Louisiana House Bills

ETHICS: Provides with respect to disclosure of certain information by members of boards or commissions

HEALTH/CHILDREN: Urges and requests the state Department of Education and local public school governing authorities to report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare relative to accommodating students with seizure disorders

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Representative Candace N. Newell on being named Humanitarian of the Year by Winners of the World Magazine and the WOW Women of Worth Collective

CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Pastor Steven "Troy" Carter

CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Spencer Leak, Jr.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Paris Saint-Germain Football Club on winning its second consecutive UEFA Champions League title

CONGRESS: Memorializes the United States Congress to work towards a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome

COURTS: Creates a task force to study the effectiveness of the 18th Judicial District Court Drug Court Program

TAX/SALES & USE: Urges and requests the Department of Revenue to study the benefit that a dealer receives from vendor's compensation as compared to the costs a dealer incurs for paying certain interchange fees

SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO: Requests the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language and Pathology and Audiology to study and report on current licensure and regulatory requirements for speech-language assistants in Louisiana

HEALTH: Requests the Louisiana State University School of Health Sciences to conduct certain studies to identify associations between environmental risk factors and maternal health outcomes

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Creates a task force to examine the position of fire chief in the fire and police civil service

WATER/RESOURCES: Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Conservation and Energy to study cooperative endeavor agreements for the withdrawal of surface water

U.S.: Commemorates the commencement of the American Revolution and recognizes the importance of America's founding documents

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to study the economic impact that the city of New Orleans has on state revenues

CONGRESS: Memorializes the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to pass legislation allowing taxpayers to establish tax-advantaged catastrophe savings accounts for disaster-related expenses

WATER/DRINKING WATER: Recreates the Clean Water Task Force to study the public water system in Shreveport

CHILDREN: Creates the Task Force on Child Well-Being, Parental Rights, and Family Court Fairness

RAILROADS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to communicate with certain railroad companies to address abandoned and blighted railroads

RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Creates a task force to study the Optional Retirement Plan within the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

FUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES: Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study funeral planning regulation or oversight

HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study modifying toll operations within the state

ENVIRONMENT: Creates the Task Force on Seismic Activity

LEGISLATIVE POWERS: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy in consultation with the United States Geological Survey to study seismic activity in Northwest Louisiana parishes and develop a seismic monitoring strategy for Louisiana

CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to oppose any effort to transfer, divest, privatize, or dispose of Kisatchie National Forest lands or otherwise remove such lands from federal ownership and management

HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of closing a specific ramp during certain periods of times

JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a study of the handling of eviction proceedings by justice of the peace courts

CLERKS OF COURT: Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a statewide study of clerk of court procedures

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the prescription of actions to enforce zoning restrictions, building restrictions, and subdivision regulations

STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Requests public school governing authorities and employees to comply with and enforce the bullying laws of the state of Louisiana

HEALTH: Requests certain entities to evaluate the use of certain terms related to miscarriage

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

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

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requests the actuary for the legislative auditor, in consultation with the actuaries of the two retirement systems, to study the cost and feasibility of merging firefighter members of the Baton Rouge City Parish Employees' Retirement System into the Firefighters' Retirement System

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

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

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

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

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Creates the Expropriation and Acquisition for Strategic Transformation Task Force (E.A.S.T.) to study the feasibility of expropriating and redeveloping certain vacant and blighted properties in New Orleans East

TECHNOLOGY: Requests the Legislative Youth Advisory Council to discuss artificial intelligence issues that may affect young people in Louisiana

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Establishes the Energy Caucus in the Louisiana House of Representatives

SEAFOOD: Memorializes the federal government to address unsafe imported seafood

ENERGY: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to review policies and practices related to the redaction of proposed well site locations

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Creates a Task Force on Utility Terrain Vehicles in collaboration with Louisiana State Police and other appropriate stakeholders

ENERGY: Recognizes the value of geothermal energy development in the state

ENERGY: Creates the Task Force on Advanced Drilling to study the impacts of carbon storage on mineral rights and oil and gas operations

HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of incorporating an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program

CORRECTIONS: Creates a task force to study the work release programs administered by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections

MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Provides for independent claims review of Coordinated System of Care providers

DWI: Creates the Governor's Task Force on Impaired Driving (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the death of a candidate for a party primary office who is not affiliated with a major political party (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (EN +$25,000 GF EX See Note)

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates a statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies provisions of law regarding health insurance coverage of prosthetic and custom orthotic devices and services (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

CHILDREN: Provides with respect to children in need of care

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Loretta Wiley for completing a master's degree at the age of seventy-five

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana Blazers Elite youth softball team on winning the 2026 USA Softball 16u National Championship

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Reverend Monsignor Robert D. Massett on the occasion of his sixtieth Jubilee of Ordination

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Bella Cervantes for her advocacy for childhood cancer awareness and positive impact on Louisiana