Louisiana Bills

GAMING: Requests the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to exercise due diligence when reviewing certain proposed acquisitions

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Modifies the current and retired legislators special prestige license plates fee distribution

PRIVATE SECURITY: Provides relative to private security examiners (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

FIRE PROTECTION: Provides relative to life safety and property protection licensing (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the West End Economic Development District in the parishes of Jefferson and Orleans

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Provides relative to certain retirees of the office of the district attorney of the 3rd Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides for the regulations of temporary dealers plates

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides for modifications to the Construction Management at Risk option in Public Bid Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides relative to Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Construction Phase Contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Defines the term "school zone" relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunication device (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to nonprofit entities that appoint members to the board of commissioners of certain economic development districts

WATER/RESOURCES: Provides with respect to the management of watershed restoration (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

HOUSING: Provides relative to housing for victims of human trafficking

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides with respect to the automatic reinstatement of a driver's license

PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to local government subdivisions entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to wood pellet manufacturing (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

ENERGY/OIL & GAS: Provides for oilfield site restoration fees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides relative to suicide prevention plans at colleges and universities

ENERGY/ALTERNATE: Requires recycling of decommissioned renewable energy infrastructure

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Increases certain fees assessed by Louisiana Economic Development (EN +$500,000 SG RV See Note)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides relative to permits required by local governments that impede the development of the state's natural resources

BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to elderly financial exploitation

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to notices of hearings required by the ATC commissioner

STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Authorizes scholarships provided for firefighters and police officers injured in the line of duty and spouses of firefighters and police officers injured or killed in the line of duty to be used for any postgraduate degree (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

SCHOOLS/BUS OPERATORS: Grants certain powers, duties, and responsibilities relative to a school bus operator's probationary term of employment to the superintendent instead of the school board

HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EN -$1,100,000 SD EX See Note)

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides with respect to the membership of the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Provides relative to the appointment of a substitute for a recused district attorney

TEACHERS/LEAVE: Provides relative to personal leave days for teachers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides with respect to seizure of sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Prohibits certain individuals from having an ownership interest or financial interest in any company that provides electronic monitoring services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HUMAN REMAINS: Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act to provide for documentation, notification, and communication in the handling and disposition of human remains and internal organs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to manufacturing distillers (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of white-tailed deer by wildlife rehabilitators

DWI: Provides relative to operating a vehicle while impaired (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides relative to child custody

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Provides with respect to definitions pertaining to aeronautics

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides for the use of nitrous oxide by physicians during medical procedures

BUILDING CODES: Provides with respect to the regulation of construction or improvement of industrial facilities

UTILITY/ELEC COOPS: Provides relative to the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws of an electric cooperative

SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Authorizes certain charter schools to give enrollment preference to certain students

COURTS: Provides relative to a domestic violence intervention court pilot program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

TOPS: Requires the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a data administration system for the collection of uniform data on all state financial assistance (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to the definitions of a "dealer" and a "retail dealer"

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Provides for the audit threshold for local auditees

JURY DUTY: Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the formal program of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

SCHOOLS: Provides relative to overcapacity of schools within certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk.

COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the Alexandria Senior High School Lady Trojans track and field team on an outstanding 2026 season by winning the LHSAA Class 5A State Track and Field Championship.

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Creates a task force on illegal dumping

COMMENDATIONS: Commends Grambling State University upon the celebration of the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and recognizes its enduring contributions to higher education, leadership, and public service in the state of Louisiana and beyond.

ENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT: Provides for electronic communication and notification at the Department of Environmental Quality in certain situations. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for electronic titles and registration of motor vehicles. (gov sig)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides relative to defendants who are victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, or sexual assault. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to the name of a bank. (gov sig)