MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
7. Introduction of Bills |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | 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 |
| | | HR202 | MCMAKIN | COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE - Directs the Louisiana Board of Ethics and the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to provide reports on justices of the peace |
| | | HCR32 | BOYD | COURTS - Continues and reestablishes the Judicial Security Task Force as established by House Concurrent Resolution No. 40 of the 2024 Regular Session |
| | | HCR50 | ZERINGUE | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to study the efficiency, financial accountability, and effectiveness of the state Supreme Court, courts of appeals, and district courts |
| | | HCR51 | ROMERO | AGRICULTURE - Memorializes Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to reinstate and fund the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program |
| | | HCR75 | RISER | WILDLIFE/RESOURCES - Creates the Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force |
15. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR20 | MCMATH | NUTRITION - Memorializes Congress to direct the United States Department of Agriculture to reinstate and fund the Local Food for Schools Program. |
| | | SCR29 | PRESSLY | WORKFORCE COMMISSION - Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study changes to the Incumbent Worker Training Account and funds. |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB15 | MORRIS | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts. (8/1/25) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB16 | MCMATH | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to health stop-loss insurance. (8/1/25) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB19 | FESI | PHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to the dispensing of ivermectin. (gov sig) |
| | | SB34 | LUNEAU | INSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides that alteration of a repair estimate without notification to the author of the estimate, supplement, or revision is a fraudulent insurance act. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB36 | HENSGENS | MINERALS - Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB61 | LUNEAU | INSURANCE RATES - Provides for the use of credit information in underwriting or rating of certain personal insurance policies. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB87 | BARROW | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to notices of warrant of arrest of a person who fails to appear in court after release on bail. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB95 | CLOUD | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to electronic monitoring of certain offenders. (8/1/25) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB120 | SELDERS | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to use of emergency certificates for formal voluntary admission. (8/1/25) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB122 | ABRAHAM | CONTRACTORS - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB125 | ROBERT OWEN | EXPLOSIVES - Provides relative to explosives. (8/1/25) (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | SB135 | ABRAHAM | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Defines judicial agencies. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB137 | TALBOT | INSURERS - Requires insurers to notify the Department of Insurance upon ceasing, pausing, or resuming the writing of policies in a particular region. (1/1/26) |
| | | SB153 | SELDERS | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig) |
| | | SB165 | GREGORY MILLER | JUVENILES - Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25) |
| | | SB174 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to certain pregnancy screenings. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB178 | JENKINS | SCHOOLS - Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights. (gov sig) |
| | | SB207 | GARY CARTER | SECONDARY EDUCATION - Requires all public high school students to have access to available vocational and technical courses. (8/1/25) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB234 | EDMONDS | SCHOOLS - Creates and provides for the St. George Community School Board and school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. (See Act) |
| | | SB246 | ABRAHAM | EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides with respect to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. (gov sig) (EG -$2,224,183 GF EX See Note) |
18. Senate Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | SB88 | FESI | PARKS - Establishes a state park in Terrebonne Parish. (8/1/25) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
19. Reconsideration |
| | | HB696 | MACK | ENERGY - Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/2/2025 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | 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. |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Not yet scheduled for concurrence |
| | | HB51 | YOUNG | SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to the assets of certain charter schools (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB67 | HORTON | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors |
| | | HB96 | KNOX | MILITARY AFFAIRS - Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces |
| | | HB134 | WILFORD CARTER | COURTS/CITY - Provides relative to the marshal of the city court of Lake Charles |
| | | HB178 | MIKE JOHNSON | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure |
| | | HB246 | AMEDEE | SCHOOLS/LA MATH, SCIENCE - Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (EGF NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB263 | DAVIS | ELDERLY - Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs |
| | | HB291 | GALLE | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions |
| | | 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 (RE1 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 (EGF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB345 | WYBLE | INSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides for notices relative to residential property insurance |
| | | 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 (EG1 NO IMPACT FF 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 (EG1 DECREASE LF EX See Note) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/2/2025 |
| | | HB76 | MOORE | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Creates the crime of felony intentional infection of a sexually transmitted disease (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | HB608 | COATES | ENVIRONMENT - Creates the Louisiana Atmospheric Protection Act (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/2/2025 |
| | | 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) |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB70 | MYERS | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to remote patient monitoring services. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX 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) (RE1 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) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Scheduled for concurrence on 6/2/2025 |
| | | HB358 | DUSTIN MILLER | PHARMACISTS - Permits a pharmacy technician to work remotely in certain circumstances |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
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 |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB692 | JACOB LANDRY | ENERGY - Establishes state policy regarding affordable, reliable energy and grid resilience (EG +$119,859 GF EX See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/3/2025 |
| | | HB601 | GEYMANN | ENERGY - Provides relative to carbon dioxide sequestration |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/2/2025 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | SB73 | REESE | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25) |