Louisiana House Bills

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

COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the ninetieth anniversary of the New Orleans Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Dr. L'Isaa LaChandra Gates

COMMENDATIONS: Designates June 30, 2026, as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day at the state capitol and commends Paisley Grace Langton and others who face AMC

HOLIDAYS: Recognizes the importance of solemnity, remembrance, and respect on Memorial Day

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Anita Whitaker-LaFontaine on her artistic achievements as an author, actress, and singer

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Wade Dubea on the occasion of his retirement from state service

BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to submit annual reports to certain legislative committees regarding boating safety

WILDLIFE/HABITAT: Expresses legislative support for correspondence issued by a United States senator

HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and report on gaps in acute healthcare access for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Requests Louisiana Economic Development to develop and implement a coordinated rural economic development strategy

WILDLIFE/HABITAT: Urges and requests the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study the impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl behavior and to reinstate the enforcement mechanism that restricted the growth of hunting over intentionally flooding standing crops

HIGHER EDUCATION: Memorializes congress to include physical therapy as a professional degree program for purposes of borrowing limits for students seeking federal aid for postsecondary education

HOSPITALS: Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (EN +$659,764,552 SD RV See Note)

CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to compensation for victims of criminal offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides for an appointed chief of police in the town of Fordoche

PRIVACY: Creates the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force

STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Provides relative to student assessments (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CIVIL/LAW: Removes damage threshold for carbon capture release

BAIL: Provides relative to notice for warrants for arrest

FUNDS/INVESTMENTS: Authorizes the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority to contract with a program manager for the administration of certain savings accounts (ABLE, START, and START K12 programs) and the investment of account funds (EN +$4,000,000 GF EX See Note)

WEIGHTS/MEASURES: Extends the existence of special permits for the operation of a combination of vehicles or tandem loads hauling containers to and from port facilities

BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS: Increases fines for abandoning vessels

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances

MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Alexandria

CORRECTIONS: Creates a pilot program that provides certain DPS&C programming and services to inmates (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

STUDENTS: Provides relative to information sharing for the purposes of Louisiana's Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST)

CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to the confidentiality of criminal history records

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Provides relative to the funding of the office of the district public defender in the 19th Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CHILDREN/FOSTER CARE: Provides relative to children in foster care (EN +$11,125 EX See Note)

ACCOUNTANTS/CPA: Provides for the regulation of certified public accountants and the State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides for disclosures required in certain digital political communications

PAROLE: Provides relative to alternative conditions for violations of parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SCHOOLS: Requires each public secondary school to display flyers about the Safe Haven Law in restrooms (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Requires a healthcare provider to obtain a patient's consent prior to recording a medical visit

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to claims for benefits under workers' compensation

RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL: Provides relative to benefits of participating employees in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce

LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Enacts the MJ 911 Act to extend health insurance coverage for families of law enforcement officers and firemen employed by the City of Lafayette who are killed in the line of duty (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to conditional parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

POLICE/LOCAL: Requires police departments to provide notice of illegal discharge of a firearm (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LOCAL OFFL/POLICE CHIEFS: Provides relative to the police chief of the village of Tickfaw

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Provides relative to victims of human trafficking and prostitution offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds

PUBLIC FACILITIES: Requires acceptance of cash for certain transactions at state-owned stadium facilities (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the time period between conviction and sentencing (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

EDUCATION: Creates the Louisiana Commission on Foundational Education and abolishes the Louisiana Literacy Advisory Commission (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

APPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to application of nonrecurring state monies to state retirement system unfunded accrued liabilities (EN NO IMPACT APV)

SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Provides that school employees are subject to existing requirements pertaining to mandatory reporters, including certain training provided by the Department of Children and Family Services

MEDICAID: Requires Medicaid to cover dental procedures for certain Medicaid enrollees (EN +$784,370 GF EX See Note)

SCHOOLS: Requires the inclusion of questions pertaining to food insecurity on a residency questionnaire administered to public school students (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for compensation for election commissioners (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HEALTH: Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement of ambulatory surgical centers for certain procedures (EN +$400,228 GF EX See Note)

MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid fraud detection and prevention (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Increases the penalties for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

PROBATION: Provides relative to technical violations of probation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the time limitations governing juvenile delinquency proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Changes sentencing guidelines for posting or calling in threats to schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)