Senate Daily Digest
March 18, 2026
4:30 PM
Senate Chamber

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 SB408MYERSWORKERS' COMPENSATION - Provides relative to the workers' compensation reimbursement schedule. (gov sig)
 SB409MYERSEMPLOYMENT - Provides protections for employees who become living organ donors. (8/1/26)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR27GERALD BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church on the occasion of its 154th Anniversary.
 SR28BASSCONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Patricia Ann McKinney Pendergrass.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR14HODGESSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates the month of March 2026, as "Flood Awareness Month" in Louisiana and commends the invaluable contributions of all the professionals who are working everyday to protect lives, homes, businesses, and communities from floods.
 SCR15STINEINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Recognizes the mutual interests of Quebec and Louisiana and welcomes the Honorable Christopher Skeete, Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie to the Louisiana State Capitol.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SCR12BASSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends John Keith, of AllState Land and Timber, upon being named the "Louisiana Outstanding Logger of the Year".

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB78WYBLECOURTS/CITY - Increases the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Bogalusa
 HB190SCHLEGELLIABILITY/TORTS - Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs
 HB355WYBLEHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 10 from the Washington-Tangipahoa Parish line extending east to the Louisiana-Mississippi state line as the "Veterans Park Memorial Highway"
 HB356ZERINGUEBRIDGES/FERRIES - Designates the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge on Louisiana Highway 315 as the "Elward T. Brady, Jr. Memorial Bridge"
 HB358BERAULTHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 as the "Charles R. Bordelon, Sr. Memorial Highway"
 HB384BERAULTHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of United States Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Dan DeBlanc American Hero Memorial Highway"
 HB427SCHLEGELCONTRACTS - Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors
 HB716BAYHAMTRANSPORTATION - Designates the Chalmette Ferry terminal after the late Michael C. Ginart, Jr.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR16FIRMENTCOMMENDATIONS - Commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Guaranty Corporation
 HCR17LARVADAINCONDOLENCES - Expresses the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana on the death of Dr. Joe S. Green, "The Bayou Bishop"
 HCR18BERAULTCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Pope John Paul II Catholic High School Lady Jaguars Soccer Team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Division IV state championship

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB44SEABAUGHLAW ENFORCEMENT - Requires a law enforcement agency to approve firearms and ammunition carried by its tactical medical professionals. (8/1/26)
 SB68MORRISCOURTS - Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB75HODGESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Provides for reimbursement to the state for cyber reinforcement support provided to noncompliant recipients. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 SB77GREGORY MILLERLEASES - Provides for effects of leases of movable property. (8/1/26)
 SB81MORRISCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)
 SB86MORRISCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides mandatory minimum sentences for persons who aid and abet a defendant convicted of certain sex offenses involving juveniles. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB97MORRISCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Constitutional amendment to require the prosecutor's consent for a defendant to waive his right to a trial by jury. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB127GREGORY MILLERSUCCESSIONS - Provides for donations that a curator may make on behalf of an interdict and limitations on forced portion to forced heirs with disabilities. (8/1/26)
 SB139FOILSUITS AGAINST STATE - Provides for the amount of interest awarded on claims for personal injury or wrongful death in suits against the state or political subdivisions. (8/1/26)
 SB154KLEINPETERCLERKS OF COURT - Provides that functions of the West Baton Rouge Parish jury commission be performed by the clerk of court. (8/1/26)
 SB181FOILCHARITABLE GAMING - Provides an exemption for nonprofit healthcare organizations to hold and operate a license for conducting certain raffles. (8/1/26)
 SB199SEABAUGHCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Imposes mandatory minimum sentences for a second offense of purchasing commercial sexual activity and second and subsequent offenses of soliciting for prostitutes. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 SB200HODGESHOMELAND SECURITY - Allows for expropriation of land near military bases that is owned by foreign adversaries or agents of foreign adversaries when the ownership poses a threat to public health and safety. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB207MIGUEZCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides 10-year time limitation on prosecution of certain crimes committed by elected officials and public employees. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB208CATHEYVETERANS - Provides relative to certain services provided to veterans. (gov sig)
 SB277EDMONDSWEAPONS - Provides for certain state officials to carry a concealed weapon. (8/1/26)
 SB317REESEMILITARY AFFAIRS - Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Military Advisory Council. (8/1/26)
 SB336LUNEAUCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to civil investigative demands. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB349CATHEYSUNSET LAW - Re-creates Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/26)
 SB357REESECOURTS - Provides relative to the courts and the judiciary. (8/1/26) (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB8PRICERETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for participation by certain entities in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 SB10PRICESTATE POLICE RETIREMENT - Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 SB12PRICESTATE POLICE RETIREMENT - Provides for the membership and definitions of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System. (6/30/26) (EG NO IMPACT APV)
 SB16PRICERETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for educational requirements for trustees of certain retirement system boards. (8/31/26) (EG NO IMPACT FC)
 SB35WHEATCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of disturbing the peace at a place of religious worship. (8/1/26) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB42EDMONDSCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
 SB58KLEINPETERCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated flight from a law enforcement officer. (8/1/26) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB140GREGORY MILLERCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for multiple successions in the same proceeding. (8/1/26)
 SB306EDMONDSRELIGIOUS FREEDOMS/LIBERTIES - Creates the crime of obstruction of the freedom of worship in a church or other place of worship. (gov sig)
 SB29MCMATHPUBLIC HEALTH - Requires coroners to report certain information regarding sudden child deaths. (8/1/26) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB32MCMATHHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Establishes a Perinatal Bereavement Care Initiative within the Louisiana Department of Health. (8/1/26) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB41ALLAINPUBLIC MEETINGS - Expands the number of days required for public bodies to publish minutes for open meetings from twenty days to forty-five days. (8/1/26)
 SB49SEABAUGHELECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the list of party primary elections. (8/1/26) (EG -$5,428,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB103WOMACKROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of United States Highway 425 in Franklin Parish as "Gladys Edwards Highway". (8/1/26)
 SB159WOMACKROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 17 in Franklin Parish as the "Sergeant Rogelio "Roy" Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EG +$1,500 SG EX See Note)
 SB163REESECOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses. (8/1/26)
 SB172LUNEAUPLANNING/ZONING - Provides relative to planning commissions. (8/1/26)
 SB174PRESSLYPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig) (EG +$775,000 SG RV See Note)
 SB182WOMACKROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates United States Highway 425 in Franklin Parish as the "Mayor Billy Cobb Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EG +$1,500 SG EX See Note)
 SB205HENSGENSBOATS/BOATING - Provides for boat registrations. (8/1/26) (EG -$14,850 SD RV See Note)
 SB213HENSGENSBOATS/BOATING - Provides for titles of certain vessels and outboard motors. (8/1/26)
 SB218TALBOTELECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Provides for certification programs for election officials. (8/1/26) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB220TALBOTOFFICIAL JOURNALS - Provides for the Official Journal of the State. (8/1/26)
 SB229BASSPUBLIC LANDS - Authorize the transfer of certain property in Bossier Parish. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB243KLEINPETERBOATS/BOATING - Provides for requirements to stop and board a vessel. (8/1/26)
 SB244ALLAINHUNTERS/HUNTING - Provides for recreational hunting of alligators. (8/1/26)
 SB246LUNEAUHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Establishes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence or automated decision systems. (8/1/26)
 SB248GREGORY MILLERVOTERS/VOTING - Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters. (8/1/26)
 SB253MCMATHPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to peptides. (8/1/26)
 SB254MIZELLCREDIT - Provides relative to surcharges for debit card use. (8/1/26)
 SB279MORRISSECURITIES - Provides relative to certificate of stocks and uncertificated shares of a financial institution. (8/1/26)
 SB289ABRAHAMPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for confidentiality of certain information in public records requests for universities. (8/1/26)
 SB334CATHEYLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, licensing and permits. (8/1/26)
 SB375MIZELLFIRE PROTECTION - Provides relative to Class B fire fighting foam. (8/1/26)
 SB379HENSGENSNATURAL RESOURCES DEPT - Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)
 SB380GARY CARTERSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)
 SB385HARRISLOCAL OFFICIALS - Provides for appointments to the board of commissioners and insurance for the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association. (8/1/26)
 SB397REESEELECTED OFFICIALS - Provides for vacancies caused by retirement, resignation, or removal from elected office. (8/1/26)
 SB13PRICETEACHERS RETIREMENT - Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 SB20PRICESCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 SB21PRICESTATE EMPLOYEE RET - Provides relative to payments toward the unfunded accrued liability of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 SB22GARY CARTERRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for the eligibility of certain positions within the office of the constable of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans for membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (MERS). (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT APV)
 SB128FOILTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to authorized changes of address by the Department of Revenue. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)
 SB149FOILBONDS - Provides relative to the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB180FOILTAX EXEMPTIONS - Authorizes the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran with a service connected disability who receives an expanded property tax exemption to transfer the exemption under certain circumstances. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB191GREGORY MILLERTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB238GREGORY MILLERTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB318REESETAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to tax exemption budget and return on investment reports published by the Department of Revenue. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)