Louisiana Bills

VETERANS: Provides relative to care for nonveterans

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires insurance coverage of home visiting services for newborns and young children (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides relative to records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts

CRIME: Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

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 (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)

CRIME: Provides relative to cruelty and exploitation of the elderly (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SECRETARY OF STATE: Provides that the secretary of state is the chief protocol officer of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for an exception to post-employment restrictions for sexual assault nurse examiners

CRIME: Provides for a minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

BUDGETARY PROCEDURES: Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Provides for notices relative to residential property insurance

STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Provides for the transfer of school disciplinary records (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CIVIL SERVICE/MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to the municipal civil service system for the city of Alexandria

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 (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CIVIL/VENUE: Provides relative to venue for claims involving expropriation for carbon capture

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority

TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at certain events (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to civil liability of firearm and ammunition manufacturers and distributors

HIGHER EDUCATION: Requires certain postsecondary education students to complete an anti-hazing course (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to create and provide for local ethics entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

STATE SYMBOL: Establishes the official state children's Christmas book

ELDERLY: Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs

CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME/HOMICIDE: Provides relative to homicide (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Provides relative to automobile liability insurance premiums of policyholders sixty-five years of age or older

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 (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

DISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS: Provides relative to the membership of the board of commissioners for the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for appropriation of certain monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Enhancement Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

ETHICS/BOARD: Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

SCHOOLS/BOARDS: Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment

TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

PHARMACIES: Provides relative to retention and archiving of records in the state prescription monitoring program

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to eligibility for parole or diminution of sentence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides for a privacy waiver relative to certain mental health information of postsecondary education students

TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Authorizes a local sales tax exemption for certain adaptive driving equipment and vehicle modifications (EN -$83,000 LF RV See Note)

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the funding of supplemental benefits for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$5,714,000 FC SG EX)

JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Provides for the territorial jurisdiction and election districts of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Iberville Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

DRUGS: Provides relative to regulation of certain hallucinogenic chemicals (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to mallard hunting licenses for hunting preserves

TOPS: Provides for eligibility requirements for TOPS-Tech and TOPS-Tech Early Start (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to work search requirements for unemployment benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

PRIVATE SECURITY: Provides relative to private security examiners

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Adds certain substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law

BAIL: Provides relative to the discharge of bail obligations

HEALTH/EMERG MED SERVICE: Authorizes psychologists and medical psychologists to evaluate a patient via telehealth for emergency certificates

COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to the marshal of the city court of Lake Charles

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION: Provides for powers and duties of the office of the state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to deferral of costs and fees associated with electronic filing requirements (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

INSURANCE: Provides prohibitions relative to public adjusters and home improvement contractors

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the unlawful presence of certain sex offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates an economic development district in the city of St. Martinville

BAIL: Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SUCCESSIONS: Provides for enforceability of penalty clauses in wills. (8/1/25)

BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to the disclosure of financial records. (8/1/25)

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25)

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to exit polling. (8/1/25)