Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills from the 2023 Regular Legislative Session into law:
ACT 361-HB56 [gov.louisiana.gov] Authorizes the Monroe City School Board to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of funding early childhood care and education.
ACT 362-HB169 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school.
ACT 363-HB181 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners.
ACT 364-HB183 [gov.louisiana.gov] Prohibits the assignment of certain benefits.
ACT 365-HB189 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to alcoholic beverages.
ACT 366-HB250 [gov.louisiana.gov] Authorizes assessors in each parish to increase their annual compensation.
ACT 367-HB291 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation.
ACT 368-HB339 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to motions for summary judgment.
ACT 369-HB459 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to phlebotomists.
ACT 370-HB462 [gov.louisiana.gov] Requires public school governing authorities to post certain fiscal information on their websites.
ACT 371-HB472 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the state's entry into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, which provides relative to certification and qualification of teachers.
ACT 372-HB533 [gov.louisiana.gov] Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District.
ACT 373-HB547 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to catalytic converter sales law.
ACT 374-HB556 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to electronic monitoring.
ACT 375-HB558 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the collection and remittance of state and local sales and use taxes.
ACT 376-HB563 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates a law enforcement recruitment incentive fund.
ACT 377-HB568 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to sanctions for a lapse in required vehicle liability security.
ACT 378-HB571 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to carbon capture and sequestration.
ACT 379-HB573 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to prohibited provisions in certain public contracts.
ACT 380-HB583 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to franchise fee audits.
ACT 381-HB593 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to cemeteries.
ACT 382-HB629 [gov.louisiana.gov] Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics.
ACT 383-HB653 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities.
ACT 384-HB654 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the collection of fees associated with facilitating an electronic signature or authorization.
ACT 385-HB660 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers.
ACT 386-SB31 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates database to track trafficking arrests, convictions, restitution, fines, and civil asset forfeiture.
ACT 387-SB73 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to truancy and assessment and service centers.
ACT 388-SB77 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the capital outlay process.
ACT 389-SB136 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the governance of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District.
ACT 390-SB140 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to online judicial sales.
ACT 391-SB153 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates the Correctional Facility Capital Outlay Fund.
ACT 392-SB197 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to teacher certification.
ACT 393-SB201 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for meetings of boards and commissions via electronic means.
ACT 394-SB205 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST).
ACT 395-SB132 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to exemptions to capital outlay procedure.
ACT 396-SB227 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for state and local sales and use taxes on digital art sold in a cultural product district.
ACT 397-HB560 [gov.louisiana.gov] Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.