June 23, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Regular Legislative Session.
ACT 441—SB 232 Establishes and provides for the Power-Based Violence Review Panel.
ACT 442—HB 44 Provides for an additional exception when hauling construction aggregates.
ACT 443—HB 93 Exempts the Iberia Parish Airport Authority from the public lease law applicable to certain properties.
ACT 444—HB 228 Provides relative to restroom access for individuals with certain conditions.
ACT 445—HB 337 Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the Shreveport Downtown Airport.
ACT 446—HB 338 Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the Vivian Municipal Airport.
ACT 447—HB 394 Requires postsecondary education institutions to post reports relative to campus security policies and campus crime statistics on their websites.
ACT 448—HB 639 Provides relative to infrastructure funding.
June 22, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session.
ACT 413—HB 42 Provides relative to financial aid.
ACT 414—HB 81 Provides relative to prescription.
ACT 415—HB 85 Creates a literacy program for certain public school students.
ACT 416—HB 108 Provides with respect to in forma pauperis proceedings.
ACT 417—HB 119 Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
ACT 418—HB 129 Provides relative to peace officers.
ACT 419—HB 170 Provides relative to reporting of students identified as having dyslexia.
ACT 420—HB 211 Provides relative to public school choice.
ACT 421—HB 218 Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at certain infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law.
ACT 422—HB 374 Provides relative to residential lessee screening.
ACT 423—HB 388 Provides relative to the preparation and verification process of absentee and early voting ballots prior to election day.
ACT 424—HB 391 Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in raw or crude form and limits the dispensing of such product.
ACT 425—HB 423 Establishes requirements concerning reports of abortions performed or induced.
ACT 426—HB 435 Provides relative to video draw poker devices.
ACT 427—HB 541 Provides relative to the central computer monitoring system of electronic gaming devices located at certain gaming facilities.
ACT 428—SB 4 Eliminates certain aggregate campaign contribution limitations.
ACT 429—SB 27 Provides relative to military and veteran friendly postsecondary education policies.
ACT 430—SB 34 Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public.
ACT 431—SB 94 Provides relative to insurance cost-sharing practices.
ACT 432—SB 105 Provides for an African-American military service members monument in the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park.
ACT 433—SB 127 Provides relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program.
ACT 434—SB 130 Provides for payment of health insurance provider claim payment claims.
ACT 435—SB 142 Provides for the disposition of funds generated by sports wagering.
ACT 436—SB 204 Provides for live racing dates and minimum number of races per day to be assigned by the Louisiana State Racing Commission.
ACT 437—SB 209 Provides relative to horse racing including historical horse racing.
ACT 438—SB 222 Provides relative to early literacy.
ACT 439—SB 230 Provides relative to power-based violence on college and university campuses.
ACT 440—SB 247 Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering.
June 21, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session.
ACT 385—SB 8 Accelerates the sunset date for the tax credit for the conversion of alternative fuel vehicles.
ACT 386—SB 10 Provides for mandatory kindergarten attendance and requires compulsory school attendance beginning at age five.
ACT 387—SB 31 Provides an exemption from state individual income tax for digital nomads.
ACT 388—SB 150 Requires the Office of Group Benefits to cover bariatric surgery techniques for the treatment of severe obesity.
ACT 389—SB 161 Extends the termination date of the exemption from corporate franchise tax for small business corporations.
ACT 390—SB 165 Provides for the adjustments of ad valorem millages.
ACT 391—SB 171 Provides for severance tax exemptions and site-specific trust funds for certain orphan wells.
ACT 392—SB 128 Provides relative to teacher planning time and lunch periods and to provide an exemption from tolls on La. Hwy. 1 bridge for school personnel.
ACT 393—SB 215 Provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain pregnancy-related medical conditions.
ACT 394—HB 55 Provides relative to protective orders.
ACT 395—HB 278 Reduces the tax rates for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability and calculating the tax liability of estates and trusts and eliminates and modifies certain income tax deductions.
ACT 396—HB 292 Repeals the income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid for purposes of calculating corporation income tax.
ACT 397—HB 329 Changes age of a child who may accompany a parent or legal guardian into a voting machine.
ACT 398—HB 335 Provides relative to the exchange of certain property between the University of Louisiana System and the City of Lafayette.
ACT 399—HB 398 Creates an occupational licensing board review program within the office of the attorney general.
ACT 400—HB 421 Authorizes public school governing authorities to establish learning pods for the purpose of providing small group instruction for students enrolled in public schools.
ACT 401—HB 445 Changes the sound recording investor tax credit into a refundable tax credit.
ACT 402—HB 457 Provides for claims adjusters.
ACT 403—HB 473 Provides relative to the age limitations to purchase vapor products.
ACT 404—HB 607 Provides relative to the joint legislative committee on technology and cybersecurity.
ACT 405—HB 670 Authorizes an increase in certain fees collected by the Department of Environmental Quality.
ACT 406—HB 707 Provides relative to employment discrimination.
ACT 407—HB 711 Provides relative to the sharing of certain student data.
ACT 408—HB 137 Provides relative to non-gaming economic development activities by the casino gaming operator.
ACT 409—HB 358 Provides relative to the Online Judge Pilot Program.
ACT 410—HB 642 Provides for the disbursement of monies received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
ACT 411—HB 379 Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault.
ACT 412—HB 410 Authorizes the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors to impose course fees associated with the aviation program at Louisiana State University at Alexandria.