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State Senator
Jimmy Harris
(D) - Louisiana
Louisiana Senate District 04
In Office - Started: 01/13/2020

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2021 Lakeshore Drive
Suite 204
New Orleans, LA 70122
Phone: 504-286-1960

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P.O. Box 94183
900 N. 3rd St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9062
Phone: 225-342-2024

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB203 Provides for the levy of hotel assessments in Orleans Parish. (8/1/25) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 21:204(A), relative to hotel assessments; to provide relative to the levy of hotel assessments in Orleans Parish; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB61 Provides for the use of credit information in underwriting or rating of certain personal insurance policies. (8/1/25) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1508, 1509, and 1510, relative to the use of credit information in underwriting or rating of certain personal insurance policies; to require an insurer to provide a consumer with the credit information obtained by the insurer; to provide for adverse action notification; to require review of an insurer's scoring system; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB126 Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1606(A) and (B)(1), relative to state funding for parish councils on aging; to modify the funding formula for determining annual state funding for each such council; to provide for distribution of such funding; to provide minimum amounts to Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB26 Provides relative to diabetes information. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:436.3.1, relative to dia Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB161 Provides relative to Louisiana Economic Development. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 36:101(C)(1), 104(A)(17), the introductory paragraph of 108(B), and 109(B), and 110(F), R.S. 51:940.1(A), 2311(D), 3135, and 3136(A), to enact R.S. 36:109(E) and (F) and R.S. 51:2364, and to repeal R.S. 47:6007(B)(18) and 6022(C)(7) and R.S. 51:935.1, 938.1, 2314, 3131, 3132(7), (8), and (9), 3133, and 3137, relative to economic development; to provide relative to Louisiana Economic Development; to provide for the structure and organization of Louisiana Economic Development; to provide for powers and duties of the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development; to create the Louisiana Economic Development Innovation Fund; to provide for mem Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB466 Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.13 and to enact R.S. 17:418.1 and 3996(B)(4), relative to teachers and other school employees; to require public school systems to provide a salary increase to certain personnel; to provide relative to the amount of the increase; to provide relative to related Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB202 Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3215(9) and 3241(B)(2), to enact R.S. 17:3215(10) and 3230.1, and to repeal R.S. 17:3217(A)(9) and 3230, relative to postsecondary education; to provide for the transfer of the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System; to provide relative to the transfer of the facilities, resources, funds, obligations, and functions of the institution; to provide for the transition responsibilities of the impacted institution and management boards and the division of administration; to provide for cooperative agreements; to provide relative to accreditation issues; to provide relative to funding; to provide relative to employees; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB195 Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (8/1/25) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 25:799(C)(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (j), (k), and (l), and to enact R.S. 25:799(K)(4), relative to historic districts in the parish of Orleans; to provide relative to the French Quarter Management District; to provide relative to the board of commissioners; to designate certain property located on Gentilly Boulevard as a Louisiana Historic Site; to make technical changes; to provide relative to sanitation services; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB182 Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) AN ACT To enact R.S. 46:460.76.3, relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency; to authorize the Louisiana Department of Health to suspend prior authorization requirements for certain Medicaid recipients during a declared emergency; to require payments to certain providers without prior authorization; to provide for documentation; to provide for notification to Medicaid recipients; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB201 Provides relative to financial incentives for events held in Louisiana. (7/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 51:1260(C)(5) and (6), (E), (F), and (G) and to enact R.S. 51:1260(H) and 1261, relative to financial incentives for events held in Louisiana; to provide for qualifying major events; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to create a grant program for certain Louisiana events; to provide for administration of the program; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB378 Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (EN +$172,184 SG EX See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:5029(B)(2) and (3)(a) and (b)(ii) and (iii), relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students; to provide relative to the alternate eligibility requirements for students who complete approved home study programs; to lower the minimum ACT score such students must attain for initial qualification for an award; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB640 Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) AN ACT To enact Part IX of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR70 Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Harry Lemmon. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Harry T. Lemmon. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR207 Commends Tina Vanichchagorn for twenty years of public service. A RESOLUTION To commend and congratulate Tina Vanichchagorn on the occasion of twenty years of distinguished public service to the state of Louisiana and to recognize her outstanding contributions to the legal and legislative communities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR209 Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the impacts of a prohibition on PBM ownership of pharmacies. A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the impacts of prohibiting pharmacy benefit manager ownership of pharmacies in Louisiana and to submit a report to the legislature. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR180 Commends DJ Daniel and his family for their strength and perseverance. A RESOLUTION To commend Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel for his strength, resilience, and lifelong dream of becoming a police officer and to recognize his family for their unwavering support and dedication. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB89 Requires the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to be confirmed by the Senate. (2/3-CA6s43(3))(8/1/25) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:2, relative to ports and harbors; to provide relative to the mem Vetoed
SB66 Provides relative to discrimination based on military status in education, employment, public accommodations and housing options. (8/1/25) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:111(A)(1) and (B), R.S. 23:332(A)(1) and (2), (B), (C)(1) and (2), (D), (E), (F), and (H)(1) and (4), R.S. 49:145 and 146(A)(1), R.S. 51:2602(A), 2603(10) through (13), 2606(A)(1) through (5), 2607(A) and (C) and 2608 and to enact R.S. 23:322(10) and R.S. 51:2603(14), relative to discrimination based on military status; to prohibit discrimination in public schools; to prohibit discrimination in employment; to prohibit discrimination in public buildings; to prohibit discrimination in facilities to which the public is invited; to prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of housing; to provide definitions; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB118 Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3088 and to enact R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xxvii), relative to the Achieving a Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB190 Designates portions of certain roadways in honor of fallen law enforcement officers. (8/1/25) (EN +$4,460 SG EX See Note) AN ACT To provide relative to state highways; to designate a portion of US Route 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish as the "Jackson, Gerald, Garafola, Tullier Memorial Highway"; to designate a portion of Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Sgt. Grant Candies Memorial Highway"; to provide for restrictions on costs of materials to the department; and to provide for related matters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR14 Memorializes congress to modify the H-2A nonimmigrant program to assist with Louisiana's labor workforce shortage. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to modify the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program to address the untenable increases in wage rates resulting from the United States Department of Labor's policies that create an undue and unsustainable financial burden on Louisiana farmers, who rely on an affordable, readily available H-2A workforce. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR42 Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden on the occasion of his passing. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of former state legislator and mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden and to posthumously commend him for a lifetime of significant achievements. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR57 Expresses the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Louisiana State Legislature upon the passing of Steven J. Miguez. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Steven Joseph Miguez and to recognize and commend his life of service, entrepreneurship, and devotion to family and community. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HCR65 Expresses the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana on the death of Jay Batt A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of John "Jay" Batt, Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HCR24 Creates a special committee of the legislature to study the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To create a special committee of the legislature to conduct a comprehensive study of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's policies, governance structure, and impact on public, private, and parochial schools and to provide for the special committee's submission of a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education not later than February 14, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR24 Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Arwin Bascle on the occasion of her passing. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the passing of Arwin Patrick Bascle and to honor her life, legacy, and contributions to the political fabric of Louisiana. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR72 Commends the Downtown Development District of New Orleans on its 50th anniversary. A RESOLUTION To commend the Downtown Development District of New Orleans on its 50th anniversary. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR12 Commends the American Irish State Legislators Caucus. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commemorate the celebration of St. Patrick's Day and recognize the cultural and historic links between Ireland and Louisiana and the establishment of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR50 Recognizes Monday, April 28, 2025, as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. A RESOLUTION To recognize Monday, April 28, 2025, as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR46 Commends Dr. Nicholas Bazan, neuroscientist and director of LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Research Excellence. A RESOLUTION To commend Dr. Nicolas Bazan, world-renowned neuroscientist and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Research Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans, for his groundbreaking discovery of Elovanoids (ELVs) and his pioneering contributions to the understanding and treatment of critical brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR47 Commends Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, on his appointment as director of the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center. A RESOLUTION To commend Dr. Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, on his appointment as director of the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center and to recognize his outstanding leadership, contributions to cancer research, and dedication to improving cancer care and outcomes for the citizens of Louisiana. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR45 Commends the LSU Health New Orleans burn team led by Dr. Jeffrey Carter. A RESOLUTION To commend Dr. Jeffrey Carter and the LSU Health New Orleans burn team for their outstanding leadership in advancing burn and blast injury care, and to recognize their recent $9.7 million Department of Defense grant supporting innovative research and field training that will improve outcomes for both military and civilian trauma victims. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR26 Commends the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and celebrates the 2025 Bright Lights Awards Honorees. A RESOLUTION To commend the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and to recognize and celebrate the 2025 Bright Lights Awards Honorees for their outstanding contribution to the cultural and educational fabric of Louisiana. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB194 Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (gov sig) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1860.2(A), 1863, and 1867(A) and (B) and R.S. 40:2870(A)(4) and (5)(a), and to enact R.S. 22:1657.2, and to repeal R.S. 22:1856(F), relative to pharmacy Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB63 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement of judges (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Senate Vote on HB 63 ADOPT (#974) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB77 Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 77 ADOPT (#996) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB16 Provides relative to health stop-loss insurance. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on SB 16 ADOPT (#991) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB126 Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 126 CO-AUTHORS (#968) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB126 Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 126 FINAL PASSAGE (#967) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB126 Modifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 126 2/3 vote (#952) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB26 Provides relative to diabetes information. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on SB 26 ADOPT (#962) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB42 Provides relative to perinatal behavioral health treatment. (8/1/25) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 42 ADOPT (#963) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB37 Provides for the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 37 ADOPT (#959) 06/12/2025 Absent
SB36 Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on SB 36 ADOPT (#989) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB36 Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on SB 36 DISCHARGE SB 36 BY HENSGENS (#979) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB55 Provides relative to the assessment, payment, and allocation of ad valorem taxes. (1/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) Senate Vote on SB 55 ADOPT (#966) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB73 Provides for sequestration of carbon dioxide. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 73 ADOPT (#994) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB310 Provides relative to filings in civil and criminal courts Senate Vote on HB 310 ADOPT (#969) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB326 Provides relative to the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 326 ADOPT (#970) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB113 Provides for term limits and qualifications for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 113 ADOPT (#995) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB371 Provides relative to the free exercise of religion Senate Vote on HB 371 ADOPT (#971) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB365 Provides for an optional exemption of business inventory from ad valorem taxes and to authorize the reduction of the fair market value percentage of business inventory under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 365 ADOPT (#977) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB366 (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes parishes to exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes and authorizes parishes to reduce the percentage of fair market value applicable to business inventory (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 366 ADOPT (#978) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB404 Provides relative to various tax administration functions of the Department of Revenue (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 404 ADOPT (#1002) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB122 Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 122 ADOPT (#960) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB578 Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 578 ADOPT (#1005) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB579 Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 579 ADOPT (#998) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB570 Provides relative to minors' use of applications (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) Senate Vote on HB 570 ADOPT (#987) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB473 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 473 ADOPT (#997) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB162 Provides relative to the collection and administration of sales and use taxes. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 162 ADOPT (#992) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB559 Provides relative to human services districts and boards (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on HB 559 ADOPT (#1000) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB518 Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 518 ADOPT (#988) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB466 Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 466 ADOPT (#1001) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB467 Requires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 467 ADOPT (#972) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB136 Provides for rate transparency reports. (1/1/26) Senate Vote on SB 136 ADOPT (#961) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB128 Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 128 ADOPT (#990) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB165 Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 165 ADOPT (#993) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB220 Provides for the revision of statutes relating to local agencies. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) Senate Vote on SB 220 ADOPT (#1011) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB195 Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 195 ADOPT (#964) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB191 Provides for the composition of the board of commissioners of the St. George Fire Protection District. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 191 ADOPT (#1008) 06/12/2025 Yea
SB233 Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on SB 233 ADOPT (#965) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB649 Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the Capital Area Transit System Senate Vote on HB 649 ADOPT (#1003) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB669 Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 669 ADOPT (#973) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB665 Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 665 ADOPT (#999) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB686 Provides for the disclosure of foreign adversaries (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 686 DISCHARGE (#986) 06/12/2025 Absent
HB690 Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana Senate Vote on HB 690 ADOPT (#975) 06/12/2025 Yea
HCR69 Creates a task force to study the merger of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission Senate Vote on HCR 69 ADOPT (#976) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR201 Memorializes Congress to avoid reductions in Medicaid funding that would adversely affect Louisiana's hospitals and communities they serve. Senate Vote on SR 201 CO-AUTHORS (#958) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR202 Creates a task force to study the effectiveness of technology and research parks and to make recommendations on its findings. Senate Vote on SR 202 ADOPT (#953) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR203 Commends and congratulates Wiley Brazier V on his accomplishments. Senate Vote on SR 203 ADOPT (#954) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR206 Creates the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force. Senate Vote on SR 206 ADOPT (#957) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR204 Creates the task force on Protecting Louisiana's Critical Infrastructure from Foreign Adversaries. Senate Vote on SR 204 ADOPT (#955) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR205 Requests the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to study the salary structure and total compensation of all state and local elected officials and university administrators. Senate Vote on SR 205 ADOPT (#956) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR207 Commends Tina Vanichchagorn for twenty years of public service. Senate Vote on SR 207 CO-AUTHORS (#981) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR207 Commends Tina Vanichchagorn for twenty years of public service. Senate Vote on SR 207 ADOPT (#980) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR210 Recognizes the month of June as "African-American Music Appreciation Month" in Louisiana. Senate Vote on SR 210 CO-AUTHORS (#1013) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR210 Recognizes the month of June as "African-American Music Appreciation Month" in Louisiana. Senate Vote on SR 210 ADOPT (#1012) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR208 Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Oscar Earl Carter III. Senate Vote on SR 208 CO-AUTHORS (#1007) 06/12/2025 Absent
SR208 Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Oscar Earl Carter III. Senate Vote on SR 208 ADOPT (#1006) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR209 Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the impacts of a prohibition on PBM ownership of pharmacies. Senate Vote on SR 209 CO-AUTHORS (#1010) 06/12/2025 Yea
SR209 Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the impacts of a prohibition on PBM ownership of pharmacies. Senate Vote on SR 209 ADOPT (#1009) 06/12/2025 Yea
HB14 Provides relative to homicide when the victim is a person with infirmities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Senate Vote on HB 14 ADOPT (#939) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB36 Provides relative to consumable hemp Senate Vote on HB 36 ADOPT (#938) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB8 Constitutional amendment to provide for persons in the unclassified service and for appointment of persons on the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) Senate Vote on SB 8 CONCUR (#935) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB67 Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors Senate Vote on HB 67 ADOPT (#940) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB25 Constitutional amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted to parishes to operate a school system. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$2,457,390 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 25 CONCUR (#934) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB36 Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on SB 36 REJECT (#928) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB238 Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 238 ADOPT (#941) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB65 Provides for the treatment of certain pass through entities under the inventory tax credit. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) Senate Vote on SB 65 CONCUR (#929) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB321 Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 321 FINAL PASSAGE (#949) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB321 Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 321 e2/3 (#932) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB340 Changes the domicile of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry (EN +$1,200 SG EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 340 ADOPT (#943) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB327 Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Senate Vote on HB 327 ADOPT (#942) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB399 Provides with respect to the profession of dietetics and dieticians (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 399 ADOPT (#944) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB476 Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EN NO IMPACT See Note) Senate Vote on HB 476 ADOPT (#946) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB520 Establishes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain antique motor vehicles and increases the fee for issuance of special license plates for those vehicles (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 520 ADOPT (#947) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB479 Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 479 FINAL PASSAGE (#931) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB544 Transfers powers and duties of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council to the Louisiana Health Works Commission Senate Vote on HB 544 ADOPT (#948) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB445 Provides relative to juvenile records Senate Vote on HB 445 ADOPT (#945) 06/11/2025 Absent
SCR9 Creates a task force to study and report on strategies to increase engagement of fathers in the lives of their children. Senate Vote on SCR 9 CONCUR (#924) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB239 Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 239 CONCUR (#930) 06/11/2025 Absent
SCR21 Establishes the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission. Senate Vote on SCR 21 CONCUR (#925) 06/11/2025 Absent
SCR38 Creates the Task Force on Career Alignment to study ways to implement education-to-career counseling to assist public college and university students to obtain employment in Louisiana after graduation. Senate Vote on SCR 38 CONCUR (#926) 06/11/2025 Absent
HB688 Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank Senate Vote on HB 688 ADOPT (#937) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB244 Provides for the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Senate Vote on SB 244 CONCUR (#936) 06/11/2025 Absent
SCR40 Creates the K-12 School Safety Task Force to study and make recommendations relative to school safety and security. Senate Vote on SCR 40 CONCUR (#927) 06/11/2025 Absent
SB15 Prohibits any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) Senate Vote on SB 15 CONCUR (#883) 06/10/2025 Absent
SB30 Provides relative to recreational vehicles. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 30 CONCUR (#885) 06/10/2025 Yea
HB145 Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with "fortified home" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 145 FINAL PASSAGE (#919) 06/10/2025 Absent
HB145 Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with "fortified home" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on HB 145 2/3 vote (#904) 06/10/2025 Absent
SB41 Provides relative to child welfare. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 41 CONCUR (#882) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB113 Provides for term limits and qualifications for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 113 REJECT (#887) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB96 Establishes Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health services. (7/1/25) (EN +$1,830,352 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 96 CONCUR (#886) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB97 Creates the Coordinated Use of Resources for Recreation, Economy, Navigation, and Transportation Authority. (8/1/25) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 97 CONCUR (#884) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB121 Provides for mental health screenings in schools. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) Senate Vote on SB 121 CONCUR (#888) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB123 Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to certain public schools. (1/1/26) (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note) Senate Vote on SB 123 CONCUR (#889) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB122 Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/25) Senate Vote on SB 122 REJECT (#875) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB125 Provides relative to explosives. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) Senate Vote on SB 125 CONCUR (#876) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB126 Provides for school mapping data of public school buildings and facilities. (8/1/25) (EN +$2,400,000 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 126 CONCUR (#890) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB162 Provides relative to the collection and administration of sales and use taxes. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 162 REJECT (#894) 06/10/2025 Yea
HB479 Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 479 2/3 vote (#903) 06/10/2025 Absent
SB153 Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig) Senate Vote on SB 153 CONCUR (#877) 06/10/2025 Yea
SB161 Provides relative to Louisiana Economic Development. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) Senate Vote on SB 161 CONCUR (#893) 06/10/2025 Yea
HB486 Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Senate Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#920) 06/10/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Louisiana Joint Economic Recovery Select Committee 1
Detail Louisiana Joint Legislative Audit Advisory Council 2
Detail Louisiana Joint Legislative Budget Committee 9
Detail Louisiana Joint Legislative Capital Outlay Committee 9
Detail Louisiana Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee 4
Detail Louisiana Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs Committee 6
Detail Louisiana Senate Education Committee 3
Detail Louisiana Senate Executive Committee Chair 1
Detail Louisiana Senate Finance Committee 6
Detail Louisiana Senate Judiciary B Committee Vice Chair 2
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
LA Louisiana Senate District 04 Senate Democrat In Office 01/13/2020
LA Louisiana House District 099 House Democrat Out of Office 01/01/2016 01/29/2024