MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
| | | HR121 | BEAULLIEU | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Commends the Louisiana Association of Wholesalers for its contributions to the state's economy and designates May 6, 2025, as Louisiana Association of Wholesalers Day at the state capitol |
| | | HR122 | BRASS | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 8, 2025, as St. James Parish Day at the state capitol |
| | | HR123 | ADAMS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Addison Elaine Young on the occasion of her graduation from St. Amant Middle School |
| | | HR124 | MANDIE LANDRY | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Women on Wednesday advocacy program for its dedication to advancing policies for women in the state of Louisiana and for fostering civic engagement and legislative awareness |
| | | HR125 | DAVIS | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 2025 as Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month in Louisiana |
| | | HCR37 | HUGHES | HIGHER EDUCATION - Establishes the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Task Force |
| | | HCR38 | BAGLEY | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Calvary Baptist Academy softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division III Select state championship |
| | | HCR39 | LAFLEUR | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 13, 2025, as AKA Day at the state capitol and commends the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated |
7. Introduction of Bills |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | HR110 | BAYHAM | HOUSE/RULES - Repeals the Berthelot Rule |
| | | HR111 | BAYHAM | HOUSE/RULES - Provides for objections to a legislative instrument being considered in preferential order |
| | | HR117 | BACALA | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 7, 2025, as Ascension Parish Day at the state capitol |
| | | HCR33 | ROMERO | CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to modify the H-2B temporary non-agricultural program to assist with labor workforce shortage in the state |
| | | HCR35 | VILLIO | CRIME/MISDEMEANOR - Requests the La. State Law Institute to conduct a review of "Duncan misdemeanors" that are located throughout the La. Revised Statutes |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB2 | FESI | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to public water systems. (1/1/26) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | SB19 | FESI | PHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to the dispensing of ivermectin. (gov sig) |
| | | SB45 | MCMATH | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Exempts purchases of motor vehicles by certain veterans and their spouses from sales and use taxes and the vehicle registration and license tax. (7/1/25) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB52 | MCMATH | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EN -$828,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB55 | GREGORY MILLER | TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (1/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | SB82 | REESE | TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock. (1/1/26) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB88 | FESI | PARKS - Establishes a state park in Terrebonne Parish. (8/1/25) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB125 | ROBERT OWEN | EXPLOSIVES - Provides relative to explosives. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | SB134 | PRESSLY | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to health care definitions. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB135 | ABRAHAM | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Defines judicial agencies. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB161 | MIZELL | ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Provides relative to Louisiana Economic Development. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | HCR11 | MIKE JOHNSON | UTILITIES - Urges Louisiana Public Service Commission and Cleco Power to approve the sale of a regulated utility only in certain circumstances |
| | | HCR30 | CHARLES OWEN | AGRICULTURE - Urges and requests the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to study and make recommendations on the issues addressed by the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act to enhance operations for small meat processing businesses in Louisiana |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB211 | MANDIE LANDRY | TAX CREDITS - Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB238 | MCFARLAND | TAX/INCOME TAX - Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB475 | FIRMENT | TAX CREDITS - Extends the sunset date of the tax credit for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB477 | FREIBERG | TAX CREDITS - Authorizes university laboratory schools to participate in the student tuition organization tax credit program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB495 | GEYMANN | TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB518 | GEYMANN | TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB533 | CARVER | TAX CREDITS - Establishes the Work-Based Learning Tax Credit for employment of apprentices, interns, and youth workers (EN -$1,136,500 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB570 | CARVER | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to minors use of applications (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | HB600 | GEYMANN | TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB73 | REESE | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | 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 |
| | | HR30 | BUTLER | HONORARY DESIGNATIONS - Designates the city of Opelousas as the Horse Capital of Louisiana |
| | | HR7 | YOUNG | SCHOOLS/FINANCE - Requests that the legislative fiscal office update the report issued in February 2013 pursuant to SCR No. 137 of the 2012 Regular Session regarding the means and methods used to provide funding for laboratory schools |
| | | HCR24 | MIKE JOHNSON | SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Creates a special committee of the legislature to study the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/6/2025 |
| | | HB16 | SCHLEGEL | LIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to the limitation of civil liability for nonprofits that donate medical supplies |
| | | HB36 | SCHLEGEL | LIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to consumable hemp |
| | | HB37 | SCHLEGEL | CONTRACTS - Establishes a duty of care for online platforms who contract with minors |
| | | HB102 | SCHLEGEL | LIABILITY/TORTS - Expands La. Products Liability Act to include digital products |
| | | HB119 | DESHOTEL | MOTOR VEHICLES - Decreases the minimum light transmission percentage allowable for the front side window tint of motor vehicles |
| | | HB152 | MARCELLE | PRIVATE SECURITY - Provides relative to private security examiners |
| | | HB157 | MUSCARELLO | PRIVATE SECURITY - Provides relative to fees for private contract security companies (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB170 | COX | MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Removes the requirement that taxi cab drivers obtain a chauffeur's license (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB178 | MIKE JOHNSON | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure |
| | | HB181 | WILEY | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code |
| | | HB245 | ZERINGUE | SUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB263 | DAVIS | ELDERLY - Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs |
| | | HB366 | DESHOTEL | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes parishes to exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes and authorizes parishes to reduce the percentage of fair market value applicable to business inventory (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB476 | FONTENOT | MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS - Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB494 | DOMANGUE | PETROLEUM/OIL-GAS - Provides for common carriers of petroleum pipelines |
| | | HB499 | BAMBURG | TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Establishes penalties for persons exceeding the speed limit or breaching construction zones and utility work safety zones under active construction with workers on site (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB519 | GLORIOSO | MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunication device (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | HB528 | BOURRIAQUE | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Reforms the organizational structure for the Department of Transportation and Development including its duties, powers, and responsibilities of officers and employees (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB554 | MCMAKIN | MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX) |
| | | HB564 | JACOB LANDRY | WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Establishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EN INCREASE 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) |
| | | HB618 | FONTENOT | FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to regulation of conveyance devices |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB14 | COX | CRIME/HOMICIDE - Provides relative to homicide when the victim is a person with infirmities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB35 | ROMERO | CRIME - Provides for a minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB38 | BACALA | PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts |
| | | HB54 | HORTON | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB67 | HORTON | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors |
| | | HB99 | BILLINGS | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to adjudications and judicial review of adjudications |
| | | HB100 | LYONS | BAIL - Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB111 | VILLIO | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to the unlawful presence of certain sex offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB130 | BILLINGS | ADMINISTRATION DIVISION - Provides for powers and duties of the office of the state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB141 | HUGHES | BAIL - Provides relative to the discharge of bail obligations |
| | | HB143 | MENA | BAIL - Provides relative to notice of warrant for arrest |
| | | HB146 | WILEY | CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS - Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HB176 | FIRMENT | DRUGS - Provides relative to regulation of certain hallucinogenic chemicals (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB234 | MANDIE LANDRY | CRIME - Provides relative to criminal blighting of property |
| | | HB260 | VILLIO | CRIME/HOMICIDE - Provides relative to homicide (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB276 | BERAULT | PUBLIC OFFICIALS - Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to create and provide for local ethics entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB352 | LARVADAIN | EARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to background checks for certain early childhood workers (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB375 | MCMAHEN | CRIME - Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB382 | BAYHAM | INSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires insurance coverage of home visiting services for newborns and young children (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB401 | DICKERSON | INSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to certain assessed fees on direct premiums of insurers |
| | | HB403 | TURNER | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the imposition of fines for driving offenses (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB451 | BACALA | CHILDREN/ABUSE - Provides relative to mandatory reporters of child abuse |
| | | HB492 | VENTRELLA | CRIME - Provides relative to cruelty to animals (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB525 | WALTERS | HEALTH SERVICES - Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB558 | DAVIS | HIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG1 INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB560 | EGAN | MEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV) |
| | | HB561 | FIRMENT | INSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE - Provides policy provisions and exceptions relative to surplus lines insurance |
| | | HB577 | DESHOTEL | VOTING/MACHINES - Provides for the procurement of voting systems (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB676 | DOMANGUE | WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS - Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB677 | CARVER | ATTORNEYS - Provides relative to unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to attorney advertising |
| | | HB679 | BAYHAM | MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB680 | BAYHAM | MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a name on a driver's license to a handling fee (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB26 | WYBLE | HOLIDAYS - Provides relative to legal holidays in recognition of the Washington Parish Free Fair |
| | | HB69 | JORDAN | DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Delmont Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB73 | ADAMS | DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the members of a board of commissioners of an East Feliciana Parish gas utility district |
| | | HB80 | DEWITT | EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS - Provides relative to first responders |
| | | HB86 | MCMAKIN | DISTRICTS/RECREATION - Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge |
| | | HB92 | BEAULLIEU | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides for naming the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory after Bo Duhe' |
| | | HB95 | ROBBY CARTER | WEAPONS/FIREARMS - Authorizes commissioned officers of the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry to purchase their service weapon upon retirement |
| | | HB96 | KNOX | MILITARY AFFAIRS - Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces |
| | | HB97 | BRYANT | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Creates an economic development district in the city of Jeanerette |
| | | HB106 | WILLARD | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the Gentilly Development District in Orleans Parish |
| | | HB107 | BRYANT | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Creates an economic development district in the city of St. Martinville |
| | | HB113 | WYBLE | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages in Washington Parish |
| | | HB134 | WILFORD CARTER | COURTS/CITY - Provides relative to the marshal of the city court of Lake Charles |
| | | HB192 | KNOX | DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the French Quarter Management District in the city of New Orleans |
| | | HB212 | ORGERON | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to container sizes for beverages of high alcohol content |
| | | HB273 | SPELL | STATE SYMBOL - Establishes the official state children's Christmas book |
| | | HB412 | ROMERO | TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Provides relative to alternative nicotine products |
| | | HB446 | SPELL | MUNICIPAL - Provides relative to the judicial review of land use |
| | | HB562 | FONTENOT | FIRE PROTECT/FIRE DEPTS - Provides relative to costs for certain emergency services provided by fire departments, fire protection districts, and certain nonprofit corporations (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB563 | LACOMBE | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to manufacturing brewers |
| | | HB649 | VENTRELLA | DISTRICTS/RECREATION - Provides relative to parks and recreation districts in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB681 | BRYANT | PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to access to personal information of district attorneys (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB682 | VENTRELLA | ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Provides relative to the expungement of certain adjudication records (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/6/2025 |
| | | HB370 | BAYHAM | COSMETOLOGY - Provides for a special permit within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act |
| | | HB445 | VILLIO | CRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to juvenile records |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB640 | BOURRIAQUE | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB428 | BOURRIAQUE | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development |
| | | HB556 | BOURRIAQUE | TRANSPORTATION - Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB652 | KERNER | SEAFOOD - Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB293 | MELERINE | LABOR - Provides relative to the resignation from labor organization dues or fees for teachers and other school employees and public employees (REF SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR |
Regular Order |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | HB82 | BAYHAM | HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates portions of certain Louisiana highways |
| | | HB155 | MUSCARELLO | COURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides for a statewide revision of court reporter fees (RE INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB213 | ST. BLANC | SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment |
| | | HB342 | BAYHAM | ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB459 | COATES | ENERGY/ALTERNATE - Provides for renewable energy regulation and permitting |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB615 | GEYMANN | ENERGY/SOLAR - Provides for the regulation of solar facilities (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB617 | CARVER | CHILDREN/DCFS - Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB620 | PHELPS | TRAFFIC - Establishes procedures to eliminate traffic congestion in neighborhoods surrounding certain schools in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| | | HB637 | COATES | ENERGY - Establishes habitat conversion fees for large-scale solar development |