Which Louisiana legislative bills are sponsored by lawmakers from Caddo and Bossier?

Caddo and Bossier lawmakers have already filed several bills to be considered during the 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session.

According to the Louisiana State Legislator’s website, here is the bills Shreveport/Bossier legislators authored.

Sen. Adam Bass (R-Bossier City)

• SB 9 − Crime/Punishment:  Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited.

• SB 53 − Law Enforcement: Relative to warrants for interception of communications.

• SB 79 − Economic Development: Relative to requirements of industrial areas.

• SB 127 − Environmental Control: Relative to permitting for advanced nuclear power generation.

• SB 181 − Gaming: Relative to prohibitions in gaming.

Rep. Raymond Crew (R-Bossier City)

• HB 254 − Utilities: Requires the publication of a list of energy utility providers that provide annual consumption reporting mechanism.

• HB 386 − Banks/Banking: Establishes gold and silver as currency.

• HB 493 − Tax Exemptions: Extends a property tax exemption for private aircraft owned by individuals to private aircraft owned by limited liability companies.

• HB 505 − Aircraft/Airports: Authorizes aviation maintenance technicians certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to perform certain repair and maintenance work on privately-owned aircraft that are located in a leased or owned hangar in a public airport or facility.

• HB 628 − Treasury Department: Establishes the Louisiana Dividend Program within the Dept. of Treasury in order to return a portion of certain tax collections to qualifying applicants and provides for funding, administration, qualification, and restrictions relative to the program.

Rep. Dodie Horton (R-Haughton)

• HB 54 − Colleges/Universities: Changes name of designation of a military- and veteran-friendly postsecondary education institution and adds criteria for designation.

• HB 56 − Civil/Law: Prohibits certain restrictions on displaying the flag of the United States.

• HB 67 − Crime/Sex Offenses: Provides relative to sex offenses against minors.

• HB 81 − Public Meetings: Provides criminal liability for certain violations for Open Meeting Law.

• HB 125 − Technology: Provides for the manner of collection, storage, and access of genomic information to protect from unauthorized access by foreign adversaries.

• HB 478 − Health/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.

Rep. Steven Jackson (D-Shreveport)

• HB 5 − Crime/Prostitution: Provides relative to the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of soliciting for prostitutes and adds this offense to the enumerated sex offenses for purposes of sex offender registration and notification requirements.

• HB 6 − Crime/Theft: Creates the crime of misappropriation of funds in connection with the payment of utility services.

• HB 21 − Ethics/Board:  Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics.

• HB 43 − Appropriations/Judgement: Appropriates funds for payment of certain consent judgments against the state in the suit entitled William Mangum, individually and as surviving father of Hayden Lane Mangum v. La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries et al. consolidated with Jacke Shaw Mangum v. State of La. et al.

• HB 216 − Ethics/Board: Requires meetings of the Board of Ethics and Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure to broadcast live all proceedings in public meetings and requires that meetings be recorded and archived for at least two years.

• HB 389 − Tax Credits: Extends the duration of the La. Youth Jobs Tax Credit program to Dec. 31, 2031, and expands the definition of “eligible youth” for purposes of the program.

• HB 542 − Gaming: Changes the amount of promotional play wagers from $5M to $10M over three years.

Sen. Sam Jenkins (D-Shreveport)

• SB 31 − Public Lands: Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain property in Caddo Parish to Jeremy Lance Evans and Karen A. Evans. Provides for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.

• SB 63 − Privileges/Liens: Provides for a privilege by municipalities against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees.

• SB 178 − Schools: Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights.

• SB 189 − Blighted Property: Creation of the “Louisiana Land Bank Authority Act”.

Rep. Danny McCormick (R-Shreveport)

• HB 75 − Energy/Conservation: Provides relative to compensation to owners in interest in a unitization.

• HB 205 − Energy/Oil & Gas: Prohibits the commissioner of conservation from limiting the surface injection pressure for saltwater disposal wells to less than 0.5 lbs. per foot in certain parishes.

• HB 229 − Tax/Sales-Use, Local-Exemption: Exempts certain foods and beverages from local sales tax.

• HB 341 − Tax/Income Tax: Repeals the motion picture production tax credit and reduces the individual income tax rate.

• HB 396 − Energy: Declares that carbon dioxide sequestration in Louisiana is illegal.

• HB 480 − Ports/Harbors/Terminals: Requires the local governing authorities of Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish to fully evaluate and provide documentation of the property taxes abated by each taxing entity before approving any payment in lieu of taxes (P.I.L.O.T) program. Designates certain Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish officials to approve payment in lieu of taxes programs.

• HB 522 − Energy/Conservation: Places a moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration.

• HB 585 − Energy: Requires advance notice to surface and mineral owners prior to permitting or performing carbon dioxide sequestration activities.

Rep. Michael Melerine (R-Shreveport)

• HB 13 − Tax/Sales-Use, Local:  Authorizes the Caddo Parish School Board to levy an additional sales and use tax.

• HB 49 − Pardon/Parole: Provides relative to the confidentiality of certain hearings before the Board of Pardons and committee on parole.

• HB 206 − Elections: Requires legislative authorization to give effect to certain actions regarding election procedures inconsistent with the Election Code.

• HB 280 − Workers Compensation: Allows an insurer to collect a payment of workers’ compensation premiums under certain circumstances.

• HB 293 − Labor: Allows teachers or other school employees from certain governing bodies to withdraw from paying labor organization dues or fees and allows public employees to withdraw from paying labor organization dues or fees.

• HB 450 − Evidence: Eliminates a presumption of causation of injuries in certain circumstances.

Rep. Tammy Phelps (D-Shreveport)

• HB 262 − Trespass: Provides relative to the removal of unauthorized persons from immovable property.

• HB 481 − Alcoholic Beverage Permit: Prohibits the issuance of permits for the sale of high or low alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of District 3 of the La. House of Representatives from Aug. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2030.

• HB 498 − Hospitals:  Creates an exception to hospital credentialing requirements in certain circumstances.

• HB 512 − Crime: Provides relative to criminal blighting.

• HB 595 − Medicaid: Adds eligibility criteria used to determine a child’s eligibility for Medicaid coverage through the TEFRA option.

• HB 620 − Traffic: Establishes procedures to eliminate traffic congestion in neighborhoods surrounding certain schools in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Sen. Thomas Pressly (R-Shreveport)

• SB 97 − Floods/Flooding: Creates the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority.

• SB 129 − Insurers: Requires health insurers to cover proton therapy for cancer patients.

• SB 133 − Workforce Commission: Relative to payment of employees and liability of employers for failure to pay.

• SB 134 − Health Care: Modifies health care definitions and changes definitions to align with the definition of “health care provider” in the Medical Malpractice Act.

• SB 156 − Human Development: Provides for in vitro fertilization.

Sen. Alan Seabaugh (R-Shreveport)

• SB 60 − Local Agencies: Abolishes the office of police chief for the village of Hall Summit and authorizes mayor and alderman board to contract with any law enforcement entity or officer within Red River Parish for law enforcement services.

• SB 74 − Crime/Punishment: Expands the roles of various courts in handling juvenile offenses.

• SB 103 − Local Agencies: Creates modifications for term limits and qualifications for members of the Sabine Parish Police Jury.

• SB 109 − Election Offenses: Constitutional amendment to provide for foreign donations in elections.

• SB 111 − Insurance Claims: Creates modifications for fair claim processing.

• SB 113 − Local Claims: Creates modifications for term limits and qualifications for members of the Sabine Parish Police Jury.

• SB 149 − Tax/Taxation: Repeals the earned income tax credit.

• SB 192 − Law Enforcement: Relative to law enforcement.

• SB 213 − Workers’ Compensation: Relative to preliminary determination hearings in workers’ compensation.

Rep. Daryl Walters (D-Shreveport)

• HB 68 − Criminal/Sentencing: Relative to sentencing for certain defendants.

• HB 110 − Higher Education: Creates a uterine fibroids research center at Southern University.

• HB 230 − Tax Credits: Establishes an income tax for motor vehicle manufacturers and motor vehicle manufacturing suppliers.

• HB 369 − Reapportionment/Senate: Provides for the redistricting of the La. Senate and provides for the composition of each of the 39 Senate districts. Effective upon signature of governor for election purposes for the regular elections in 2027, and at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2028, for all other purposes.

• HB 525 − Health Services: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission.

• HB 551 − Tax/Sales-Use-Exempt: Establishes a sales tax holiday for purchases of certain items on the first Saturday of August each year.

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