Louisiana House Bills

TEACHERS: Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Trace Commission and Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area

COURTS: Provides relative to filings in civil and criminal courts

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Requires that individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CONTRACTS: Provides for a "contract limit" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides for transparency and compensation practices relative to pharmacy benefit managers (EN +$90,000 SG EX See Note)

TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the administration and participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan for the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

TAX/INCOME TAX: Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with "fortified home" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

CRIME/HOMICIDE: Provides relative to homicide when the victim is a person with infirmities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

COUNCILS ON AGING: Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note)

APPROPRIATIONS: Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2025-2026

TAX/LOCAL: Provides relative to the authority of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District to levy certain taxes

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to permits for construction (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates portions of certain Louisiana highways

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides relative to membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to gold and silver as legal tender (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides relative to access to personal information of district attorneys (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for revisions to the Code of Governmental Ethics

SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides relative to legal representation of sovereign interests of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

GAMING/REVENUE: Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (EN +$34,700,000 SD RV See Note)

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to regulation of conveyance devices

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Authorizes a fee for expedited processing performed by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

CRIME/THEFT: Creates the crime of misappropriation of funds in connection with the payment of utility services (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage through the TEFRA option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

MEDICAID: Provides relative to third-party liability, claim adjudication, and timeliness of such within the state medical assistance program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides with respect to the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

NURSES: Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors

MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunication device (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (EN +$2,495 FF EX See Note)

AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Provides relative to the repair and maintenance of privately-owned aircraft stored in leased or owned hangars in public airports or facilities

TAX/SALES & USE: Authorizes the mediation of certain tax disputes, the issuance of policy advice, and requests for private letter rulings under certain circumstances (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)

TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides relative to a property tax exemption for certain private aircraft (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

TAX CREDITS: Authorizes university laboratory schools to participate in the student tuition organization tax credit program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Provides relative to emergency vehicles for coroners

REVENUE SHARING: Provides for the Revenue Sharing Distribution for Fiscal Year 2025-2026

ENERGY/ALTERNATE: Provides for renewable energy regulation and permitting

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to solitary confinement (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to the judicial review of land use

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

ABORTION: Provides relative to coerced abortion (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides relative to alternative nicotine products

COURTS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides relative to court commissioners of the 19th JDC

WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides relative to concealed handgun permits

WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides relative to concealed carrying of handguns

TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Amends the student growth component in the evaluation of teachers and administrators

PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Provides that the oath or affirmation of a public official shall be recorded at no charge to the official (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

CURRICULA: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CONTRACTS: Establishes a duty of care for online platforms who contract with minors

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides relative to victims of human trafficking

TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)

HOUSING/MANUFACTURED: Provides relative to manufactured and modular housing in flood-prone areas