to occupational diseases for the division of state police (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

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

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to marijuana paraphernalia (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Allain

Provides relative to contributions to and the administration of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Provides for prohibited political materials and applicable criminal penalties (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$16,600 FC SG EX)

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Allows a public servant and related persons to obtain advertisements from a governmental entity subject to the same terms and conditions available to similarly situated members of the public

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Provides that no person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at any public or nonpublic school

Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston

Provides for privileges on immovables. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides for violence prevention. (8/1/24) (EN +$95,613 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Creates the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides for uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides relative to the preparation, verification, tabulation, and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

Sponsor: Beth Billings

Provides for the dedication of revenue from carbon dioxide sequestration on state lands and water bottoms (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides relative to standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Peter Egan

Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Brach Myers

Provides for disclosure of contributions and expenditures for electioneering communications

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Allows the provision of data relative to sickle cell disease (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Provides relative to regional economic development organizations

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides for hospital drug screenings. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires such facilities to allow in-person visitation

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Makes revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated

Sponsor: Marcus Bryant

Removes requirements that charter schools meet a certain threshold with respect to the number of students with exceptionalities and economically disadvantaged students relative to its total student enrollment

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Prohibits a person from engaging in picketing at the residence or dwelling of an individual (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kellee Dickerson

Provides relative to claims of pharmacies and pharmacists

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Provides relative to stock emergency medications

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides relative to confidentiality of records in cases involving certain protected persons

Sponsor: Kimberly Coates

Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement officers whose agency is headquartered in Lake Charles. (8/1/24) (EN +$64,800 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides relative to broadband

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Provides relative to qualifications for library directors

Sponsor: Josh Carlson

Provides relative to the levy of local fees and taxes on certain non-gaming incentives or inducements granted by certain licensees. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Requires school-level reporting by public schools and postsecondary education institutions on programs related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and requires the state Department of Education and the Board of Regents to submit summary reports to certain legislative committees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Emily Chenevert

Prohibits making false statements in elections regarding candidates. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to voter registration. (1/1/25)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides relative to occupations and professions

Sponsor: Shaun Mena

Provides relative to purse supplements

Sponsor: Chad Boyer

Provides relative to elections (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Exempts students who attain certain scores on the English and math sections of the ACT from end-of-course testing and allows career diploma students to take WorkKeys or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in lieu of the ACT

Sponsor: Dennis Bamburg

Provides a limited exception for the schedule of a statewide elected official

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Provides relative to part-time reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Brian Glorioso

Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Increases the penalty for human trafficking involving sexual activity of persons under the age of eighteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to judicial security (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides for additional poll watchers at polling places for elections. (8/1/24) (EN +$67,150 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Requires the office of motor vehicles to process reinstatements in person at all field locations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (8/1/24) (EN -$500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to workplace violence in healthcare settings

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides for the appraisal process and employment of umpires

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Increases certain penalties relative to certain prohibited actions regarding tax sale property (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Provides relative to medical and surgical treatments of cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides for the use of golf carts on certain highways in the municipalities of Church Point, Lake Arthur, and Westlake

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Re-creates the Department of Justice

Sponsor: Peter Egan

Requires disclosure of available discounts relative to homeowners' and motor vehicle liability insurance policies

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to the expungement of felony convictions. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for the renaming of road lighting districts and the allocation of funding

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Provides with respect to the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Brach Myers

Expands the purpose of the Steve Carter Literacy Program to include educational services in math (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides for publication of polling locations (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Provides for an expanded annual canvass of registered voters (EN +$336,108 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Prohibits issuance of property insurance policies relative to unimproved land and replacement costs of improvements on immovable property

Sponsor: Brian Glorioso

Provides relative to the crime of molestation of a juvenile (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Provides relative to the number of employees in the registrar of voters office in certain parishes (EN +$522,132 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Provides relative to the reemployment of retired bus drivers of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Provides relative to the illegal or negligent carrying of a concealed handgun. (7/4/24)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the coroner of St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides for the powers and functions of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to requirements for private training and driving instructor schools

Sponsor: Chad Boyer

Creates a Dyslexia Fund for the purpose of funding the testing of students for dyslexia. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Provides with respect to the renewal of truck registrations

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Provides for the Ascension Parish Road Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to the membership of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Limits the determination of fair market value of certain real property by an assessor under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to the Crime Victims Services Bureau within the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to the drug division probation program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Kyle Green

Provides relative to the definition of "commercial sexual activity" within the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Authorizes certain municipalities to create tax increment financing districts

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides relative to strategic plan records of a hospital service district. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides relative to parental consent for changes to an individualized education program. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for the Downtown Development District of the city of New Orleans. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides for dyslexia screening and subsequent testing and core assessment. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Provides for supplemental pay for fire protection officers of the Port of South Louisiana. (7/1/24) (EN +$86,400 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to termination of a public health emergency. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for the Adoption Awareness Act. (8/1/24) (EN +$334,379 FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to vapor products (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the unlawful entry of a critical infrastructure (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Establishes the position of director of medical affairs of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Sponsor: Peter Egan

Provides relative to the state child ombudsman. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for the financial security of surviving spouses and dependent children of deceased firemen in certain circumstances (EN +$250,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the powers, duties, and functions of the Louisiana State Archives. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to the final payment after termination of employment

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Provides relative to support and service animals

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to qualifications of early voting election commissioners (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Provides for the administrative procedures for approving or certifying certain plats in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Provides relative to cancer screenings for certain firefighters and fire service employees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the salaries of assistant district attorneys

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Provides relative to recall petitions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Provides for parish overdose fatality review panels. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Brian Glorioso

Provides relative to disclosure and remittance of revenues in excess of certain contractual amounts in certain circumstances for certain contractors with the state's Office of Group Benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to the assessment of penalties on lobbyists for failure to timely file required reports (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Steven Jackson

Provides for the certification by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training of the New Orleans inspector general and his investigators

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to certain pre-dispute arbitration agreements in the workplace

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$21,235 FC SG EX)

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Provides for the reemployment of retired police officers of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Commends Kylie Reese Bordelon for graduating as one of nine valedictorians in the 2024 graduating class of Chalmette High School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Elmi Antonio Gonzales for graduating as one of nine valedictorians in the 2024 graduating class of Chalmette High School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Selina Li for graduating as one of nine valedictorians in the 2024 graduating class of Chalmette High School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the benefits of opening the U.S. 90 West Pearl River Bridge, provide an estimate of the amount of maritime traffic traveling through the West Pearl River Bridge, and compare the advantages and disadvantages of a fixed versus movable bridge to deter potential barriers

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides relative to custodian liability for public records requests

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Commends Tania Lanae White for graduating as one of nine valedictorians in the 2024 graduating class of Chalmette High School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Expresses condolences on the death of Tracey Ann Roque Small

Sponsor: Joy Walters

Continues the Health Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to develop a professional consulting nursing service code for reimbursement of certain services for individuals with developmental disabilities

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to implement "Aliye's Law" and provide instruction to students on organ donation

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella

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

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Requests all state departments to identify the cost of maintaining legacy technology systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Josh Carlson

Commends and expresses support for the cooperative conservation and management work being carried out by agricultural conservation partnerships in the state

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Condemns antisemitic violence on college campuses and expresses support for the state's Jewish students, faculty, staff, and communities

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Wyatt Audler for graduating as one of four valedictorians in the 2024 graduating class of Holy Cross School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Dr. Cassandra Montgomery for her work in behavioral health

Sponsor: Joy Walters

Commends Drew Brees on his induction into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Jacob Landry

Provides for the continuation of the Judicial Structure Task Force as established by House Resolution No. 30 of the 2022 Regular Session

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Commends Gage Baldassaro for graduating as one of four valedictorians in the 2024 graduation class of Holy Cross School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Blade Schneider for graduating as one of four valedictorians in the 2024 graduation class of Holy Cross School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Authorizes and directs the office of motor vehicles to exercise greater discretion in the issuance of both temporary and permanent license plates and Louisiana State Police to increase enforcement to deter the influx of fictitious license plates

Sponsor: John Illg

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to form a highly collaborative approach with political subdivisions regarding the status of projects in local areas

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Requests the Department of Insurance to study the impact of alternative funding programs on patient access to affordable prescription drugs

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Continues the Task Force on African American Suicide Rates

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Urges and requests the United States Food and Drug Administration to regulate tattoo ink

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to continue the task force to study, identify, and make recommendations to address the shortage of specialist physicians in this state

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Creates the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides for the change of party affiliation prior to the close of registration

Sponsor: Beth Billings

Constitutional amendment to increase the non-lawyer membership of and provide for the selection judiciary commission members and to require investigations be conducted by directive of the supreme court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$7,115 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Morris

Creates the Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to central bank digital currency

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to notice of the reason for changes to polling places (EN +$32,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides relative to compensation of commissioners of ambulance service districts in Allen Parish

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Requires each public school governing authority to use a uniform 10-point grading scale

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Constitutional amendment that provides relative to tax sales. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Extends prescription on tort actions

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to the application and fee required by the Orleans Parish assessor for a tax exemption

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to the provision of cardiac health information to student athletes and their parents

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to the classified police service in Morgan City

Sponsor: Vincent St. Blanc

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

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides that public institutions of postsecondary education furnish public records without charge to student media organizations affiliated with the institution (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Provides for the membership of gravity drainage district boards of commissioners in Ascension Parish

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners (EN +$138,250 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to liability and damages resulting from carbon sequestration

Sponsor: Robert Carter

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to requirements for enactment of appropriations

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the limited extension of regular sessions for specific purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Designates May 31, 2024, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Commends and congratulates Loren Lampert on his election to the 9th JDC for Division "D."

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends and congratulates John Keller upon the occasion of his retirement and recognizes and honors his life, service, contributions and the sacrifices he made for his community and country.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Establishes a task force to review the governance of community-based residential settings.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests the Senate Committee on Judiciary B and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs to meet jointly to study iGaming and report study findings to the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Commends Mu Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority on their 90th anniversary.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends the Catholic High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division I Select state championship

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Commends and recognizes the outstanding contributions of Sharon Turcan Gahagan to the Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts and honors the dedication of the Sharon Turcan Gahagan Art Gallery.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Urges and requests the United States Environmental Protection Agency to take action on feral hog toxicant testing and registration

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Creates the Public Projects Payments Task Force.

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Commends Colonel Rachel Zechenelly for her outstanding service and dedication to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and to congratulate her on her retirement.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Commends Emily "Emmy" Ella Rabalais on her many accomplishments and on being named the first-ever Miss Teen Wheelchair Louisiana USA

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Jim Harper for his accomplishments as president of the Farm Bureau.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Establishes the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Caucus.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Expresses condolences on the death of Maudrie Peters Jones Ross

Sponsor: Wilford Carter

Requests state agencies to seek funding, through state or federal funds or available grants, for unfunded programs and policies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Commends and congratulates the Catholic High School baseball team for winning the 2024 LHSAA Division I Select State Championship.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study road conditions on particular highways that intersect with United States Highway 61 in St. John the Baptist Parish

Sponsor: Sylvia Taylor

Commends the Catholic High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division I Select state championship

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Commends Brother Matthew Lyons, CSC, for more than sixty years of service to the Catholic Church

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to work with the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to study and make recommendations to establish a more efficient process for licensing nondiagnostic technicians

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the expansion of a portion of Lousiana Highway 21 to four lanes

Sponsor: John Wyble

Commends and congratulates former Senator Ronnie S. Johns on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Avis Delores Baker White.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Memorializes Congress to resume liquid natural gas exports.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Provides for a study on the distribution of certain ad valorem taxes. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Commends MY PADNAS for winning first place at the 22nd annual Louisiana Crawfish Boil Championships held on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Adrienne Patrice Anderson Savoy.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to expedite the process to complete the Interstate 49 Lafayette connector.

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Establishes the Task Force on Obesity Care, Cost, and Value to address the chronic disease of obesity in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Frank Paul Simoneaux on the occasion of his passing.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Jeff Albright for his contributions to Louisiana on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Commends Corporal Adam Bradford on receipt of the prestigious TOP COPS Award®.

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Constitutional amendment to provide for membership of the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA12s1)

Sponsor: John Morris

Commends and congratulates the Zwolle High School boys basketball team on winning their 17th state championship.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

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

Requests the office of juvenile justice to submit a report to the legislature on complaints, investigations, and litigation related to certain facilities housing juveniles.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to work with stakeholders to develop a plan for the reestablishment of a nursing home following a natural disaster.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Requests appointment of a committee to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests communications districts throughout the state to implement necessary technology to receive text messages for 911 emergency services.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends and congratulates Glen Oaks High School track team on winning their first Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championship.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends and congratulates the Tulane University baseball team for winning its second consecutive American Athletic Conference regular season championship.

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of William Jefferson Cole.

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commemorates the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777, and recognizes June 9 through 15, 2024, as National Flag Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for official journals for the state and political subdivisions and for publishing legal notices (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Josh Carlson

Provides relative to reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Jason DeWitt

Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides with respect to certain permits required by parishes and municipalities

Sponsor: Larry Selders

Provides relative to virtual social work supervision

Sponsor: Brach Myers

Designates the Bayou Bienvenue bridge on Louisiana Highway 47 in Chalmette, Louisiana, as the "Senator Samuel B. Nunez Crossing"

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Increases the penalties for malfeasance in office (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Provides relative to electric vehicle charging technology and equipment networks

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to the illegal carrying of weapons

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to civil liability protection for local governments concerning events on the Mississippi River levee

Sponsor: Jeff Wiley

Regulates the operation of abandoned cemeteries

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to liability for commercial motor vehicles

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Provides relative to the prevention of power-based violence in public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to the licensing of "PACE" program providers (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Provides relative to bear hunting

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Roger Wilder

Provides relative to training requirements for local government officials

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of housing authorities

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Requires signage for wetland assimilation projects

Sponsor: Kimberly Coates

Increases the driver's license fee and the specific portion directed to the litter abatement fund (RE +$3,900,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Illg

Commends Harold "Fox" Martin Vicknair, Sr., on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday

Sponsor: John Illg

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health and its Medicaid program to update the outpatient laboratory fee schedule to reflect coverage of all related Current Procedural Terminology codes for respiratory viral panels

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Requests that the state Department of Education and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education prohibit the use of certain "edu-tainment" videos as educational tools in classrooms

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to promulgate rules and regulations to create an exception to facility need review procedures for certain behavioral health service providers

Sponsor: Steven Jackson

Memorializes Congress to help all residents of Louisiana who are displaced by hurricanes.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to study and make recommendations on ways to increase urban forestry in the state.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to seek a waiver for a gateway sign permit for a "Crawfish Expressway" sign in Breaux Bridge

Sponsor: Chad Boyer

Memorializes the United States Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to grant Louisiana a waiver to remove unhealthy foods from the list of approved foods that may be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study the feasibility of implementing a 233 helpline as an additional resource for sexual abuse victims in this state

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Memorializes the United States Congress to protect consumers from government interference in the free market

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the Private Works Act

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to close the Washington Street exit

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Requests the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to confer with the Jefferson Parish Community Development Department to consider modifications to required property insurance coverage

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

To urge and request the Department of Environmental Quality to study implementation of real-time community air monitoring and notification systems.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

To recognize and honor Queen Sylvia of Buganda for her outstanding contributions to education, healthcare, cultural preservation, and the empowerment of women and children in Uganda and across Africa.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Lance Corporal Christopher Spicer Jr. for being awarded the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association's Deputy Valor Award.

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Requests state agencies to seek funding, through state or federal funds or available grants, for unfunded programs and policies.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to meet certain benchmarks toward establishing the Sickle Cell Disease Registry.

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commends and congratulates the University High baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division III Select State Championship.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Reestablishes the Judicial Structure Task Force to study the funding and workload of judicial district and circuit courts.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Commends The Arc Baton Rouge on its seventieth anniversary.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Requests the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Commission to study the feasibility of performing additional functions of economic and industrial development.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests state retirement systems to submit reports regarding procedures for proxy voting

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Commends and congratulates District Missionary Verline Brock on her 90th birthday and for her significant contributions to the ministry and community.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a study relative to the state's higher education financial aid programs.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive review of current sickle cell disease legislation.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Expresses condolences on the death of Harry Connick Sr., former district attorney of Orleans Parish.

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Designates June 5, 2024, as Ascension Credit Union Day.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Creates the Task Force on Election Cost Efficiency and Alignment to study mechanisms to support and promote voter participation.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Creates the Task Force on the Use of the American College Test for Accountability.

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to deadlines for financial disclosures required of members and certain employees of the Gaming Control Board and of the gaming enforcement division (RE1 +87,533 FC SG RV)

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study conditions on Louisiana Highway 44 in Reserve, Louisiana, to add sidewalks

Sponsor: Sylvia Taylor

Commends Mary Francis "Sissie" Jones on the occasion of her seventieth birthday

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Requests the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or a subcommittee thereof, to conduct an oversight meeting relative to charitable gaming

Sponsor: Marcus Bryant

Commends 2024 Huntington High School student Jacie LaCour on the occasion of her graduation and receipt of a scholarship to Tulane University

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Creates a study group to study K-12 education and submit a report by December 1, 2024

Sponsor: Dennis Bamburg

Recognizes May 29, 2024, as New Orleans Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Commends Lance Corporal Chris Spicer, Jr., on receiving the 2024 Deputy Valor Award from the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Commends Antionette Van on being named Miss Caddo Parish 2024

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Commends 2024 Tulane University student Destiny Louis on the occasion of her graduation

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Commends Austin Small-Jones of Shreveport's Woodlawn High School on being named National Jobs for America's Graduates Career Association president-elect

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

To urge and request the La. Dept. of Transportation and Development to study best practices for letting of public contracts to disadvantaged business entities and to report recommendations for legislative changes to implement such best practices no later than December 15, 2024 (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

To urge and request the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to report on potential liabilities to the state general fund if the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project is not timely completed (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Commends Crescent City Steakhouse on its ninetieth anniversary

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Requests the Judicial Council to determine the feasibility of a parishwide court in St. Helena Parish

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Commends Fred Middleton on receiving the 2024 Deputy of the Year Award from the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association

Sponsor: Travis Johnson

Commends Jefferson Davis Parish sheriff, Ivy Woods, on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to study and make recommendations on how to reduce the number of licensing boards of health professions

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Urges and requests the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to modify administrative rules regarding the use of airboats in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Sponsor: Shane Mack

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health, through its Medical Care Advisory Committee, or the creation of a subcommittee thereof, to study ways for Medicaid to invest in community-based social service organizations that address health-related social needs and determinants

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to authorize certain nonemergency medical transportation providers to furnish services outside of their designated regions in particular circumstances

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study ways to develop and enhance recreational opportunities for certain portions of Little River

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to provide statistical information regarding women's health

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Requires doula services to be covered by Medicaid. (8/1/24) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to administration of funds of the Catahoula Parish Library

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to renovation of public historic buildings (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Requires public school governing authorities to provide for a tracking system for parental complaints

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature, by law, to establish additional courts enacted by a two-thirds vote. (2/3 - CA12s1(A)) (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: John Morris

Provides relative to theft from a porch or other unenclosed portion of a residence or inhabited dwelling. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Creates the Digital Asset Investment Task Force.

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides relative to marking absentee by mail ballots. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Extends the deadline for post-conviction DNA testing. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides relative to confidentiality of certain personnel records. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides for prescribed burning by non-certified prescribed burn managers. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Allain

Prohibits certain persons from wagering on sports events. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides relative to the practice of psychology. (8/1/24) (EN +$44,925 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Provides for continuous revisions relative to civil procedure

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Provides relative to the parish hospital service district in New Orleans

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides relative to filing financial disclosure statements after qualifying for office. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Commends Christine Bayard for winning the Milken Educator Award.

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools in Senate District 15 on Teacher of the Year Day at the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to annual financial disclosure statements by certain elected officials and public servants. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Requires the state health officer to require commercial body art facilities to disclose regulatory status and health risks posed by certain body art products and services

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Requests the Deptartment of Wildlife and Fisheries to study and make recommendations to manage alligator populations.

Sponsor: Robert Allain

Prohibits an elected official who has been removed from office from filling the vacancy created by the removal. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Creates the Judicial Security Task Force

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to Wildlife Rehabilitation Program rules

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella

Provides relative to association documents of planned communities

Sponsor: Stephanie Berault

Provides relative to objections to candidacy. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Authorizes creation of a tax increment financing district for parishes of a certain size for economic development purposes. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to student discipline

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd

Provides relative to dentistry. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides relative to the employment or acceptance of volunteer chaplains in public schools. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Prohibits discontinuation of cable service without prior notice

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Provides for policing of the Port of Delcambre, Twin Parish Port District. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides for out-of-state health insurance coverage when the governor declares a state of emergency. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Requires additional compensation for teachers and other school employees under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides sick leave for school employees under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Provides relative to the unauthorized possession of electronic telecommunication devices at school. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to prohibitions to dual candidacy. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Provides relative to uninsured motorists and certain policy forms

Sponsor: John Illg

Increases the maximum time of incarceration for aggravated flight from an officer. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. Six to levy a sales and use tax

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to container sizes for beverages of high alcohol content

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Delcambre Housing Authority and the Gueydan Housing Authority. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides for Medicaid reimbursement rate increases. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides for the delivery of absentee ballots by a person other than the voter

Sponsor: Josh Carlson

Defines certain terms in the election code. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Designates May 20, 2024, as Veterans Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Commends Christine Bayard on being awarded the Milken Educator Award

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Commends Jeffery L. Mumphrey on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Commends Wayne Warner on his fiftieth year as principal of Chalmette High School

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Recognizes the week of May 19 through 25, 2024, as Emergency Medical Services Week

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Requests a study of the feasibility and practicality of mayor's courts

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for real estate service agreements. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to coroners. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides for Lafayette Consolidated Government Employees. (8/1/24) (EN -$77,000 FC SG RV)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

To commend the students and faculty of the Lafayette Parish School System for placing first in the Louisiana Governor's Games.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Recognizes Wednesday, May 22, 2024, as The Arc Appreciation Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

To express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Shelby H. LaCroix upon the occasion of his passing.

Sponsor: Jeremy Stine

Commends and congratulates Sterlington High School Lady Panthers softball team on winning the LHSAA 2024 Division III Non-Select state championship.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Expresses condolences on the death of James David Cain

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Mayther "Ray" Young on the occasion of his passing.

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Commends and congratulates Kenneth Wood Sr., and K&B Industries on their 50th anniversary.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides relative to the penalties for battery of a bus operator (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Authorizes initial proposals for charter schools with corporate partners to be made to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as Type 2 charter school proposals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Kim Carver

Creates the "Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale" specialty license plate

Sponsor: Kyle Green

Provides relative to the Healthy Food Retail Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides relative to the Healthy Food Retail Act. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Limits the withdrawal of monies from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for capital outlay projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides for economic development districts in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Criminalizes the use of bait dogs in the training process for dog fighting. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 as the "Claude 'Buddy' Leach Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Extends the time frame for authorized production or disclosure of financial records by banks. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors establish a mayor's institute at the Nelson Mandela College of Government and Social Sciences

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Removes the cap on the amount of any permanent benefit increase for recipients whose benefit is based on the record of someone who retired with at least 30 years of service credit. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Requires the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries to notify applicants for recreational fishing and hunting licenses of the option to become an organ and tissue donor and make an organ donation. (8/1/24) (EN +$20,000 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Creates the crime of vandalizing, tampering with, or destroying a crime camera system. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Creates a state sales tax rebate for the purchase of equipment, machinery, and other items used in lithium recovery activities. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to mandatory expulsion. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to charter schools. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Requires city, parish and other local public school boards to adopt and implement a program to facilitate behavior health intervention and referral for treatment. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Relative to the development of vertiports. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides venue options for insurance fraud and for the allocation of the insurance fraud assessment fund. (See Act)

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Provides relative to individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Allain

Expands the Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides primary point of contact for workforce solutions. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to occupational experience of instructors in a technical or occupational course at proprietary schools. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Authorizes the governing authority of certain parishes to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to certain events

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides for requirements to the land-based casino operating contract. (7/1/24)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides for training requirements for part-time and reserve peace officers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides for the definition of "solicitor" with respect to alcohol. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Provides relative to absentee by mail ballots. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Creates the Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Requests a study of the feasibility of establishing the Tremé Economic Development District in New Orleans

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Provides relative to membership in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Creates the crime of approaching a peace officer lawfully engaged in law enforcement duties (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides relative to birth certificates and state identification for children leaving custody of the office of juvenile justice (EN +$7,001 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to the disposition of certain records for seventeen year old offenders

Sponsor: Marcus Bryant

Provides for increased penalties for certain traffic-control signal violations

Sponsor: Vincent Cox

Requests study of the feasibility of establishing state subsidized parental leave for K-12 educators.

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Repeals obsolete hunting license provisions

Sponsor: Jason DeWitt

Provides for the division of election integrity within the Department of State (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Requests study of impact of Louisiana's legal environment on the state's insurance market and rates.

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Provides relative to access to birth certificates (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to the crime of negligent homicide (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to constructive surrender

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides for special charitable trusts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for air monitoring. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Interagency Coordinating Council for EarlySteps

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to dump trucks (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to court reporter fees in the Fourteenth Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides for boundaries of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Repeals the termination provision of the Sledge Jeansonne Louisiana Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Jacob Braud

Provides relative to certain officers, employees, and positions in the classified fire and police civil service (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Changes the name of the Lafourche Basin Levee District. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to charter schools. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides for a premium discount for certain military personnel. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Creates the Insurance Regulatory Sandbox Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kim Carver

Provides relative to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Provides relative to managing general agents

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides relative to third-party liability requirements arising for prior authorizations and state claim inquiries

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides relative to emergency medical services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to the membership of the Housing Authority of New Orleans

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides relative to the membership of the State Licensing Board for Contractors

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Prohibits government restriction of choice regarding vehicles

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Provides for the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund Account. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Prohibits the use of genetic information relative to life and long-term care insurance

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides relative to colorectal cancer screening (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to mandatory reporters of child abuse

Sponsor: Kim Carver

Provides relative to payments under contract by public entites. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides relative to harassment of hunters, trappers, and fishermen on lands and waters managed by the state

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Recognizes the month of April as Native Plant Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides relative to arboricultural and utility arboricultural examination and license renewal requirements

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Requires the Orleans Parish School Board to be notified of certain agreements that affect property taxes levied in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Provides relative to the Faubourg Marigny Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides for trusts for minors and persons with disabilities. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. Four to levy a sales and use tax

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides for creation of Castle Manor Security and Improvement District in New Orleans

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides for the Planned Community Act. (See Act)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to warranty for negotiable instruments and depository and collecting banks

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

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

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides for the administration of medication to students by certain practitioners. (gov sig)

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides for the prospective and retroactive application of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Prohibits the retail sale of nitrous oxide

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Kenner

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Removes certain restrictions on the disposal of immovable property by the governing authority of Slidell

Sponsor: Brian Glorioso

Provides relative to filing financial disclosure statements after qualifying for office

Sponsor: Steven Jackson

Provides relative to special education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides for expired and inactive real estate license requirements

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Authorizes service of process by commercial courier

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Provides an exception to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons

Sponsor: Jessica Domangue

Provides relative to the prescription of actions for violation of building restrictions

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Directs utility companies to help facilitate the reporting requirements of the HUD Green mortgage insurance premiums program

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Requests the Department of Insurance to study and make recommendations with respect to eliminating the state requirement for motor vehicle insurance and the approaches taken by other states with minimal or noncompulsory requirements

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for civil penalties against an interactive computer service that books short-term rentals of property that is not in compliance with local ordinances

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief in the town of Martin

Sponsor: Dennis Bamburg

Urges and requests the Legislature of Louisiana to support the "Greaux the Good" farmers market match program

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to retirement eligibility in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (RER +41,000,000 APV)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to academic plans for children committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides relative to the unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Latitude' Memorial Crossing". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides for the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology

Sponsor: Chance Henry

Commends the achievements of the Reginald F. Lewis Scholars

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides relative to additional penalties for certain domestic violence offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides for student age requirements for barber college admissions

Sponsor: Rashid Young

Provides relative to victim notification (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to brine. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Requests a study of the provision of additional housing for legislators in the state capitol complex

Sponsor: Tehmi Chassion

Revises the membership and duties of the Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Provides for filing of administrative proceedings before the Ethics Adjudicatory Board for enforcement of certain violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act

Sponsor: John Wyble

Provides for relative concurrent jurisdiction of federal military installations within the state. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides for digital transaction providers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides for non-governmental agencies to receive background checks on contractors within the volunteer and employee criminal history system. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to seafood safety. (1/1/25) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides for the use of satellite photos when inspecting a property that has been issued an insurance policy. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Moves responsibility for the collection of the electric and hybrid vehicle fee from the Department of Revenue to the office of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Commends the Simpson High School Lady Broncos Track and Field team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Class C state championship

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Expresses condolences on the death of Edwin M. Roy, Jr.

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Commends Larry Bringol on the occasion of his retirement after sixty years of barbering

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Commends the University High baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division III Select state championship

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Commends the city of Hammond on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of its Main Street program

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study adoption proceedings

Sponsor: Stephanie Berault

Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2025, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Urges and requests the administration of President Biden to end its pause on pending approvals of liquefied natural gas exports

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Commends the athletic and scholastic achievements of Harlem Michael Berry on the occasion of his seventeenth birthday

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another created by artificial intelligence. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Creates the Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Advisory Council within the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to public records requests. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Establishes special prestige license plates for certain Louisiana schools

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Allocates revenue collected from waterfowl licenses to the Duck Stamp Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Establishes a driver's license designation and a special identification designation for a person with a seizure disorder. (8/1/24) (EN +$45,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for unfair or deceptive trade practices relative to reports of adjusters

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Provides for the Uniform Collaborative Family Law Act. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

To change the makeup of the board of the Jimmy D. Long School for Math, Science, and the Arts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides for the filiation of children. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides for the revocation of beneficiary designation for certain assets. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Adds substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides for the allocation of community property following a petition for divorce. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides for expert testimony. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Provides for reporting of escapes from juvenile institutions. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to the optional retirement plan and defined benefit plan for the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides for the jurisdictional limits of city courts. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Prohibits issuing traffic violation citations in certain circumstances. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to the Bossier Parish Retired Employees Insurance Fund

Sponsor: Wayne McMahen

Requires heating and air conditioning on school buses. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Expresses condolences to the family of Zachary Funderburk.

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Commends and congratulates Iam Tucker for being named the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2024 Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends and congratulates St. Luke's Episcopal School on receiving its first U.S. Dept. of Education's National Blue Ribbon School Designation.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Seimone Augustus on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to the regulation of cannabis (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Commends Wilbert Ellis upon receiving the 2024 Louisiana Sports Ambassador Award and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Recognizes Tuesday, May 14, 2024, as the 40th Annual Red and White Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Creates the Comite River Diversion Canal/Amite River Basin Task Force.

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to legislative intent of certain Acts relating to causes of action for abuse of a minor.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to increase eligibility requirements for the Medicaid Purchase Plan.

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

To study the feasibility of widening a certain portion of Louisiana Highway 16 to four lanes.

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Requests the United States Department of Energy to carefully consider the benefits of liquid natural gas exports.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to develop and implement a plan for managed care organizations to provide reimbursement for certain psychological services.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Recognizes May 15, 2024, as Peace Officer Memorial Day and May 12 - 18, 2024 as Police Week at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Memorializes Congress to call for a convention of states to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for the members of congress.

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Commends and congratulates Bayou Blue Assembly on its 100th year anniversary.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Commemorates the citizens of Louisiana who lost their lives on June 6, 1944, in the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to explore the creation of an appeals process for certain students who do not pass state-administered, end-of-course assessments required for high school graduation

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Commends the Lutcher High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division II Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to prioritize mental health instruction and training in suicide prevention in its rulemaking process

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Requests that the Board of Regents and public postsecondary education management boards scrutinize the practice of hiring faculty from certain foreign adversaries

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Commends Randy Schmidt on being inducted into the New Orleans Track Club Hall of Fame

Sponsor: John Illg

Requests that the state Department of Education study and make recommendations relative to automated graduation progress monitoring initiatives to enhance timely high school graduation

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Commends Iam Tucker on being named National 2024 Small Business Person of the Year

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Authorizes the House Committee on Ways and Means, or a subcommittee thereof, to study the state's tax structure and develop recommendations for tax system reforms (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Requests the House Select Committee on Homeland Security to review state government actions during the COVID-19 Pandemic and postpandemic period and make recommendations to improve the government's response in future health emergencies

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the role of ACT and WorkKeys scores in the school and district accountability system

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Authorizes and requests the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development to appoint a subcommittee to study and address the devastation of the forest industry due to the infestation of beetles

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Designates May 14, 2024, as Aviation Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Commends the Louisiana Probation and Parole Officers Association for fifty years of distinguished service

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Commends the Louisiana Assisted Living Association and recognizes May 14, 2024, as Assisted Living Day

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends the members and volunteers of the 2024 Concerned Women for America of Louisiana's Encourage-A-Legislator Project

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to the election of a collective bargaining representative

Sponsor: Roger Wilder

Commends the Louisiana Home Care Association and recognizes May 22, 2024, as Home Care Day

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Repeals certain provisions of law referring to inheritance taxes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kim Carver

Creates a special prestige license plate for "Telecommunicators" and for the "Special Needs Advocacy, Support and Inclusion of Abilities". (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Provides for bait shrimp. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to justices of the peace in Plaquemines Parish

Sponsor: Jacob Braud

Provides for eligibility of charter boat fishing guides for the Fisherman's Gear Compensation Fund

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Provides relative to the crimes of illegal carrying of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Adds drugs prescribed for certain ocular conditions to the listing of prescription drugs exempt from local sales and use taxes (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides for the preemption of state law for firearms. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides relative to survivors' education benefits (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law

Sponsor: Vincent St. Blanc

Provides relative to livestock found at large. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides relative to acceptable payment types at air carrier airports

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to the state chemist. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Robert Allain

Provides for the jurisdictional limits for the city courts located in the 15th judicial district. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Allen Parish. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter

Recreates Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (6/30/24)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Creates the crime of theft of USPS mail (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kim Carver

Provides relative to transfers of service credit between systems. (6/30/24) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to the crime of nonconsensual disclosure of a private image (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Laurie Schlegel

Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of Mr. Harry Winters Thomas.

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

To commend the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches on its 50th Anniversary of promoting basketball in Louisiana and its executive secretary D. Scott Landry for his many years of dedicated service to the association.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Designates Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as Hospital Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to psychologists

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella

Provides relative to pipeline servitudes

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Creates a task force to study the Optional Retirement Plan within the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Urges and requests the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to find ways to increase youth use of Wildlife Management Areas

Sponsor: Jason DeWitt

Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors take steps necessary to establish a medical school on the campus of Southern University at Baton Rouge

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides that certain non-debt-forming concession agreements and other obligations are not deemed as debt requiring approval of the State Bond Commission (RE1 +$129,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

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

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to the ratemaking system utilized by insurers and rating organizations relative to rate filings

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Requests the state Department of Education to report to the legislature relative to the pilot program required by R.S. 17:437.2

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox

Commends the Montgomery High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division IV Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Designates May 9, 2024, as Communication Health Awareness

Sponsor: Travis Johnson

Authorizes drivers of certain two-wheeled vehicles to proceed through a red light under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Requests the governing authority of Concordia Parish to do a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a new form of parish government

Sponsor: Travis Johnson

Provides a voluntary process for pipeline crossing disputes

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Creates the office of violence prevention in the Louisiana Department of Health. (8/1/24) (OR +$1,184,867 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends Charity Hospital and University Medical Center of New Orleans on 288 years of providing medical care in the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides relative to controversion of benefits, preliminary determination hearings, disputed claims, and penalties and attorney fees (RE DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Provides relative to the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides for the appointment of interpreters in court proceedings. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides relative to meat and poultry inspection.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to the commitment of certain persons who are found not guilty by reason of insanity (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Creates an Employee Insurance Fund for the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Provides for carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Recognizes and honors the Titan Aerobatic Team for their outstanding contributions to the field of aerobatics and aviation and their role in enriching the cultural heritage of airshows.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Provides for size limits for spotted sea trout and red drum. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Honors and commends Pastor S.C. Dixon on his 28th Pastoral Anniversary at Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Expresses condolences upon the death of Winton Joseph Vidrine.

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Commends Perry Clark on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Commends Tom Burnett upon receiving the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Commends Ron Higgins upon receiving the 2024 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Commends Bobby Ardoin upon receiving the 2024 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Congratulates Lucy Victoria Pittman Virdure "Miss Lucy" on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to imprint "America 250" on license plates for private passenger motor vehicles

Sponsor: Mike Bayham

Designates Tuesday, May 7, 2024, as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Commends the volunteers and members of the 2024 Concerned Women for America's Encourage-A-Legislator Project.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Recognizes May 1, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Commends Molly Buchmann and Sharon Mathews on the occasion of their retirement as artistic directors of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Henry "Richey" Jackson on the occasion of his passing.

Sponsor: Adam Bass

Designates May 12-18, 2024, as Police Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Commends the 2024 Festival Acadiens et Creoles in Lafayette on the occasion of the festival's fiftieth anniversary

Sponsor: Brach Myers

Provides for public records involving the security of the governor or his family and recommendations by which governmental decisions and policies are formulated. (8/1/24)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends the Denham Springs High School Robotics Team.

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to cosmetology

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella

Recognizes Wednesday, May 8, 2024, as "St. John the Baptist Parish Day" at the Louisiana State Capitol and to acknowledge Economic Development week in St. John the Baptist Parish.

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Commends the Lutcher High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division II Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Commends the Lutcher High School girls' powerlifting team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division II state championship

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Requests the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to study sources of revenue for local government from carbon dioxide storage

Sponsor: Shane Mack

Memorializes Congress to compel the United States Food and Drug Administration to fulfill its duties regarding inspection and testing of imported seafood

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Commends the Ruston High School football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division I Non-Select state championship

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Commends Ryan L. Williams for his advocacy for mental health and his community service

Sponsor: Joy Walters

Commends Eric Lane of Gerry Lane Enterprises on being named the 2024 Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association Dealer of the Year

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the around-the-world flight known as Global Power 94-7

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study I-12 express tolling operations compared to how other states implement express tolling

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Health

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Van Denison on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Michael Melerine

Designates May 8, 2024, as City Year Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston Lafleur

Prohibits use of a handheld wireless telecommunications device by a person when operating a motor vehicle upon any public roadway in this state. (8/1/24) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to proof of disability requirements for an airport parking exemption for disabled veterans