Louisiana Bills

INSURANCE: Creates the Louisiana Commercial Trucking Insurance Market Reform Act relative to captive insurers (OR INCREASE EX See Note)

HEALTH: Prohibits a contractor or subcontractor of the Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Care initiative from conditioning services on religious requirements (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to commercial building codes (OR +$1,176,171 SG EX See Note)

MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee

SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO: Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology

CONTRACTORS: Provides with respect to the conduct of contractors

UTILITY/RATES: Provides relative to increases for certain utility rates

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires drug manufacturers to limit pricing of GLP-1 medications for health insurance plans (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

PHARMACIES: Provides relative to pharmaceutical costs (OR +$153,127 GF EX See Note)

INSURANCE: Expands the certified appraiser qualifications to include building consultants

FRAUD: Provides relative to protection of eligible adults from financial exploitation

COSMETOLOGY: Provides relative to cosmetology

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Allocates money damages to highways to a state general fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides with respect to land reclamation following non-coal mining (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides for a reduction in the rate of the state tax levied on individuals under certain circumstances (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Imposes additional requirements for certain coastal use permits on Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

INSURANCE/HOMEOWNERS: Provides relative to rate filings and claims settlement requirements for homeowners' insurance

INSURANCE: Creates the Louisiana Artificial Intelligence Insurance Fairness Act (OR +$1,029,533 SG EX See Note)

LEGISLATION/INSTRUMENTS: (Constitutional Amendment) Requires the notice for a local or special bill to contain the name of the person responsible for causing the notice to be published and the name of a member intending to introduce the bill in certain circumstances (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ENERGY: Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations

ENERGY: Prohibits any carbon capture operations under a scenic river

ENERGY: Prohibits carbon capture facilities from sharing pipelines

CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens

PORTS/NEW ORLEANS: Provides relative to the membership the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to expand glucose-improving medications coverage to individuals based on body mass index (OR INCREASE EX See Note)

DISTRICTS/HOSPITAL SERVC: Provides relative to hospital service districts

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Requires a search warrant before wildlife enforcement agents can conduct inspections

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides with respect to not-for-profit wildlife rehabilitation organizations

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Creates a statewide registry for individuals convicted of multiple domestic abuse offenses

AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of cell cultured food products

CRIME/FELONIES: Creates a statewide registry for individuals convicted of certain felony offenses involving animals (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HIGHWAYS: Provides with respect to highway sign maintenance (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

ENERGY: Estalishes notice and public hearing requirements prior to issuance of orders, permits, or certificates for carbon dioxide sequestration (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

CIVIL/LAW: Provides for liability for damages caused by an unauthorized alien

INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Prohibits certain pricing practices in property damage claims (OR INCREASE OF EX See Note)

SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Provides relative to the conversion of preexisting schools into charter schools

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides for the Louisiana Minority Business Development Fund (OR +$25,000,000 GF See Note)

CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Correctional Medical Review Board (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

ENERGY/PIPELINES: Requires tracking of carbon dioxide transported by pipeline (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Establishes the Louisiana Homeowner Bill of Rights

COMMERCE: Provides for the Louisiana Community Investment Fairness Act (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to arrest records in domestic abuse matters

INFRASTRUCTURE: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for additional authorized uses of funds invested in a state infrastructure bank (OR See Note)

HOUSING: Provides for the transfer of surplus immovable state property in certain circumstances for the development of low-income housing

CONSUMERS/FOOD-BEVERAGES: Provides with respect to consumer protection regarding the pricing of groceries (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

CIVIL/LAW: Establishes strict liability for damages caused from carbon storage and transportation

HOUSING: Creates the Louisiana First-Generation Homebuyer Assistance Act

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of screening procedures for the purpose of testing inmates for certain infectious diseases

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the regulation of artificial intelligence (OR +$256,243 GF EX See Note)

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: Provides relative to medical emergency preparedness in correctional facilities

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the boundaries of the Melrose East Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish

CURRICULA: Removes successful completion of a computer science course as a requirement for TOPS qualification (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

WILDLIFE/ENFORCEMENT: Establishes animal rehabilitation oversight within the Department of Agriculture (OR +$600,001 GF EX See Note)

MOTOR VEHICLES: Requires driver's license renewal knowledge examination (OR +$20,000 GF EX See Note)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to Medicare as the secondary payer for retirees with employer-sponsored health insurance (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

FISHING/OYSTERS: Decreases the term of oyster leases on state water bottoms

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes the La. State Contract Minority Business Opportunity Act to increase minority-owned and disadvantaged business participation in state contracting (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

MEDICAID: Provides relative to unauthorized fees charged by healthcare providers for certain treatments

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Creates sanctuaries on Lake Pontchartrain (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Prohibits inspection of certain meat products