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 107 House bills and 74 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
House Appropriations
Monday, May 20, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 939, Fisher - Provides relative to healthcare services provided to patients with sickle cell disease (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 239, McMath - Provides relative to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Neutral Monitor)
House Commerce
Monday, May 20, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room 1
- SB 332, Seabaugh - Repeals the Occupational Licensing Review Commission (Neutral Monitor)
House Health & Welfare
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 5
- SB 192, Barrow - Provides relative to the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 487, Cathey - Provides for hospital drug screenings (Neutral Monitor)
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 2
- SB 70, Mizell - Provides for parish overdose fatality review panels (Neutral Monitor)
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 3
- SB 444, Jackson-Andrews - Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements (Neutral Monitor)
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room C
- HB 952, Miller - Provides relative to consumable hemp products (Neutral Monitor)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 10:00 AM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- HB 374, Echols - Provides relative to facility need review (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 495, Jackson - Provides relative to facility need review for certain healthcare providers (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 598, Ventrella - Provides relative to psychologists (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 813, Edmonston - Provides relative to prescribing, administering, and dispensing of drugs for off-label use (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 815, Billings - Provides relative to certain federally-regulated information (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 868, Egan - Provides relative to standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 976, Owen - Provides relative to visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires such facilities to allow in-person visitation (Neutral Monitor)
