Louisiana Bills

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for disposition of monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Community Improvement Fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

MUNICIPAL: Requires certain training for certain local officials (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to assessment and reappraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes and establishes a property tax exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

TAX/INCOME TAX: Reduces the rate of the state tax levied on the net income of individuals over a ten-year period (OR -$40,100,000 GF RV See Note)

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor

INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Prohibits insurers from the nonrenewal of residential insurance policies when homeowners timely mitigate risks

CORR FACILITIES/JAILS: Provides for medication-assisted treatment for substance abuse in jails and prisons (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law

RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL: Provides relative to the payment of unfunded accrued liability by employers of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

SCHOOLS: Requires the state Department of Education to create a program to recruit, hire, and retain mental health professionals (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS: (Constitutional Amendment) Abolishes the Board of Regents

EMPLOYMENT: Provides for unpaid leave for employees who are domestic abuse survivors (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to qualifying major events in the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CONTRACTORS: Provides with respect to prohibited contractor services

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the definition of child sexual abuse materials

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Establishes a limitation of liability relative to regional transit operations

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to bail hearings and conditions for certain persons

HEALTH: Provides for the Louisiana Cannabis Pilot Program (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

MTR VEHICLE/PUBLIC: Requires the office of motor vehicles to educate the public on the use of roundabouts (OR +$20,000 GF EX See Note)

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides relative to requiring the attorney general to defend state elected officials and acts of the legislature

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Prohibits foreign entities from conducting expropriation activities

REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES: Provides for the election of judges of the first district of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal (OR +$264,125 SG EX See Note)

SCHOOLS/BUS OPERATORS: Grants certain powers, duties, and responsibilities relative to a school bus operator's probationary term of employment to the superintendent instead of the school board

EMPLOYMENT/WAGES-MINIMUM: Provides relative to the state minimum wage (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

INSURANCE: Provides for electronic nonrenewal and cancellation notices

SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to parole eligibility (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Limits the frequency of reappraisal and valuation of property for ad valorem tax purposes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the housing of inmates committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to the definition of "first responder"

ENERGY: Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration is illegal without a property owner's consent (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: Provides relative to notification and reporting procedures pertaining to inmate deaths (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Provides relative to the presumption of parentage

STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Prohibits the assignment of prekindergarten or kindergarten students to an alternative school unless suspended or expelled for certain infractions

CRIME: Provides for the crime of walking on a crosswalk while looking at a cellphone (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Authorizes the governor and legislators to accept and deposit campaign contributions during a regular session of the Legislature of Louisiana

SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Excludes certain local revenues for the purposes of computing per pupil funding amounts for certain charter schools (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL: Provides relative to annual retirement education for certain participating employers in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to conduct that constitutes third degree rape

TECHNOLOGY: Prohibits the development of artificial intelligence systems with certain capabilities involving interactions with minors (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

DISCRIMINATION: Provides relative to employment discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation

EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to employment discrimination based on criminal history records

INSURANCE: Requires motor vehicle insurers to disclose liability policy information to third-party claimants upon written request

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to trial of misdemeanors

COURTS/FAMILY: Provides rules for live streaming proceedings in The Family Court for East Baton Rouge Parish (OR +$281,760 SD EX See Note)

DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Requires educational or marketing materials for prescription drugs directed to healthcare providers to include price information (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Creates and provides for the Free School Breakfast Program to be administered by the state Department of Education (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

COSMETOLOGY: Provides for a special permit within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Prohibits requiring students to pass state-administered end-of-course (LEAP) tests in order to graduate from high school

ABORTION: Provides for exceptions to abortion laws relative to rape and certain sex offenses

RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL: Provides relative to partial dissolution of an employer in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides relative to the powers and duties of the police chief of the city of Central

TAX/INCOME TAX: Repeals the state tax levied on the net income of individuals and estates and trusts (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: (Constitutional Amendment) Creates a compensation commission to provide for the salary and other compensation of elected officials and provides for an automatic adjustment at the beginning of each new term of office based upon increase in the consumer price index (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP: Provides for the establishment and powers, functions, and duties of the Compensation Commission (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to disclosure of financing agreements

DISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

HOSPITALS: Provides for the duties of a hospital director