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Live from the 2026 Regular Session
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SB131: Provides for limitations on recovery of attorney fees and costs in occupational licensing board disciplinary hearings. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB185: Provides that nondisclosure agreements involving victims of child sexual abuse are against public policy and unenforceable. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB476: Provides relative to garnishment. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Date: 2026-04-01
Pending: π Judiciary A π 2026-04-14 at 12:00 AM
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB187: Creates the Oil and Gas Severance Subfund in the Parish Transportation Fund. (7/1/26) (OR -$17,800,000 GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
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SB266: Provides relative to occupational licenses. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
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SB319: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Governmental Affairs π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
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SB319 advances the same election-integrity principle behind the federal SAVE America Act by replacing attestation-based safeguards with documentary verification. Louisiana already checks identity at the polls, but that check can currently be satisfied by affidavit. This bill strengthens that safeguard by requiring voters to present actual documentation of their identity during in-person and early voting.
The current affidavit option allows a person to cast a ballot without presenting identification by signing a sworn statement attesting to their identity. While that statement carries potential legal penalties, those penalties are applied only after the factβif an issue is detected and pursued. In practice, this makes the affidavit a trust-based mechanism rather than a true verification step. SB319 replaces that approach with a requirement to present documentation at the time of voting, shifting identity verification from a post-election safeguard to an upfront condition of participation.
This change eliminates the easiest pathway to vote without producing any form of identification.
SB102: Provides for rights of private action for certain trade associations. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Date: 2026-04-09
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB158: Provides relative to Medicaid. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Health & Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB170: Provides for requirements for commissioners of the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission. (8/1/26) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Transportation, Highways and Public Works π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
Co-sponsors: Adam Bass
SB171: Provides for the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Transportation, Highways & Public Works π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB174: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig) (EG +$775,000 SG RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Date: 2026-03-24
Pending: π Natural Resources and Environment π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB188: Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Natural Resources π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB222: Provides for Medicaid behavioral health services. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Date: 2026-04-09
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB234: Provides for medical school students' grading. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (7/1/26) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Education π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB251: Provides for critical infrastructure protection. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-04-08
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB252: Provides for anatomical gift authorization on driver's license. (1/1/27) (EG +$200,000 SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-30
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB311: Provides procedures and methods to execute gifts under the Anatomical Gift Act. (1/1/27)
Last Action: Title of substitute read and adopted; becomes Senate Bill No. 427.
Date: 2026-03-30
Author: Thomas Pressly
SB427: Provides for procedures and methods to execute gifts under the Anatomical Gift Act. (1/1/27)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-04-09
Pending: π Health and Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB445: Provides relative to the Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund. (gov sig)
Last Action: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Date: 2026-03-31
Pending: π Finance π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB460: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 526 as the "Lane Mangum Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)
Last Action: Reported favorably.
Date: 2026-04-08
Floor Action: π Awaiting Floor Action
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature WebsiteSB74: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)
Last Action: Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Date: 2026-03-09
Pending: π Health & Welfare π Not Scheduled
Author: Thomas Pressly
SR41: Recognizes March 17, 2026, as Profound Autism Day.
Last Action: Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 3/27/2026.
Date: 2026-03-30
Author: Thomas Pressly
π Details π View Bill on Legislature Website