Louisiana House Bills

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Creates the Fugitive Apprehension Unit within the office of the attorney general (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

REAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS: Provides relative to real estate appraisers

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

HOMELAND SECURITY: Provides relative to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Amends terminology regarding pornography involving juveniles

DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville

MEDICAID: Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (EN +$893,660 GF EX See Note)

NOTARIES: Provides relative to bonds for notaries public (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

WATER/SEWER OPERATORS: Provides relative to receivership of water or wastewater companies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

REAL ESTATE/COMMISSION: Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides relative to the financing structure for public works projects in Ascension Parish

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to proceedings in forma pauperis for prisoners (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the French Quarter Management District in the city of New Orleans

TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT: Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts a taxpayer receives through hardship distributions from retirement accounts (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure

WATERWAYS: Extends the period for which the Comite River is exempt from certain provisions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act

PAROLE: Provides relative to the compensation of members of the committee on parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

WATERWAYS: Removes the designated deadline the board of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District has to promulgate regulations for watershed management within the district

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to the limitation of civil liability for nonprofits that donate medical supplies

CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to certain positions in the fire and police civil service

TECHNOLOGY: Provides for the protection, storage, and access of genomic information (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court (EN +$267,076 GF EX See Note)

MILITARY AFFAIRS/NATL GD: Provides relative to death benefits for members of the La. State Guard (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides relative to the sale of consumable hemp products (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides for the termination of manufacturer vehicle tracking services in certain cases of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Provides relative to the expungement of certain adjudication records (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States

MEDICAID: Requires Medicaid coverage for certain doula services (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to victims of certain sex-related crimes (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

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)