MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
| | | HR66 | LAFLEUR | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 24, 2025, as Junior League Day at the state capitol and commends the Junior League for its contributions to Louisiana |
| | | HR67 | BOYER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Madison Francis Guidry on being crowned 2025 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Queen |
| | | HR68 | CARVER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Steve Masters, director of LSU Baptist Collegiate Ministry, on the occasion of his retirement |
| | | HR69 | JACKSON | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 9, 2025, as AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Volunteer Day and commends the AmeriCorps Seniors Southern University at Shreveport Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for forty-five years of service |
| | | HR70 | BRAUD | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 23, 2025, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol |
| | | HCR22 | CHASSION | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Bryson "Cupid" Bernard for his achievements as a recording artist and recognizes him as the Linedance King of the World |
7. Introduction of Bills |
| | | HB93 | CHANCE HENRY | TAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to the authority of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District to levy certain taxes |
| | | HB653 | DAVIS | TAX CREDITS - Transfers the sound recording investor tax credit program from La. Economic Development to the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and extends the duration of the program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB654 | BEAULLIEU | TAX/SALES & USE - Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB655 | FISHER | HEALTH/LDH - Provides relative to fees charged by the Louisiana Department of Health in parish health units |
| | | HB656 | JORDAN | TAX/SALES & USE - Repeals the reduction in the state sales and use tax rate and dedicates a portion of the avails of the state sales tax to fund teacher pay raises (EG -$276,800,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB657 | RISER | MEDICAL MARIJUANA - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health related to the sale of therapeutic marijuana (EN +$225,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB658 | TURNER | MEDICAID - Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund for Addiction Recovery (EN INCREASE RV See Note) |
| | | HB659 | MANDIE LANDRY | TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - Establishes a definition for purposes of a prohibition on ad valorem tax exemptions for certain property owned by nonprofit organizations (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB660 | BOYD | TRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the annual registration tax applicable to trucks and trailers statewide (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB661 | DUSTIN MILLER | HEALTH/LDH - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health |
| | | HB662 | LYONS | TAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM - Levies an insurance premium tax and dedicates the revenue to the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program |
| | | HB663 | FIRMENT | TAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM - Provides for the disposition of certain state sales and use tax collections for the purpose of fortifying residential roofs in the coastal zone (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB664 | MCFARLAND | LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES - Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 |
| | | HB665 | WILLARD | TAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB666 | RISER | TAX - Reduces individual and corporate income tax rates and imposes sales and use tax on certain services |
| | | HB667 | EMERSON | TAX/INCOME TAX - Reduces the rate of the individual income tax and authorizes an income tax deduction for taxpayers sixty-five years of age and older (RE -$377,900,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB668 | WRIGHT | TAX/EXCISE - Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute and authorizes a reduced excise tax rate on certain tobacco products (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB669 | RISER | TAX/EXCISE - Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB670 | AMEDEE | COMMERCE - Assesses fees on remittances of money to foreign countries and dedicates proceeds of the fees |
| | | HB671 | GLORIOSO | TAX CREDITS - Establishes a tax credit for donations made to certain organizations serving victims of human trafficking (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB672 | JORDAN | BONDS - Authorizes the issuance of catastrophe bonds for the Catastrophe Reinsurance Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX) |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | HR59 | BAYHAM | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Memorializes Congress to delay the implementation of REAL ID in Louisiana until 2026 |
| | | HCR18 | BAYHAM | INDIGENT DEFENSE - Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender |
| | | HCR21 | CHARLES OWEN | CONGRESS - Memorializes the United States Congress to review and enact the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act |
12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB5 | WHEAT | COURTS - Provides for the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Hammond. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB9 | BASS | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB21 | WHEAT | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of "healthcare professional" and "healthcare facility" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB38 | HENSGENS | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of theft of gift cards or gift card redemption information. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB118 | FOIL | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB144 | WOMACK | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB146 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Lake Providence Port Commission and the powers of the commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | HR5 | HORTON | SUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to examine, investigate, and audit the firemen's supplemental pay program (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HCR4 | BILLINGS | LICENSING - Amends and repeals administrative licensing requirements relative to alternative hair and alternative hair design |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB167 | TAYLOR | HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 3188 as the "Veterans Memorial Highway" |
| | | HB209 | BRASS | PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to the financing structure for public works projects in Ascension Parish |
| | | HB226 | FREIBERG | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for appropriation of certain monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Enhancement Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | HB254 | CREWS | UTILITIES - Provides for creating a list of energy utility providers that provide annual consumption reporting mechanisms (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB283 | PHILLIP TARVER | APPROPRIATIONS - Limits the amount of recurring State General Fund (Direct) revenues that may be appropriated in a fiscal year for recurring expenses and restricts use of such revenues above that limit (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB288 | BOYD | REAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS - Provides relative to real estate appraisers |
| | | HB294 | BAGLEY | TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to severance tax revenues remitted to parishes in which the associated severance occurs (EG -$65,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB295 | PHILLIP TARVER | APPROPRIATIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Limits the amount of State General Fund (Direct) revenues that may be appropriated in a fiscal year for recurring expenses and restricts use of such revenues above that limit (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB312 | GADBERRY | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the selection of architectural and engineering professional services for certain projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB318 | GADBERRY | HOUSING/MANUFACTURED - Provides relative to manufactured and modular housing in flood-prone areas |
| | | HB326 | BUTLER | COSMETOLOGY/BOARD - Provides relative to the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB336 | WILDER | CIVIL/VENUE - Provides relative to venue for certain actions involving uninsured and underinsured motorist policies |
| | | HB347 | GADBERRY | BUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB370 | BAYHAM | COSMETOLOGY - Provides for a special permit within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act |
| | | HB374 | MCFARLAND | TAX/SALES & USE - Includes accommodations intermediaries within the definition of a marketplace facilitator for purposes of collection and remittance of sales and use taxes on remote sales (EN +$350,000 OF EX See Note) |
| | | HB381 | BRASS | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB427 | BAMBURG | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for a reversionary trust |
| | | HB432 | CHENEVERT | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to disclosure of financing agreements |
| | | HB435 | EGAN | CIVIL/DAMAGES - Provides limitations relative to claims for general damages |
| | | HB436 | FIRMENT | CIVIL/LAW - Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens |
| | | HB439 | HEBERT | ATTORNEYS/FEES - Provides relative to a limit on attorney fees |
| | | HB449 | CARLSON | ATTORNEYS/FEES - Provides relative to fees reasonably expected to be earned by an attorney |
| | | HB508 | LARVADAIN | TRANSPORTATION - Restricts a parking fee exemption to Louisiana disabled veterans parking at cruise terminals for the Port of New Orleans |
| | | HB509 | MOORE | COSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to alternative hair design and natural hair braiding |
| | | HB517 | BRASS | TAX/TOBACCO TAX - Establishes the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund and dedicates a portion of the avails of the tax levied on smokeless tobacco to the fund (RE -$6,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB523 | ROMERO | TAX/SALES & USE - Provides for the payment of vendor's compensation for the timely collection and remittance of state and local sales taxes (EG1 DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB524 | SPELL | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations |
| | | HB567 | BACALA | TAX/CORP INCOME - Provides with respect to various credits, deductions, exclusions, and exemptions associated with corporate income tax (EN DECREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB578 | EMERSON | TAX/SALES & USE - Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB620 | PHELPS | TRAFFIC - Establishes procedures to eliminate traffic congestion in neighborhoods surrounding certain schools in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| | | HB652 | KERNER | SEAFOOD - Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD 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) |
| | | HB71 | BRASS | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force |
| | | 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 |
| | | HB248 | WILDER | INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides for confidential information relative to public inspection |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB549 | SCHAMERHORN | INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides a premium discount for commercial motor vehicles with dashboard cameras and telematics systems |
| | | 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) |