The 2024 Regular Session of the Louisiana began at 12 noon on Monday, March 11, and must adjourn sine die no later than 6 p.m. on Monday, June 3. The LAFP Board of Directors and Legislative and Advocacy Committee recently met and reviewed all of the bills that have been filed. Over 1,000 bills were introduced, with the LAFP following 66 House bills and 63 Senate bills. Click here to view the full LAFP tracking list.
We need YOUR help to be successful this Session!
We have provided a checklist of items to complete before Session starts that will help us in protecting your profession.
- Find out who your legislators are.
Click here to find your legislators and get into contact with them before Session.
- Verify and update your Voter Voice information.
Voter Voice is an essential way to let your voice be heard during Session. Having the correct information ensures that we are reaching as many members as possible and keeps members up-to-date on important issues. Click here to familiarize yourself with upcoming Session concerns and the types of messages we will push through Voter Voice.
- Use Twitter to follow @lafp_familydocs, your legislators, and the hashtag #LALeg to keep up with the conversations during Session.
- Contribute to LaFamPac.
Coming Up This Week
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 4
- HB 24, Melerine - Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims (Neutral Monitor)
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:00 PM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- SB 92, Duplessis - Provides relative to the Safe Haven Law (Neutral Monitor)
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:00 AM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- SB 57, Lambert - Provides relative to the practice of psychology (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 70, Mizell - Provides for parish overdose fatality review panels (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 148, Mizell - Provides relative to postpartum depression (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 165, McMath - Provides relative to noncompetition agreements (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 228, McMath - Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 239, McMath - Provides relative to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 278, Jackson-Andrews - Creates the Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative (Neutral Monitor)
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 6
- HB 204, Turner - Adds substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (Neutral Monitor)
House Health & Welfare
Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 82, Stagni - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 469, Moore - Establishes 233 as a statewide sexual abuse helpline (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 598, Ventrella - Provides relative to psychologists (Neutral Monitor)
