Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. Click each bill for more information.
ACT 248—HB 15 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the crime of staging of a motor vehicle collision.
ACT 249—HB 24 [gov.louisiana.gov] Authorizes members of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System to purchase additional service credits at the time of retirement.
ACT 250—HB 29 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to Firefighters' Retirement System's Deferred Retirement Option Plan and unfunded accrued liability.
ACT 251—HB 45 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Sulphur.
ACT 252—HB 46 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures.
ACT 253—HB 51 [gov.louisiana.gov] Changes the territorial jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables in Pointe Coupee Parish.
ACT 254—HB 62 [gov.louisiana.gov] Requires the St. James Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for certain retirees of the assessor's office.
ACT 255—HB 74 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the workers' compensation claims office requirement for insurers issuing such policies in Louisiana.
ACT 256—HB 87 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Monroe.
ACT 257—HB 92 [gov.louisiana.gov] Increases the amount paid for a person who has been wrongfully convicted.
ACT 258—HB 144 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of the Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Commission.
ACT 259—HB 152 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure.
ACT 260—HB 220 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to public works contracts.
ACT 261—HB 221 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to certain commercial driver's license applicants.
ACT 262—HB 230 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to aquaculture development and the Louisiana Aquatic Chelonian Research and Promotion Board.
ACT 263—HB 242 [gov.louisiana.gov] Establishes the Louisiana Commission on Security for the Faith Community.
ACT 264—HB 257 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates the Plantation Trace Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish.
ACT 265—HB 265 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to penalties for unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system.
ACT 266—HB 270 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for definitions and exemptions relative to telemedicine and telehealth.
ACT 267—HB 359 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to solicitors.
ACT 268—HB 58 [gov.louisiana.gov] Extends certain funding for the Mineral and Energy Operation Fund.
ACT 269—HB 64 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to misleading solicitations by nongovernmental entities which imply certain governmental connections.
ACT 270—HB 70 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to amendment of petitions in delinquency proceedings.
ACT 271—HB 106 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to pleas of guilty or nolo contendere in felony cases.
ACT 272—HB 113 [gov.louisiana.gov] Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances.
ACT 273—HB 134 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the composition and authority of the Allen Parish Capital Improvements Board.
ACT 274—HB 135 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the position of deputy chief of police in the city of Oakdale.
ACT 275—HB 156 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for changing the job title of school guidance counselor to school counselor.
ACT 276—HB 183 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to state income tax withholdings on federal disaster unemployment compensation benefits.
ACT 277—HB 188 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides with respect to healthcare records.
ACT 278—HB 192 [gov.louisiana.gov] Authorizes credit card payment to manufacturers and wholesale dealers of alcoholic beverages.
ACT 279—HB 197 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to occupational licenses for dependents of healthcare professionals.
ACT 280—HB 261 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the qualifications of the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board.
ACT 281—HB 267 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the online dispute resolution pilot project for certain cases filed in the City Court of East St. Tammany.
ACT 282—SB 12 [gov.louisiana.gov] Creates a retired clerks and clerk's employees insurance fund for the Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court.
ACT 283—SB 66 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the Peace Officer and Public Safety Personnel Peer Support and Mental Health Wellness Act.
ACT 284—SB 80 [gov.louisiana.gov] Reallocates a portion of the state sales tax on room rentals in St. Landry Parish to the Liberty Theatre in Eunice.
ACT 285—SB 81 [gov.louisiana.gov] Establishes reporting requirements to the Department of Revenue for businesses and governmental entities using service providers.
ACT 286—SB 125 [gov.louisiana.gov] Exempts certain infused prescription drugs from local sales tax.
ACT 287—SB 160 [gov.louisiana.gov] Conforms state partnership reporting adjustments to federal taxable income to current federal partnership audit adjustments.
ACT 288—SB 15 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to purchase of telecommunication and video equipment or services by state agencies.
ACT 289—SB 53 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the Orleans Parish Civil District Court judicial building fund.
ACT 290—SB 76 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides relative to the hotel and lodging exception permit.
ACT 291—SB 96 [gov.louisiana.gov] Provides for the waste tire program in the Department of Environmental Quality.
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