NEW ORLEANS — Here's a list of other notable new laws going into effect starting August 1:
- SB 152: PERMITLESS CONCEALED CARRY in New Orleans (already in effect statewide)) – Provides relative to the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit.
- SB24 CRIMINAL RECORDS: Removes certain limitations on the release and dissemination of mug shots.
- HB322 STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Grants certain authority to teachers; prohibits retaliation from principals and administrators for certain disciplinary actions taken
- HB428 INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Property Insurance Corporation to provide an option to exclude coverage of personal property and to provide for related matters
- HB128 WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Felons found guilty of possessing a firearm while on parole or probation must serve the remaining balance of any sentence to be served for a prior conviction for any offense
- HB174 HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to disciplinary proceedings for students and student organizations at public post-secondary education institutions
- HB453 JUVENILES: Eliminates the statute of limitations to prosecute the crime of molestation of a juvenile
- HB122 CURRICULA: Prohibit teachers and others from discussing their sexual orientation or gender identity with students
- HB121 EDUCATION: 'Given Name Act' - Provides relative to the use of certain names and pronouns for students, prohibits public school governing authorities from adopting certain policies
- HB46 VACCINES/VACCINATION: No person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at any public or nonpublic school
- SB124 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Creates the Sexual Assault Survivor's Bill of Rights
- HB225 DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Creates the Tall Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in New Orleans
- HB252 EDUCATION: Requires communication to parents of student-athletes relative to cardiac health and to provide for related matters.
- HB270 ASSESSORS: Remove the process and fee for obtaining an ad valorem tax exemption for nonprofit property in New Orleans
- HB424 SCHOOLS: Requires each public school governing authority to use a uniform 10-point grading scale
- HB432 MTR VEHICLE/LICENSE PLATES: Creates the "LSU Baseball National Champions" specialty license plate
- HB578 CORRECTIONS: Creates the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
- HB608 CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act
- HB688 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides training requirements for certain local government officials
- HB392 MEDICAID: Provides Medicaid and private insurance coverage for perimenopausal and menopausal care
- HB107 STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Prohibits certain types of discipline of students in elementary and secondary schools - Taping a student's mouth shut or otherwise restricting his airway in any 15 manner is prohibited regardless of parental consent
- HB824 CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative penalties for the unlawful disruption of the operation of a school
- HB544 TRANSPORTATION: Regional Transit Authority Board of Commissioners requirements, provide composition of the Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board and creates an advisory board to advise and make recommendations
- SB509 PUBLIC HEALTH: The State of Louisiana declares that violence shall be recognized and addressed as a public safety and health crisis utilizing a public safety and health data-based approach.
- SB300 INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related and postpartum healthcare services
- HB830 DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Adds Tianeptine to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law
- HB816 CRIME: Provides penalties for residential contractor fraud
- HB674 MOTOR VEHICLES: Authorizes a local governing authority to adopt ordinances to address blighted property with purported collector's automobiles
- HB644 STUDENTS: Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities
- HB561 DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides for a Lafitte Greenway Economic Development District
- HB467 AGRICULTURE/MILK: Raw milk sales must provide for definitions, labeling and inspection, testing and records. It also authorizes the commissioner of agriculture to suspend the sale, distribution, and movement of raw milk under certain circumstances
- SB226 makes it easier for the state to throw out absentee ballots with missing details.
- HB476 Residents may only mail to the registrar one ballot that does not belong to them or an immediate family member
- SB155 Prevents anyone besides immediate family members from assisting more than one voter with an absentee ballot
- HB581 Requires absentee ballot witnesses to be 18 or older. It also gives teeth to an existing law that bans people from witnessing more than one mail-in ballot for a non-immediate family member
- SB436 Requires all voter registration applications to include proof of American citizenship
- SB261 Allows political parties to appoint poll watchers and allows poll watching during early voting
- SB371 CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Allows judges to sentence child rapists to surgical castration.
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