Senate Committee on Judiciary A
May 12, 2026
9:00 AM
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 5, 2026

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 HCR61CHARLES OWENPROPERTY - Authorizes and directs the Louisiana Law Institute to study the constitutional authority to expropriate property
 HB71CARLSONLIABILITY/CIVIL - Adds armed security officer as an authorized person subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances
 HB163CREWSLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability for owners of property used for recreational aviation activities
 HB180CHARLES OWENPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to expropriation by private entities
 HB192CHARLES OWENPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits expropriation of property by foreign adversaries
 HB578MIKE JOHNSONCIVIL/LAW - Provides for the Restoring Biological Truth Act
 HB638JACOB LANDRYCONTRACTORS - Provides relative to payments to contractors and subcontractors
 HB708VENTRELLACOURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE - Authorizes concurrent jurisdiction for justice of the peace and city courts in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB718BOURRIAQUELIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability to a landowner who authorizes the free use of his private property for aeronautical activities at nonpublic use airports
 HB1008CHARLES OWENCOLLEGES/FACULTY - Prohibits public postsecondary education institutions from retaliating against faculty members for disclosing certain alleged violations or exercising academic freedom or free speech
 HB1017KERNERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (EG NO INPACT APV)
 HB1082DEWITTCIVIL/VENUE - Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System
 HB1198AMEDEECHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides relative to child custody
 HB1250MCFARLANDCIVIL/ACTIONS - Provides relative to actions against aerospace flight entities

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT

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