MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
| | | HR241 | FREIBERG | PUBLIC ASSISTANCE - Requests the Louisiana legislative auditor to publish an updated report of integrating assistance programs to achieve improved outcomes |
| | | HR242 | CHARLES OWEN | HOMELAND SECURITY - Creates the Louisiana State Homeland Security Task Force |
| | | HR243 | CHARLES OWEN | CRIMINAL/APPEALS - To authorize and direct the Legislative Fiscal Office to study the fiscal impact of establishing and operating a sentencing review panel for non-unanimous jury verdicts |
| | | HR244 | FREIBERG | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requests the legislative auditor to provide information relative to the Louisiana Commission on Justice System Funding |
| | | HR245 | TAYLOR | COMMENDATIONS - Commends SIAMS on its commitment to uplifting and empowering women |
| | | HR246 | MACK | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates June 2, 2025, as The Arc Appreciation Day in Louisiana |
| | | HR247 | CREWS | VETERANS - Authorizes the Special Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs to study and determine any needed revisions to the laws establishing the Veteran Court Program Treatment Act and the Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program |
| | | HR248 | DAVIS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Emerson Thom on being one of ten students selected to compete in the 25th Braille Challenge in Los Angeles |
| | | HR249 | ECHOLS | ENERGY PRODUCTION - Creates a task force to study and recommend policies to promote Small Nuclear Reactors in Louisiana |
| | | HR250 | DAVIS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Charity Boney on placing first in the Regional Braille Challenge in Ruston |
| | | HR251 | ECHOLS | SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study and report relative to the voting threshold required for parental approval for the conversion of a preexisting school to a charter school |
| | | HR252 | BAMBURG | CIVIL/LAW - Directs the La. State Law Institute to study reversionary trusts |
| | | HR253 | DEWITT | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Holy Savior Menard High School softball team for winning the 2025 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division IV Select state championship |
| | | HR254 | EMERSON | STATE SYMBOL - Designates the Village of Cankton as the Accordion Capital of Louisiana |
| | | HR255 | BAYHAM | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes August 29, 2025, as a Day of Prayer and Remembrance in Louisiana on the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina |
| | | HR256 | LYONS | MEDICAID MANAGED CARE - Requests the La. Dept. of Health modify regulations related to the nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation component of the Medicaid manged care program |
| | | HCR76 | MOORE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Wossman High School Lady Wildcats basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division II Non-Select state championship |
| | | HCR77 | MOORE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Wossman High School boys' basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division II Non-Select state championship |
| | | HCR78 | MOORE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Richwood High School boys' basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division III Non-select state championship |
7. Introduction of Bills |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | HR239 | JORDAN | ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Provides for a task force to study the best practices for training poll commissioners |
| | | HR240 | CHARLES OWEN | ENERGY - Creates a special task force for the House of Representatives to work with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Louisiana Board of Regents to assess the capacity of government, industry, and academia to model the behavior of geologically sequestered carbon dioxide and to develop a method, if necessary |
11. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | SCR38 | EDMONDS | POSTSECONDARY ED - Creates the Task Force on Career Alignment to study ways to implement education-to-career counseling to assist public college and university students to obtain employment in Louisiana after graduation. |
| | | SCR40 | EDMONDS | STUDENTS - Creates the K-12 School Safety Task Force to study and make recommendations relative to school safety and security. |
| | | SCR59 | STINE | COMMENDATIONS - To commend and congratulate the Sam Houston High School Broncos Baseball Team on winning the 2025 LHSAA Baseball Non-Select Division I State Championship. |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB27 | TALBOT | TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the tax credit for donations to school tuition organizations. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB202 | HARRIS | POSTSECONDARY ED - Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB225 | DUPLESSIS | PLANNING/ZONING - Provides for a cause of action for operation of short-term rentals. (8/1/25) |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | HR152 | KERNER | SEAFOOD - Urges and requests the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to study the negative health impacts of imported shrimp |
| | | HR164 | BAYHAM | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - Creates a study committee to research office space for members of the House of Representatives |
| | | HR180 | FREIBERG | STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE - Creates a study group to study truancy, including potentially adjusting the student count methodology used in the public school funding formula in the effort to address truancy |
| | | HR212 | ECHOLS | ENERGY PRODUCTION - Urges and requests the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and the Public Service Commission to research the benefits of using nuclear energy generation within 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 |
| | | HCR47 | BAYHAM | SCHOOLS - Encourages school principals to provide for the display of certain founding documents in conjunction with America250, the celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence |
| | | HCR54 | DESHOTEL | WATER/DRINKING WATER - Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to review and revise its regulations regarding minimum chlorine concentration levels in public water systems |
| | | HCR55 | DUSTIN MILLER | HEALTH CARE - Continues the Health Inequities and Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force |
| | | HCR59 | BAYHAM | HISTORIC COMMEMORATION - Provides relative to the America 250 state commission |
| | | HCR61 | COATES | WATER/RESOURCES - Creates a special task force to study the interagency consultation process for data centers to ensure more complete natural resource planning and management |
15. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR9 | DUPLESSIS | CHILDREN - Creates a task force to study and report on strategies to increase engagement of fathers in the lives of their children. |
| | | SCR13 | PRESSLY | CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the use of prior authorization processes. |
| | | SCR27 | MCMATH | CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the corporate practice of medicine. |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB76 | MOORE | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Creates the crime of felony intentional infection of a sexually transmitted disease (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB20 | WHEAT | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - Constitutional amendment to change the number of general bills a legislator may file during regular sessions that occur during odd-numbered years and for legislating with regard to dedication or rededication of funds. (2/3-CA13sl(A)) |
| | | SB39 | MORRIS | LIABILITY - Provides for limitation of liability of public entities for false imprisonment of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB50 | LUNEAU | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Central Louisiana Regional Port. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | SB55 | GREGORY MILLER | TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (1/1/26) (RE1 NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB71 | FOIL | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the administration of the Louisiana Charter School Start-Up Loan Fund and expands the authorized uses of the fund. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SD EX) |
| | | SB144 | WOMACK | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EG 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) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB147 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Tensas Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB151 | MIZELL | PROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Procurement Code.
(gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB166 | WOMACK | CONTRACTS - Provides relative to contract requirements for public works. (gov sig) (RR1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB201 | HARRIS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to financial incentives for events held in Louisiana. (7/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB216 | HODGES | TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Authorizes the Department of Transportation and Development to use certain bidding processes. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB221 | MIZELL | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to massage therapy. (8/1/25) (RE1 +$82,200 SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB243 | REESE | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain prescription drugs. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
18. Senate Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | SB8 | MORRIS | CIVIL SERVICE - Constitutional amendment to provide for persons in the unclassified service and for appointment of persons on the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) |
| | | SB42 | SELDERS | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to perinatal behavioral health treatment. (8/1/25) (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB126 | KLEINPETER | SCHOOLS - Provides for school mapping data of public school buildings and facilities. (8/1/25) (RR +$2,400,000 GF EX See Note) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2025 |
| | | HCR53 | CARVER | ELDERLY - Creates a Senior Task Force on Fraud Prevention |
| | | HCR69 | CARVER | MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a task force to study the merger of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Scheduled for concurrence on 5/29/2025 |
| | | HB54 | HORTON | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB121 | ADAMS | INSURANCE - Provides prohibitions relative to public adjusters and home improvement contractors |
| | | HB358 | DUSTIN MILLER | PHARMACISTS - Permits a pharmacy technician to work remotely in certain circumstances |
| | | HB456 | TURNER | MEDICAID - Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (REF SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | HB544 | TURNER | HEALTH CARE - Transfers powers and duties of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council to the Louisiana Health Works Commission |
| | | HB589 | CHARLES OWEN | EDUCATION - Provides relative to the effectiveness of laws requiring reports to be submitted annually to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education and provides relative to certain commissions and advisory councils |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2025 |
| | | HB124 | FREIBERG | JUDGES/DISTRICT - Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court (EG +$267,076 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB266 | WILEY | MEDICAID - Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (RE +$893,660 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB300 | MACK | TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the income threshold for purposes of qualifying for the special assessment level (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB309 | PHILLIP TARVER | APPROPRIATIONS/GENERAL - Provides for limitations on appropriations to nongovernmental entities (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB535 | MANDIE LANDRY | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to evaluate state tax incentives (RE +$43,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB547 | BOYER | RACING/HORSE - Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB658 | TURNER | MEDICAID - Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund for Addiction Recovery (EG INCREASE RV See Note) |
| | | HB692 | JACOB LANDRY | ENERGY - Establishes state policy regarding affordable, reliable energy and grid resilience (EG +$119,859 GF EX See Note) |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2025 |
| | | SB4 | LAMBERT | ELECTION OFFENSES - Authorizes political campaign signs to be posted on public school athletic fields and gymnasiums when a political candidate or campaign pays for the posting. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB10 | BOUDREAUX | OPTOMETRY - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB17 | BOUDREAUX | HEALTH SERVICES - Repeals the termination date of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB23 | LAMBERT | FISH/FISHING - Provides for recording of commercial receipts for fish sold. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB26 | BOUDREAUX | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to diabetes information. (8/1/25) (EGF +$25,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB31 | JENKINS | PUBLIC LANDS - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish.
(gov sig) |
| | | SB46 | FESI | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - To prohibit the intentional release, or dispersion of chemicals into the environment of this state with the express purpose of affecting temperature. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB59 | REESE | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides for fiscal and economic impact statements under the Administrative Procedure Act. (8/1/25) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB78 | MYERS | CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides relative to drug paraphernalia. (gov sig) |
| | | SB81 | EDMONDS | EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for academic transparency and parental access to digital instructional materials and other educational materials in a manner that is free-of-charge. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | SB85 | WHEAT | BOATS/BOATING - Provides for parishes to designate no-wake zones on state waterways. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB90 | EDMONDS | ELECTION OFFENSES - Prohibits betting or wagering on elections. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB94 | FESI | WATER/WATERWAYS - Provides for waters of the state. (gov sig) |
| | | SB98 | MYERS | CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Increases the penalties for the retail sale of nitrous oxide. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB101 | MIGUEZ | WEAPONS - Provides relative to the illegal carrying of weapons. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB104 | PRICE | CHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT - Provides relative to the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Council. (gov sig) |
| | | SB106 | LAMBERT | HUNTERS/HUNTING - Provides for frogging at night. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB14 | MCMATH | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to nutrition. (See Act) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB58 | CONNICK | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of child grooming. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB127 | BASS | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Provides relative to permitting for advanced nuclear power generation. (8/1/25) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB129 | PRESSLY | INSURERS - Requires health insurers to cover proton therapy for cancer patients. (8/1/25) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB134 | PRESSLY | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to health care definitions. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB138 | KLEINPETER | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for health insurance coverage for retired employees of district attorneys' offices. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB145 | MCMATH | WATER/WATERWAYS - Provides relative to construction of bulkheads on certain water bodies in St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB181 | BASS | GAMING - Provides relative to prohibitions in gaming. (8/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | SB185 | CATHEY | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Names the boat launch at Bussey Brake the William Kinnison "Kinny" Haddox Boat Launch. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB29 | HENSGENS | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Repeals provisions of the Vermilion Economic Development District. (gov sig) |
| | | SB43 | MCMATH | TAX/LOCAL - Provides for occupancy taxes levied by the governing authority for St. Tammany Parish. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB54 | MIZELL | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for a limited fiscal administrator for political subdivisions. (8/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB63 | JENKINS | PRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides for a privilege by municipalities against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB66 | FOIL | DISCRIMINATION - Provides relative to discrimination based on military status in education, employment, public accommodations and housing options. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB210 | CLOUD | MUSEUMS - Provides relative to state museums. (8/1/25) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2025 |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB267 | LACOMBE | DISTRICTS/TAXING - Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville |
| | | HB696 | MACK | ENERGY - Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/2/2025 |
| | | HB265 | MENA | EMERGENCY MED TECH - Provides with respect to prohibitions regarding the employment of ambulance drivers convicted of certain offenses |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2025 |
| | | SB82 | REESE | TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB117 | MIGUEZ | NUTRITION - Prohibits the serving and selling of ultra-processed foods in public schools. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB233 | EDMONDS | TAX/TAXATION - Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR |
Regular Order |
1. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
| | | HR30 | BUTLER | HONORARY DESIGNATIONS - Designates the city of Opelousas as the Horse Capital of Louisiana |
| | | HCR56 | DESHOTEL | UTILITIES - Memorializes the United States Congress to release funds from the BEAD program |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB247 | CHENEVERT | PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to the expropriation of blighted property in East Baton Rouge Parish and the city of Baton Rouge |
| | | HB512 | PHELPS | CRIME - Provides relative to criminal blighting of property |
| | | HB576 | ROBBY CARTER | INSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to rates in competitive and noncompetitive markets |
| | | HB601 | GEYMANN | ENERGY - Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration |
| | | HB606 | TURNER | TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM - Exempts prescription drugs and insulin from local sales and use taxes (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB620 | PHELPS | TRAFFIC - Establishes procedures to eliminate traffic congestion in neighborhoods surrounding certain schools in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| | | HB632 | RISER | ENERGY - Protects mineral servitude ownership in relation to carbon dioxide sequestration |
| | | 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) |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB168 | WOMACK | PRESCRIPTION - Provides for liberative prescription on mineral leases on state property. (8/1/25) |
INSTRUMENTS PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | SB73 | REESE | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25) |