Louisiana House Bills

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides for nominating petitions and party primary elections

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits expropriation of property by foreign adversaries

FISHING/NETS: Prohibits hoop nets and seines from being utilized in North Pass and Manchac Pass

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services

HEALTH/LDH: Eliminates the requirement for the Louisiana Department of Health to register cosmetic products

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the status of inactive boards and commissions in Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ADVERTISING: Provides relative to misleading solicitations by nongovernment entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Increases court costs for the Fourth Judicial District (EN +$313,179 LF RV See Note)

SCHOOLS: Provides relative to requirements for posting suicide hotline information on school websites and student ID cards

AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Provides relative to cell cultured food products

HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the exemption of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments

MEDICAID: Provides with respect to utilization management practices (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the per diem rate paid by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EN +$17,311,950 GF EX See Note)

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides with respect to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LOCAL GOVT/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to maximum penalties imposed for violations of parish ordinances

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to backflow prevention inspection frequency

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Encourages further economic ties and friendship between Louisiana and Taiwan

MTR VEHICLE/PUBLIC: Urges and requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, to provide its customers with educational materials regarding the proper use of roundabouts

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the implementation of gravel surface mining reclamation and conservation

AGRICULTURE: Urges and requests the LSU AgCenter, in coordination with the Southern Ag Center and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, to study and develop strategies to strengthen small and mid-scale agricultural production and to increase opportunities for young adults to participate in and pursue careers in agriculture

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Requests the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to receive input, feedback, and suggestions relative to uniform protocols for examinations for survivors of domestic violence

CRIME/HOMICIDE: Creates the Task Force on Sentencing for Second Degree Murder

MILITARY AFFAIRS/NATL GD: Expresses support for continuing the Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden and recognizes its importance to Louisiana youth

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Urges and requests that the Department of Transportation and Development to convene a diagnostic review team to evaluate the proposed reactivation of the Norfolk Southern Railway originating at the Alabo Street Wharf

ENERGY/OIL & GAS WELLS: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the state's liability for oil and gas well decommissioning across the value chain

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Urges and requests the city of Shreveport to create an interest-free loan program for active Transportation Security Administration agents at the Shreveport Regional Airport

HIGHER EDUCATION: Requires the establishment and administration of a statewide application process for dual enrollment programs

HIGHER EDUCATION: Changes the name of the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides relative to student disciplinary proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

EVIDENCE: Provides relative to self-authentication of certain evidence