MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
| | | HR36 | GEYMANN | COASTAL RESOURCES - Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2026, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board |
| | | HR37 | TRAVIS JOHNSON | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as Black Farmers and Growers Day at the state capitol |
| | | HR38 | MUSCARELLO | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Wake Up Kajun Kountry with TJ and host Tony "TJ" Maggio on being awarded "Best Morning Show, Small Market" by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters |
| | | HR39 | ILLG | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Volkert, Inc., on the one hundredth anniversary of its founding |
| | | HR40 | TAYLOR | HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study and take measures on the benefits of connecting West 10th Street in Reserve, Louisiana, to Interstate 10 to relieve traffic congestion |
| | | HR41 | DOMANGUE | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates March 2025 as National Social Work Month in Louisiana |
| | | HR42 | CHASSION | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 23, 2025, as Big Brothers Big Sisters Day at the state capitol |
| | | HR43 | LAFLEUR | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 23, 2025, as City Year Day at the state capitol |
| | | HR44 | LAFLEUR | CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences of the House on the death of Roena Isabelle Wilford |
| | | HR45 | GEYMANN | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - To designate Wednesday, April 23, 2025, as McNeese State University Day at the Capitol |
| | | HR46 | ROMERO | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Thursday, May 8, 2025, as the 4-H Day and commends the state officers of 4-H |
| | | HR47 | ROMERO | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Thursday, May 1, 2025 as FFA Day at the state capitol and commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association |
| | | HR48 | DEVILLIER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice Assistant Professor of General Business and Department Chair of Business and Technology Nikki May on receiving the 2025 Louisiana State University Innovative Contributions to Online Learning Award |
| | | HR49 | DEVILLIER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice Assistant Professor of Nursing Branesha Moore, recipient of the 2024 Elsevier Educator of the Year Award from the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Foundation |
| | | HR50 | DEVILLIER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Jeff Willis on winning the inaugural 2025 Walter Hauck NJCAA Coaches Association President of the Year Award |
| | | HR51 | TURNER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends John A. "Yank" Reis on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday |
| | | HR52 | MIKE JOHNSON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University at Alexandria on its contributions to central Louisiana and the state |
| | | HR53 | MELERINE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University in Shreveport on its contributions to northwestern Louisiana and the state |
| | | HR54 | MELERINE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louisiana State University in Shreveport baseball team on its record start to the 2025 season |
| | | HR55 | ROMERO | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Dr. Steve Harrison on his induction into the 2025 Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction |
| | | HR56 | LAFLEUR | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Coca-Cola UNITED on its outstanding legacy, economic impact, and enduring commitment to the people and communities of Louisiana |
| | | HR57 | ZERINGUE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Mark Shirley on the occasion of his retirement from Louisiana Sea Grant and the LSU AgCenter |
| | | HR58 | EMERSON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Luther A. Burney on the occasion of his retirement |
| | | HR59 | BAYHAM | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Memorializes Congress to delay the implementation of REAL ID in Louisiana until 2026 |
| | | HR60 | NEWELL | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary |
| | | HR61 | ILLG | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 23, 2025, as LSU Day at the legislature and commends Louisiana State University for its enduring contributions to the state |
| | | HR62 | ILLG | COMMENDATIONS - Commends John Kay for his sack race victory over Representative Dixon McMakin at the March 25, 2025, Louisiana State University vs. University of Louisiana at Lafayette baseball game |
| | | HR63 | DEVILLIER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends St. Edmund High School basketball coach Erica Zaunbrecher on being named 2025 District 5-1A Coach of the Year |
| | | HR64 | LACOMBE | CONDOLENCES - Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Sean Thomas Landry |
| | | HR65 | SPELL | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 23, 2025, as Louisiana Counseling Association Day at the state capitol and commends the members of the Louisiana Counseling Association |
| | | HCR18 | BAYHAM | INDIGENT DEFENSE - Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender |
| | | HCR19 | BAMBURG | CONDOLENCES - Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of former state representative Billy Wayne "Coach" Montgomery |
| | | HCR20 | GADBERRY | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 30, 2025, as LMA Municipal Day at the state capitol |
| | | HCR21 | CHARLES OWEN | CONGRESS - Memorializes the United States Congress to review and enact the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act |
7. Introduction of Bills |
| | | HB2 | EMERSON | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget |
| | | HB3 | EMERSON | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act |
| | | HB8 | GLORIOSO | RETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides relative to membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC) |
| | | HB98 | YOUNG | PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Authorizes the parish of Lincoln to expropriate property by a declaration of taking |
| | | HB162 | LAFLEUR | DISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority |
| | | HB200 | MCMAKIN | POLITICAL PARTIES - Provides for membership of the executive committee of a recognized political party in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB242 | CHENEVERT | DISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS - Provides relative to the membership of the board of commissioners for the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District |
| | | HB609 | MANDIE LANDRY | SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD - Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans |
| | | HB611 | HILFERTY | SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD - Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans |
| | | HB641 | ROMERO | ENERGY - Authorizes the governing authority of Jefferson Davis Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish |
| | | HB642 | WILDER | TAX CREDITS - Repeals the earned income tax credit (OR +$64,600,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB643 | MIKE JOHNSON | APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT - Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled DeRoche v DOTD et al. |
| | | HB644 | BROWN | COURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB645 | WYBLE | TAX/INCOME TAX - Reduces the rate of the tax levied on the net income of individuals and increases the amount of the standard deduction for all filers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB646 | ROBBY CARTER | TAX/EXCISE - Imposes an excise tax on proceeds from geologic storage of carbon dioxide (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB647 | MCFARLAND | APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 |
| | | HB648 | BEAULLIEU | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Increases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB649 | VENTRELLA | DISTRICTS/RECREATION - Provides relative to parks and recreation districts in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB650 | JORDAN | TAX/GAMING - Increases the state tax levied on certain gaming and dedicates the proceeds of the tax for certain purposes |
| | | HB651 | YOUNG | DISTRICTS/AIRPORT - Creates Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31 |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | HCR16 | MCMAKIN | JOINT RULES - Provides for the nongovernmental entity funding request (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HCR17 | YOUNG | HOUSING - Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to conduct a study on how the corporation's resources are being allocated to finance development in rural areas |
12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | HB247 | CHENEVERT | PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to the expropriation of blighted property in East Baton Rouge Parish and the city of Baton Rouge |
| | | HB296 | FREIBERG | TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at certain events (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | HB637 | COATES | ENERGY - Establishes habitat conversion fees for large-scale solar development |
| | | HB638 | COATES | ENERGY/SOLAR - Establishes agricultural conversion fees for large-scale solar development (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV) |
| | | HB639 | RISER | GAMING/REVENUE - Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (EN +$34,700,000 SD RV See Note) |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB70 | BRASS | TOPS - Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB71 | BRASS | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force |
| | | HB77 | TURNER | TOPS - Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT, allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test, revises eligibility requirements for TOPS-Tech, and allows application of unused award amounts to medical or dental school (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB79 | BACALA | CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the applicability of firearm enhancement provisions and penalties to plea agreements |
| | | HB89 | ORGERON | VITAL RECORDS/BIRTH CERT - Provides relative to the issuance of a death certificate in certain circumstances |
| | | HB159 | STAGNI | PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Provides relative to the supervision of physical therapist assistants |
| | | HB161 | HUGHES | TOPS - Provides for eligibility requirements for TOPS-Tech and TOPS-Tech Early Start (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB173 | ILLG | ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING - Provides relative to expanding the jurisdiction of state park wardens to enforce litter laws statewide |
| | | HB204 | CHANCE HENRY | WILDLIFE/FEES - Provides relative to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' annual duck stamps (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV) |
| | | HB208 | VILLIO | CRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to eligibility for parole or diminution of sentence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB210 | CHASSION | PHARMACIES - Provides relative to retention and archiving of records in the state prescription monitoring program |
| | | HB214 | VILLIO | PROBATION - Provides relative to revocation of probation (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB219 | CARRIER | WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Provides for deer sex identification requirements |
| | | HB223 | DOMANGUE | ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Provides relative to compensation for parish board commissioners, election commissioners, and commissioners-in-charge (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB248 | WILDER | INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides for confidential information relative to public inspection |
| | | HB253 | BOYER | DRUGS - Provides relative to kratom (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB275 | BERAULT | TOPS - Authorizes students who qualify for a TOPS award but graduate from an out-of-state college to apply unused award amounts to medical or dental school in Louisiana and requires repayment unless certain conditions are met (EG +$367,110 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB281 | WYBLE | ELECTION OFFENSES - Provides relative to acts prohibited during early voting or on election day (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB316 | BUTLER | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides for the Drug Policy Board |
| | | HB323 | BEAULLIEU | ELECTIONS/DATES - Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB327 | CHASSION | TOPS - Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB340 | NEWELL | DENTISTRY - Changes the domicile of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry (EN +$1,200 SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB351 | MIKE JOHNSON | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Provides for penalties for attesting to false information in a notice of candidacy (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB372 | HUGHES | CURRICULA - Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB373 | HUGHES | SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Requires the Workforce Investment Council to perform an annual return on investment analysis relative to industry-based credentials earned in high school and provides for student data collection and sharing for this purpose (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note) |
| | | HB379 | WRIGHT | INSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides relative to mandatory binding arbitration with respect to property insurance policies |
| | | HB420 | BILLINGS | POLITICAL PARTIES - Provides for the qualifications, maintenance, and recognition of political parties |
| | | HB440 | CHANCE HENRY | INSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides relative to a claimant's duty to mitigate damages with respect to the actions for recovery |
| | | HB445 | VILLIO | CRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to juvenile records |
| | | HB479 | MANDIE LANDRY | CRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB496 | HEBERT | INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides relative to lapses in required insurance coverage |
| | | HB526 | JACOB LANDRY | PUBLIC PRINTING - Provides that a website established and maintained by the commissioner of administration shall be the official journal of the state and requires him to post certain information about boards and commissions on it (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB532 | DUSTIN MILLER | ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX - Provides relative to sales and use tax elections in certain municipalities (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB543 | MCMAHEN | DENTISTRY/HYGIENISTS - Provides relative to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact (EN +$3,700 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB549 | SCHAMERHORN | INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides a premium discount for commercial motor vehicles with dashboard cameras and telematics systems |
| | | HB550 | KERNER | SEAFOOD - Provides for reporting, data collection, and information sharing related to domestic and imported seafood (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB564 | JACOB LANDRY | WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Establishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB566 | TURNER | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Establishes job order contracting as an alternative project delivery method applicable to deferred maintenance of public facilities by postsecondary education institutions for certain work types (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB576 | ROBBY CARTER | INSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to rates in competitive and noncompetitive markets |
| | | HB581 | ILLG | ENVIRONMENT - Prohibits releasing inflated balloons outdoors (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB592 | BEAULLIEU | ELECTION CODE - Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code |
| | | HB640 | BOURRIAQUE | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HB34 | GLORIOSO | CIVIL/LAW - Provides for transparency in medical expenses |
| | | HB82 | BAYHAM | HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates portions of certain Louisiana highways |
| | | HB83 | COX | HIGHWAYS - Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways |
| | | HB90 | HEBERT | COMMERCE - Provides relative to preventing restaurant reservation fraud |
| | | HB91 | THOMAS | BANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to disclosure of financial records |
| | | HB131 | FARNUM | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Prohibits the board of review in Calcasieu Parish from considering ad valorem tax assessment complaints to which the notice of complaint was provided via facsimile transmission (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB174 | MCFARLAND | BRIDGES/FERRIES - Designates the bridge located on U.S. 167 in Winn Parish as the "Clayton Horne Memorial Bridge" |
| | | HB180 | THOMPSON | HIGHWAYS - Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 425 in Richland Parish as "Sheriff Gary Lynn Gilley Memorial Highway" |
| | | HB183 | BOURRIAQUE | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for the inspection of assessment lists, challenges to the correctness of assessments, and reviews by boards of review and the La Tax Commission (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB291 | GALLE | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions |
| | | HB365 | DESHOTEL | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for an optional exemption of business inventory from ad valorem taxes and to authorize the reduction of the fair market value percentage of business inventory under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB404 | WILLARD | REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to various tax administration functions of the Department of Revenue (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB416 | FARNUM | REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB428 | BOURRIAQUE | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development |
| | | HB431 | CHENEVERT | LIABILITY/TORTS - Provides relative to modified comparative fault |
| | | HB434 | DEWITT | CIVIL/DAMAGES - Provides relative to recovery limitations for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security |
| | | HB443 | CHANCE HENRY | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to certain notifications in delictual actions |
| | | HB450 | MELERINE | EVIDENCE - Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims |
| | | HB556 | BOURRIAQUE | TRANSPORTATION - Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB557 | BRAUD | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides relative to adjudicated tax-delinquent property and the tax lien certificate process (RE NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB591 | WILDER | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for an alternative to minimum bids when selling adjudicated property and requires costs associated with the termination of a lien certificate to apply to adjudicated property (RE NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |