The 2025 Regular Session of the Louisiana began at 12 noon on Monday, April 14, and must adjourn sine die no later than 6 p.m. on Monday, June 12. The LAFP Board of Directors and Legislative and Advocacy Committee will meet and review all of the bills that have been filed. Over 800 bills were introduced. 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
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 a.m. Room F
- HB 603 MCMAKIN - BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Amends the appointing process for certain occupational licensing boards, committees, and authorities
- HB 693 WRIGHT - CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Provides for revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:30 a.m. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- HB 138 DEWITT - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Provides with respect to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- HB 317 ECHOLS - HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Establishes prohibited acts by certain healthcare facility lessors and lessees (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
- HB 359 DUSTIN MILLER - MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to victims of human trafficking
- HB 442 CHANCE HENRY - SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO - Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology
- HB 486 FISHER - HEALTH - Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
- HB 514 WILLARD - INSURANCE/HEALTH - Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (RE +$2,495 FF EX See Note)
- HB 531 TRAVIS JOHNSON - NURSES - Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors
- HB 661 DUSTIN MILLER - HEALTH/LDH - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health
- HB 690 CHARLES OWEN - PUBLIC HEALTH - 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 Committee on Insurance
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:00 A.M. Room A-B
- HB 264 ECHOLS - INSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides for transparency and compensation practices relative to pharmacy benefit managers
- HB 357 FREEMAN - INSURANCE/HEALTH - Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments