House Order of the Day
April 30, 2025
1:00 PM
House Chamber

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MORNING HOUR

1. Roll Call

2. Prayer

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Reading of Journal

5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

6. Introduction of Resolutions

7. Introduction of Bills

10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over
 HR98CHARLES OWENSTUDENTS - Requests that the state Department of Education study and report relative to the impact of the law banning student possession of telecommunications devices during the instructional day
 HCR29CHARLES OWENMILITARY AFFAIRS - Commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II

11. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over
 SCR12MIZELLCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the American Irish State Legislators Caucus.
 SCR15PRESSLYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates C.E. Byrd High School as it celebrates its centennial year.
 SCR16MIGUEZCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Camey Joseph Doucet for his lifelong contributions to Cajun music, Louisiana culture, and community broadcasting.
 SCR17BARROWCOMMENDATIONS - Celebrates the 29th Annual Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Conference and recognizes its founders, Dot Thibodeaux and Danna Spayde, for their dedication, support, and inspiration to grandfamilies across Louisiana.
 SCR18WOMACKSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Tuesday, May 6, 2025 as Main Street Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee
 SB99CATHEYTRAFFIC - Provides relative to traffic cameras for the issuance of citations. (8/1/25) (RE DECREASE LF RV See Note)

14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 HR7YOUNGSCHOOLS/FINANCE - Requests that the legislative fiscal office update the report issued in February 2013 pursuant to SCR No. 137 of the 2012 Regular Session regarding the means and methods used to provide funding for laboratory schools
 HCR24MIKE JOHNSONSCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Creates a special committee of the legislature to study the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA)

16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee
 HB14COXCRIME/HOMICIDE - Provides relative to homicide when the victim is a person with infirmities (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB35ROMEROCRIME - Provides for a minimum mandatory sentence for certain hit and run driving offenses (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB38BACALAPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts
 HB54HORTONCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB67HORTONCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors
 HB99BILLINGSADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to adjudications and judicial review of adjudications
 HB100LYONSBAIL - Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB111VILLIOCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to the unlawful presence of certain sex offenders (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB130BILLINGSADMINISTRATION DIVISION - Provides for powers and duties of the office of the state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB141HUGHESBAIL - Provides relative to the discharge of bail obligations
 HB143MENABAIL - Provides relative to notice of warrant for arrest
 HB146WILEYCRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS - Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB176FIRMENTDRUGS - Provides relative to regulation of certain hallucinogenic chemicals (EG GF EX See Note)
 HB218CARRIERPARKS/STATE - Provides relative to the administration of the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center and its rental rates and usage fees (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB234MANDIE LANDRYCRIME - Provides relative to criminal blighting of property
 HB260VILLIOCRIME/HOMICIDE - Provides relative to second degree murder (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB266WILEYMEDICAID - Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (OR +$893,660 GF EX See Note)
 HB276BERAULTPUBLIC OFFICIALS - Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to create and provide for local ethics entities (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB324BRYANTDISTRICT ATTORNEYS - Provides relative to access to certain records (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB352LARVADAINEARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to background checks for certain early childhood workers (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB375MCMAHENCRIME - Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB382BAYHAMINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires insurance coverage of home visiting services for newborns and young children (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB388ILLGCORRECTIONS/PRISONERS - Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB401DICKERSONINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to certain assessed fees on direct premiums of insurers
 HB403TURNERFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the imposition of fines for driving offenses (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB406VENTRELLAPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to expungement of agency records
 HB408DICKERSONINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires health insurance coverage relative to pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome and related conditions (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB451BACALACHILDREN/ABUSE - Provides relative to mandatory reporters of child abuse
 HB467HILFERTYINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB478HORTONHEALTH/SCHOOL CLINICS - Requires certain information about pregnancy, adoption, and neonatal care to be posted and distributed at school health centers in public high schools and student health centers on public postsecondary education institution campuses (EG +$270,936 GF EX See Note)
 HB492VENTRELLACRIME - Provides relative to cruelty to animals (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB525WALTERSHEALTH SERVICES - Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB560EGANMEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Act (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB561FIRMENTINSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE - Provides policy provisions and exceptions relative to surplus lines insurance
 HB577DESHOTELVOTING/MACHINES - Provides for the procurement of voting systems (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB622HILFERTYINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires health insurance coverage for histotripsy procedures (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB635BAMBURGINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Establishes the Creating Holistic Options in Coverage for Enterprise and Self-Insurance (CHOICES) Law
 HB676DOMANGUEWATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS - Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB677CARVERATTORNEYS - Provides relative to unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to attorney advertising
 HB679BAYHAMMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee
 HB680BAYHAMMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a name on a driver's license to a handling fee

REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY

1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 HR5HORTONSUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to examine, investigate, and audit the firemen's supplemental pay program (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HCR4BILLINGSLICENSING - Amends and repeals administrative licensing requirements relative to alternative hair and alternative hair design
 HR30BUTLERHONORARY DESIGNATIONS - Designates the city of Opelousas as the Horse Capital of Louisiana

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 4/30/2025
 HB12SCHLEGELCRIME/MISDEMEANOR - Provides relative to the sale of consumable hemp products (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB52WILLARDCURRICULA - Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB122BERAULTINSURANCE - Creates the Louisiana Roof Registry (EG +$45,430 SG EX See Note)
 HB206MELERINEELECTIONS - Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code
 HB216JACKSONETHICS/BOARD - Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB246AMEDEESCHOOLS/LA MATH, SCIENCE - Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB292KNOXCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to jury polling and disposition
 HB317ECHOLSHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Establishes prohibited acts by certain healthcare facility lessors and lessees (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 HB342BAYHAMELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Provides relative to qualifying fees and nominating petitions for certain candidates (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB394MUSCARELLOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to procedures in capital cases
 HB437FIRMENTINSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides settlement practices for claims relative to property and rentals of motor vehicles
 HB438FIRMENTINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to advertising expenses and prohibits use of certain expenses in setting insurance rates
 HB441CHANCE HENRYINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for fees collected by the commissioner of insurance (EG +$19,274,950 SG RV See Note)
 HB590SPELLELECTIONS - Provides relative to foreign funding for elections and election campaigns (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB603MCMAKINBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Amends the appointing process for certain occupational licensing boards, committees, and authorities
 HB625BUTLERELECTIONS/SPECIAL - Provides for a special statewide election on April 18, 2026, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB8GLORIOSORETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides relative to membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 HB18KERNERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the funding of supplemental benefits for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EG +$5,714,000 FC SG EX)
 HB19KERNERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the administration and participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan for the Firefighters' Retirement System (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)
 HB28KERNERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EG NO IMPACT APV)
 HB32BAYHAMMUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES - Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish
 HB33MIKE JOHNSONCIVIL SERVICE/MUNICIPAL - Provides relative to the municipal civil service system for the city of Alexandria
 HB48GLORIOSOTAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax
 HB50HILFERTYDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Lake Vista Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish
 HB53FREEMANDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish
 HB55DAVISDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Cross Gates Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB57ROMEROTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Authorizes the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board to levy an additional sales and use tax
 HB60GALLEVETERANS - Provides relative to healthcare facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for war veterans (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB66ROMEROINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to qualifications for participation in the Employee Insurance Fund for the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB117ECHOLSWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides for adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (EG +$100,000 SD EX See Note)
 HB123CARLSONCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to deferral of costs and fees associated with electronic filing requirements (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB153HEBERTUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides relative to work search requirements for unemployment benefits (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB155MUSCARELLOCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides for a statewide revision of court reporter fees (EG INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB189TRAVIS JOHNSONINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to certain retirees of the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Dept. (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB191HILFERTYDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish
 HB241ILLGLOCAL GOVERNMENT - Provides relative to regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services (EG +$24,310 SG EX See Note)
 HB249DEWITTCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to the use of court costs and civil filing fees in the City Court of Alexandria (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB280MELERINEWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides relative to the collection of workers' compensation premiums (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 HB293MELERINELABOR - Provides relative to the resignation from labor organization dues or fees for teachers and other school employees and public employees (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB361RISERINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to the payment of insurance premium costs by the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB387DICKERSONVETERANS - Provides relative to care for nonveterans
 HB468ADAMSVETERANS - Provides relative to the Civilian Honor Medal Program (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 HB674BEAULLIEUETHICS/CODE - Provides for revisions to the Code of Governmental Ethics

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 HB16SCHLEGELLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to the limitation of civil liability for nonprofits that donate medical supplies
 HB36SCHLEGELLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to consumable hemp
 HB37SCHLEGELCONTRACTS - Establishes a duty of care for online platforms who contract with minors
 HB102SCHLEGELLIABILITY/TORTS - Expands La. Products Liability Act to include digital products
 HB119DESHOTELMOTOR VEHICLES - Decreases the minimum light transmission percentage allowable for the front side window tint of motor vehicles
 HB152MARCELLEPRIVATE SECURITY - Provides relative to private security examiners
 HB157MUSCARELLOPRIVATE SECURITY - Provides relative to fees for private contract security companies (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB170COXMTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Removes the requirement that taxi cab drivers obtain a chauffeur's license (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB178MIKE JOHNSONCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
 HB181WILEYCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code
 HB245ZERINGUESUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB263DAVISELDERLY - Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs
 HB366DESHOTELTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes parishes to exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes and authorizes parishes to reduce the percentage of fair market value applicable to business inventory (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB476FONTENOTMTR VEHICLE/DEALERS - Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB494DOMANGUEPETROLEUM/OIL-GAS - Provides for common carriers of petroleum pipelines
 HB499BAMBURGTRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Establishes penalties for persons exceeding the speed limit or breaching construction zones and utility work safety zones under active construction with workers on site (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB519GLORIOSOMTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunication device (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB528BOURRIAQUETRANSPORTATION DEPT - Reforms the organizational structure for the Department of Transportation and Development including its duties, powers, and responsibilities of officers and employees (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB554MCMAKINMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EG +$338,048 SG EX See Note)
 HB564JACOB LANDRYWILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Establishes the Conservation Incentive Program (RE INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB578EMERSONTAX/SALES & USE - Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB594CHANCE HENRYTAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM - Establishes a flat rate of insurance premium tax and provides relative to certain insurance premium tax credits and exemptions (OR -$109,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB618FONTENOTFIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to regulation of conveyance devices
 HB639RISERGAMING/REVENUE - Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (EG +$50,000,000 SD RV See Note)
 HB667EMERSONTAX/INCOME TAX - Reduces the rate of the individual income tax and authorizes an income tax deduction for taxpayers sixty-five years of age and older (OR -$73,700,000 GF RV See Note)

NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 4/30/2025
 HB183BOURRIAQUETAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for the inspection of assessment lists, challenges to the correctness of assessments, and reviews by boards of review and the La Tax Commission (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB208VILLIOCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to eligibility for parole or diminution of sentence (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB214VILLIOPROBATION - Provides relative to revocation of probation (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB365DESHOTELTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for an optional exemption of business inventory from ad valorem taxes and to authorize the reduction of the fair market value percentage of business inventory under certain circumstances (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB373HUGHESSCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Requires the Workforce Investment Council to perform an annual return on investment analysis relative to industry-based credentials earned in high school and provides for student data collection and sharing for this purpose (EG NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
 HB428BOURRIAQUESUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development
 HB556BOURRIAQUETRANSPORTATION - Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB248WILDERINSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides for confidential information relative to public inspection
 HB379WRIGHTINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides relative to mandatory binding arbitration with respect to property insurance policies
 HB404WILLARDREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to various tax administration functions of the Department of Revenue (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB524SPELLPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations
 HB576ROBBY CARTERINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to rates in competitive and noncompetitive markets
 HB652KERNERSEAFOOD - Provides for seafood safety and testing (EG +$240,608 SD EX See Note)
 HB142MENABOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
 HB148WILEYINSURANCE - Requires insurers to provide prior premium amounts with renewals of certain insurance policies

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/5/2025
 HB10BOYERRETIREMENT/STATE EMPS - Provides for the reemployment of retirees under certain circumstances in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (EG SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)
 HB589CHARLES OWENEDUCATION - Provides relative to the effectiveness of laws requiring reports to be submitted annually to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education and provides relative to certain commissions and advisory councils

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/6/2025
 HB370BAYHAMCOSMETOLOGY - Provides for a special permit within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act
 HB445VILLIOCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to juvenile records
 HB509MOORECOSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to alternative hair design and natural hair braiding
 HB517BRASSTAX/TOBACCO TAX - Increases the excise tax levied on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and changes the basis of the tax to a percentage of the invoice price of these products (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB640BOURRIAQUETRANSPORTATION DEPT - Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR

Regular Order

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
 HB82BAYHAMHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates a bridge and portion of of a certain LA Highway
 HB213ST. BLANCSCHOOLS/BOARDS - Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment
 HB459COATESENERGY/ALTERNATE - Provides for renewable energy regulation and permitting
 HB581ILLGENVIRONMENT - Prohibits releasing inflated balloons outdoors (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB615GEYMANNENERGY/SOLAR - Provides for the regulation of solar facilities (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB617CARVERCHILDREN/DCFS - Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB620PHELPSTRAFFIC - Establishes procedures to eliminate traffic congestion in neighborhoods surrounding certain schools in Shreveport, Louisiana
 HB637COATESENERGY - Establishes habitat conversion fees for large-scale solar development