Senate Daily Digest
May 12, 2025
3:30 PM
Senate Chamber

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR96BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and honors Sister Mary Innocenté Wiltz, SSF, for eighty years of devoted religious service, particularly through her ministry in education, and to express heartfelt gratitude and admiration for her enduring legacy of faith, compassion, and community leadership.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR30FOILSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 17-24, 2025, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.
 SCR31CATHEYATTORNEYS - Requests the Supreme Court of Louisiana to require attorneys to complete a one-hour course on the legislative process as a part of the annual continuing legal education requirement.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB67HORTONCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors
 HB73ADAMSDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the members of a board of commissioners of an East Feliciana Parish gas utility district
 HB86MCMAKINDISTRICTS/RECREATION - Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
 HB96KNOXMILITARY AFFAIRS - Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces
 HB99BILLINGSADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to adjudications and judicial review of adjudications
 HB106WILLARDDISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the Gentilly Development District in Orleans Parish
 HB113WYBLEALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages in Washington Parish
 HB130BILLINGSADMINISTRATION DIVISION - Provides for powers and duties of the office of the state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB152MARCELLEPRIVATE SECURITY - Provides relative to private security examiners
 HB192KNOXDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the French Quarter Management District in the city of New Orleans
 HB211MANDIE LANDRYTAX CREDITS - Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB212ORGERONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to container sizes for beverages of high alcohol content
 HB273SPELLSTATE SYMBOL - Establishes the official state children's Christmas book
 HB375MCMAHENCRIME - Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB403TURNERFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the imposition of fines for driving offenses (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB446SPELLMUNICIPAL - Provides relative to the judicial review of land use
 HB475FIRMENTTAX CREDITS - Extends the sunset date of the tax credit for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB477FREIBERGTAX CREDITS - Authorizes university laboratory schools to participate in the student tuition organization tax credit program (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB495GEYMANNTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EG +$24,300,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB518GEYMANNTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB525WALTERSHEALTH SERVICES - Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB560EGANMEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Act (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB561FIRMENTINSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE - Provides policy provisions and exceptions relative to surplus lines insurance
 HB578EMERSONTAX/SALES & USE - Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (RE -$266,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB581ILLGENVIRONMENT - Prohibits releasing inflated balloons outdoors (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB600GEYMANNTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB618FONTENOTFIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to regulation of conveyance devices
 HB649VENTRELLADISTRICTS/RECREATION - Provides relative to parks and recreation districts in East Baton Rouge Parish
 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 (RE -$377,900,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB676DOMANGUEWATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS - Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB679BAYHAMMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB680BAYHAMMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Reduces the fee applicable to updating a name on a driver's license to a handling fee (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB681BRYANTPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to access to personal information of district attorneys (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB682VENTRELLAADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Provides relative to the expungement of certain adjudication records (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR11MIKE JOHNSONUTILITIES - Urges Louisiana Public Service Commission and Cleco Power to approve the sale of a regulated utility only in certain circumstances

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB36HENSGENSMINERALS - Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB54MIZELLLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for a limited fiscal administrator for political subdivisions. (8/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB63JENKINSPRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides for a privilege by municipalities against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees. (8/1/25)
 SB81EDMONDSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for academic transparency and parental access to digital instructional materials and other educational materials in a manner that is free-of-charge. (8/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB191EDMONDSLOCAL OFFICIALS - Provides for the composition of the board of commissioners of the St. George Fire Protection District. (8/1/25)
 SB202HARRISPOSTSECONDARY ED - Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB204GARY CARTERSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the board of commissioners of the Algiers Development District. (8/1/25)
 SB207GARY CARTERSECONDARY EDUCATION - Requires all public high school students to have access to available vocational and technical courses. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB226HODGESCONTRACTS - Prohibits foreign adversaries and prohibited foreign actors from participating in certain property transactions. (gov sig)
 SB236EDMONDSBLIGHTED PROPERTY - Provides for the demolition or removal of dilapidated and dangerous buildings or structures by the governing authority of a parish or municipality. (8/1/25)
 SB239MCMATHSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (8/1/25)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB51YOUNGSCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to the assets of certain charter schools (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB71BRASSBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force
 HB83COXHIGHWAYS - Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways
 HB109THOMPSONSTUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Provides relative to scholarships awarded through the Geaux Teach Program (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB142MENABOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
 HB167TAYLORHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 3188 as the "Veterans Memorial Highway"
 HB174MCFARLANDBRIDGES/FERRIES - Designates the bridge located on U.S. 167 in Winn Parish as the "Clayton Horne Memorial Bridge"
 HB312GADBERRYPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the selection of architectural and engineering professional services for certain projects (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB321WYBLETEACHERS - Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EG INCREASE LF 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 (EG1 NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
 HB395BRASSHIGHER EDUCATION - Expands eligible programs for M.J. Foster Promise Program funding to include those associated with LED projects (EG +$1,257,762 SD EX See Note)
 HB508LARVADAINTRANSPORTATION - Restricts a parking fee exemption to Louisiana disabled veterans parking at cruise terminals for the Port of New Orleans
 HB566TURNERPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Establishes job order contracting as an alternative project delivery method applicable to deferred maintenance of public facilities by postsecondary education institutions for certain work types (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 SR4MORRISSENATE - Removes requirement for rendition of a special order by the 19th Judicial District Court prior to issuing interim committee subpoena.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR14WHEATCONGRESS - Memorializes congress to modify the H-2A nonimmigrant program to assist with Louisiana's labor workforce shortage.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR20MCMATHNUTRITION - Memorializes Congress to direct the United States Department of Agriculture to reinstate and fund the Local Food for Schools Program.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB15MORRISCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts. (8/1/25) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB16MCMATHHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to health stop-loss insurance. (8/1/25) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB28TALBOTTAX/TAXATION - Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who pay to have a fortified roof installed on their property. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB33ALLAINTAX/TAXATION - Authorizes an income tax credit for eligible state employees that identify cost savings in state agencies. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB34LUNEAUINSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides that alteration of a repair estimate without notification to the author of the estimate, supplement, or revision is a fraudulent insurance act. (8/1/25)
 SB44LUNEAUTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the transfer and refundability of certain income tax credits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB58CONNICKCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of child grooming. (8/1/25)
 SB61LUNEAUINSURANCE RATES - Provides for the use of credit information in underwriting or rating of certain personal insurance policies. (8/1/25)
 SB69MYERSHUNTERS/HUNTING - Provides for hunting and fishing licenses. (8/1/25) (EG -$1,302,912 SD RV See Note)
 SB112JACKSON-ANDREWSTAX/TAXATION - Authorizes a deduction as compensation for certain dealers and remote sellers that collect and remit sales and use taxes. (7/1/25) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB120SELDERSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to use of emergency certificates for formal voluntary admission. (8/1/25) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB123JACKSON-ANDREWSTAX/TAXATION - Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to certain public schools. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB128GARY CARTERLAW ENFORCEMENT - Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25)
 SB153SELDERSBEHAVIORAL HEALTH - Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig)
 SB159CATHEYTAX EXEMPTIONS - Extends the sunset date of the digital nomad income tax exemption. (8/1/25) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB165GREGORY MILLERJUVENILES - Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25)
 SB174JACKSON-ANDREWSPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to certain pregnancy screenings. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB175WOMACKPLUMBERS - Provides relative to the State Plumbing Board. (gov sig)
 SB183MORRISCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of unlawful accepting of a thing of value by a legislator. (8/1/25)
 SB186REESETAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the New Markets tax credit. (gov sig) (EG -$22,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB221MIZELLFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to massage therapy. (8/1/25) (OR +$107,000 SG RV See Note)
 SB235DUPLESSISTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Establishes an individual income tax credit for payments made toward a homeowner's insurance policy premium. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB8MORRISCIVIL SERVICE - Constitutional amendment to provide for persons in the unclassified service and for appointment of persons on the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB57FESITAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional Amendment to remove the income limitation for persons age sixty-five or older that qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB86BARROWJUDGES - Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27)
 SB115DUPLESSISTAX/TAXATION - Constitutional amendment to extend eligibility for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption to certain persons. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB164WOMACKCONTRACTS - Provides for training of elected officials and employees of certain local governmental entities relative to public contracts. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB196ROBERT OWENCOURTS - Provides relative to homelessness. (8/1/25) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB199MYERSINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the authority of the Department of Insurance in instances of fraud. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB200STINECOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for restrictions to international intercollegiate athlete's compensation, rights, and athletic scholarships. (8/1/25)
 SB218DUPLESSISCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to post conviction relief for defendants convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict. (8/1/25)