Louisiana Senate Bills

NURSES: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to propose solutions to the SANE nurse shortage.

COURTS: Requests the Senate Committee on Finance, or a subcommittee thereof, to study and make recommendations on court costs in suits involving the state and political subdivisions in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CHILDREN: Creates a task force to study and report on strategies to increase engagement of fathers in the lives of their children.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Harry Lemmon.

STUDENTS: Creates the K-12 School Safety Task Force to study and make recommendations relative to school safety and security.

POSTSECONDARY ED: Creates the Task Force on Career Alignment to study ways to implement education-to-career counseling to assist public college and university students to obtain employment in Louisiana after graduation.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE: Establishes the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission.

PARKS: Establishes a state park in Terrebonne Parish. (8/1/25) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Provides for naming the recreational complex at Graham Brown Memorial Park in Lafayette in honor of a living person. (8/1/25)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Provides for naming the soccer complex at Moore Park in Lafayette in honor of a deceased person. (8/1/25)

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to remote patient monitoring services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for hunting and fishing licenses. (8/1/25) (EN -$1,302,912 SD RV See Note)

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for membership of the Shenandoah Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District. (8/1/25)

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief for the village of Hall Summit. (8/1/25)

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides relative to the Central Louisiana Regional Port. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

LIABILITY: Provides for limitation of liability of public entities for false imprisonment of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment. (8/1/25)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes the Hospital Service District No. 2 of St. Martin Parish to name a medical building in honor of a living person. (8/1/25)

UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to employer contributions. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain prescription drugs. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Provides for the authority of the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations related to dilapidated and dangerous structures. (8/1/25)

TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Authorizes the Department of Transportation and Development to use certain bidding processes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to law enforcement. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Provides for naming City Park in Lafayette in honor of a deceased person. (8/1/25)

PROCUREMENT CODE: Provides relative to the Louisiana Procurement Code. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Tensas Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Lake Providence Port Commission and the powers of the commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

LOCAL FINANCE: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds by the Vidalia Port Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

CIVIL SERVICE: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Lafayette. (2/3 - CA10s18) (7/1/25)

CORPORATIONS: Provides for nonprofit corporations in Plaquemines Parish. (8/1/25)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Provides for naming the Heymann Park Complex in honor of a living person. (8/1/25)

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for the leasing of the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Ascension Parish. (8/1/25)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Defines judicial agencies. (8/1/25)

TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes a deduction as compensation for certain dealers and remote sellers that collect and remit sales and use taxes. (7/1/25) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the powers and functions of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (8/1/25)

OPTOMETRY: Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. (8/1/25)

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Randolph "Randy" Edwards and the YouthCUE for their service with youth choral music and church music ministry.

COMMENDATIONS: To commend the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends DJ Daniel and his family for their strength and perseverance.

TRAFFIC: To direct the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to conduct a study and report on road hazards on state highways and their impact on Louisiana residents.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to provide information to the legislature on child firearm deaths and Child Access Prevention laws.

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Recognizes the growing retirement security crisis, highlights its contributing factors, and urges efforts to improve retirement security for all citizens.

COMMENDATIONS: To commend and congratulate Loren Sullivan, Verbon Muhammad, Sydney Cuillier, Ashley Lovelace, and Erich White, know as "The Dream Team", on earning an Emmy Award.

LIABILITY: Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and recommend legislation relative to the Louisiana Governmental Claims Act.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Pastor Mike Wicker and First Lady Tara Wicker for their unwavering commitment to faith, family and life, and to recognize their impactful leadership through "My God Votes" and their efforts at the Louisiana State Capitol.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES: Urges and requests the Select Committee on Women and Children of the Senate to study a parent's right to equal custodial periods with the child.

HEALTH CARE: Continues the Task Force on the Regulation of Community-Based Residential Settings.

HEALTH CARE: Creates a task force to study the feasibility of forming an independent review board to assist cancer patients and healthcare providers with prior authorization processes that do not comply with the Cancer Patient's Right to Prompt Coverage Act.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of James Hardy"Jimmy" Gill Jr. on the occasion of his passing.

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, November 14, 2025, as "Ruby Bridges Day" in Louisiana.

JUVENILE JUSTICE: Requests the office of juvenile justice to provide specific information in a report to the Senate committees on Finance and Judiciary B relative to complaints, investigations, and litigation at secure and non-secure care facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice, youth services.

TRAFFIC: Request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the South Claiborne Avenue Development.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Deputy Gregory Brant Aydell on his selection as recipient of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association's Deputy Valor Award.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends DEA Task Force Officer Rickey Anderson on his selection as the Louisiana Association's Deputy of the Year.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Harold Lee Price.

CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Steve George.

LIABILITY: Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations to the legislature on including digital products in the application of the Louisiana Products Liability Act.

CHILDREN: Requests the Division of Administration's Office of Technology Services to convene a working group that includes every state agency with responsibility for child safety, welfare, and protection.

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Requests the Department of Insurance to review whether insureds are being improperly included in claims information exchanges.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends The Center for Literacy and Learning and designates May 13, 2025, as Literacy Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

INSURERS: To authorize and direct the legislative auditor and the Department of Insurance to study the financial transactions between foreign and domestic insurers who are authorized to do and are doing business in the state of Louisiana.