Louisiana Bills

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE: Provides for fiscal and economic impact statements under the Administrative Procedure Act. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of child grooming. (8/1/25)

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for a limited fiscal administrator for political subdivisions. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

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)

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)

FARMING: Provides for limitation of liability related to the utilization of gypsum. (8/1/25)

PUBLIC LANDS: Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig)

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Repeals provisions of the Vermilion Economic Development District. (gov sig)

FISH/FISHING: Provides for recording of commercial receipts for fish sold. (8/1/25)

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the Uniform Construction Code Council. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS: Names the boat launch at Bussey Brake the William Kinnison "Kinny" Haddox Boat Launch. (8/1/25)

AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. (8/1/25) (EN +$251,239 FC SG EX)

HEALTH SERVICES: Repeals the termination date of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for work performed by certain public entities to restore or rehabilitate certain levees. (8/1/25)

WATER/WATERWAYS: Provides relative to construction of bulkheads on certain water bodies in St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig)

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for health insurance coverage for retired employees of district attorneys' offices. (8/1/25)

INSURERS: Requires health insurers to cover proton therapy for cancer patients. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: Provides relative to permitting for advanced nuclear power generation. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for frogging at night. (8/1/25)

CHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT: Provides relative to the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Council. (gov sig)

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to adjudications and judicial review of adjudications

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates an economic development district in the city of Jeanerette

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Abolishes the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission

COMMERCE: Provides relative to preventing restaurant reservation fraud

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the members of a board of commissioners of an East Feliciana Parish gas utility district

PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescription of certain debts

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Authorizes the Port of New Orleans to utilize public private partnerships for the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

TAX/SALES & USE: Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

DISTRICTS/AIRPORT: Creates Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Increases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

ELECTIONS/SPECIAL: Provides for a special statewide election on April 18, 2026, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Creates the Iberia Parish Airport Authority

VETERANS: Provides relative to healthcare facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for war veterans (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

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

JUVENILES: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

VOTING/MACHINES: Provides for the procurement of voting systems (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board to levy an additional sales and use tax

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to manufacturing brewers

MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Authorizes the town of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish to designate certain alternative pathways along state highways for golf carts and low-speed vehicles

SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Provides relative to the assets of certain charter schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

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)

FISHING: Provides for the Louisiana Catch and Cook Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CRIME: Provides relative to cruelty to animals (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to the confidentiality of records from certain hearings of the Board of Pardons and committee on parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

REAPPORTIONMENT: Provides for review of local redistricting plans (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Provides relative to revenue-based financing transactions

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Alexandria

VETERANS: Provides relative to the Civilian Honor Medal Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to mandatory reporters of child abuse

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the imposition of fines for driving offenses (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to procedures in capital cases

UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law