27 April 2025

Regular legislative session through Apr. 27, 2025

Bill filing continues, and some legislation has started moving (or stalling). (Note that some bills below actually were dealt with prior to this week.)

THE GOOD: HB 642 by Rep. Roger Wilder would repeal the Earned Income Tax Credit; HB 645 by Rep. John Wyble would reduce individual income tax rates and raise the individual exemption;  HB 654 by Rep. Beau Beaullieu would synchronize state and local sales tax exceptions; HB 666 by Rep. Neil Riser would swap lower income tax rates for taxation of some services and use the proceeds to encourage weaning from the business inventory tax; SB 242 by Sen. Bob Owen would get the New Orleans City Council out of the business of water and sewerage utility regulation.

THE BAD: HB 656 by Rep. Edmond Jordan would prevent the planned phaseout of part of the state sales tax; HB 662 by Rep. Rodney Lyons would raise rates for some rental housing.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 34 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 153 passed House committee; HB 206 passed committee; HB 283 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 293 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 295 passed House committee; HB 365 passed House committee; HB 366 passed House committee; HB 341 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 434 with major amendment passed committee; HB 435 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 439 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 440 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 450 passed committee; HB 459 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 526 passed committee; HB 556 with minor amendment passed committee; HB 615 with minor amendment passed committee; SB 12 was withdrawn, SB 66 passed committee; SB 99 with minor amendment passed committee; SB 101 passed committee; SB 117 with minor amendment passed committee; SB 127 with minor amendment passed committee; SB 151 with minor amendment passed committee.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: SB 80 with minor amendment passed committee.

SCORECARD:

Total number of bills, House: 675; total number of bills, Senate: 243.

 

Total number of good bills, House: 58; total number of good bills, Senate: 26.

 

Total number of bad bills, House: 30; total number of bad bills, Senate: 14.

 

Total House good bills heard in House committee: 18; total Senate good bills heard in Senate committee: 6.

 

Total House bad bills heard in House committee: 1; total Senate bad bills heard in Senate committee: 1.

 

Total House good bills approved by House committee: 18; total Senate good bills passed by Senate committee: 6.

 

Total House bad bills approved by House committee: 0; total Senate bad bills passed by Senate committee: 0.

 

Total House good bills approved by House: 0; total Senate good bills approved by Senate: 0.

 

Total House bad bills approved by House: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by Senate: 0.

 

Total House good bills heard in Senate committee: 0; total Senate good bills heard in House committee: 0.

 

Total House bad bills heard in Senate committee: 0; total Senate bad bills heard in House committee: 0.

 

Total House good bills approved by Senate committee: 0; total Senate good bills approved by House committee: 0.

 

Total House bad bills approved by Senate committee: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House committee: 0.

 

Total House good bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate good bills approved by House: 0.

 

Total House bad bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House: 0.

 

Total House good bills going to governor: 0; total Senate good bills going to governor: 0.

 

Total House bad bills going to governor: 0; total Senate bad bills going to governor: 0.

 

Total House good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0; total Senate good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0.


Total House bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0; total Senate bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0.

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