Video & Transcript Research : 'Louisiana State Board'

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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Mar 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is this a bank located outside of the country or outside of the state of Louisiana?
  • Okay, because technically a company that is located outside the state of Louisiana is foreign.
  • Is this a bank located outside of the country or outside of the state of Louisiana?
  • a company that is located outside the state of Louisiana is foreign.
  • who didn't file Louisiana state taxes last year.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Louisiana.
  • Actually, in favor, not wishing to speak: Danny Garrett, the Louisiana School Board Association; Ashley
  • Tasson with the Louisiana School Board Association.
  • Municipal Association, Ashley Tass Tarson with the Louisiana School Board Association, and Danny Garrett
  • with the Louisiana School Board Association.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 7th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the Louisiana legislature, because I asked one of those questions, if the Louisiana legislature passes
  • No one wants to hurt scholastic activities or sports activities in the state of Louisiana.
  • As a result of the expansion of the training programs across this great state of Louisiana, we find that
  • We have a lot of a strain, but across the whole state of Louisiana, we need to train the trainers.
  • The whole state of Louisiana. We need to train the trainers. We need to get them up and ready.
Summary: The committee met with a large docket and adopted the April 29 minutes. Several bills were heard and advanced, mostly on education, workforce, literacy, early childhood, charter schools, and student mental health. Testimony was generally supportive, with many witnesses waiving in favor; a few bills drew questions about implementation, student awareness, and whether proposals were sufficiently broad or specific. House Bill 406, requiring the Department of Education to study the direction and regulation of interscholastic high school athletics and report back by March 1, 2027, was reported favorably after testimony from a retired principal who urged an open-minded study and discussion from the bill author about compliance and the bill’s purpose. House Bill 380, creating a pilot program between community and technical colleges and local school systems to expand awareness of CDL, entry-level driver training, and related programs, was also reported favorably. House Bill 807, creating a workforce and structure capacity investment program and fund to help industry partner with colleges to train instructors, was reported favorably after support from higher education and industry witnesses; senators raised interest in adding a stronger health care component and in reaching students earlier, but the author said he would work on amendments. The committee also advanced House Bill 316 on adolescent literacy and high-dose tutoring, with amendments clarifying teacher training timing, existing statutory bans on outdated literacy practices, and charter school participation; House Bill 1146, consolidating early childhood governance into a commission; House Bill 28, creating an appeal path for denied teacher certification applicants through BESE; and House Bill 992, assigning early childhood education identification numbers to support data collection on outcomes. House Concurrent Resolution 26, urging BESE to add the science of human growth and development to science and health standards and provide approved instructional resources, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 386, allowing local districts to let locally authorized charter schools operate as their own LEA under district rules, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 392, expanding suicide prevention information requirements on school websites, ID cards, handbooks, and signage, was reported favorably as well.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 29th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Margaret Michelle, Executive Director of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.
  • Margaret Michelle, Executive Director, Louisiana State Police Retirement System. I have Ms.
  • Margaret Michelle, Executive Director, Louisiana State Police Retirement System, this would increase
  • Margaret Michelle, Executive Director, Louisiana State Police Retirement System.
  • Senate Bill 477 reclassifies the Chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as a full-time state
Summary: The Retirement Committee met on April 29, 2026, established a quorum, and heard a series of retirement-related bills, mostly cleanup or technical measures affecting various public retirement systems. SB 22 would extend Municipal Employees Retirement System eligibility to certain positions in the Second City Court constable’s office in New Orleans. SB 17 would create a funding deposit account for cost-of-living adjustments for registrars of voters’ employees’ retirement system. SB 455 would allow certain district and parish courts to participate in the Parochial Employees Retirement System. SB 456 would update compensation rules for assigned retired judges, and SB 8 would add the Louisiana Asset Management Pool as a participating employer in MERS. All of these bills were described as aligning statutes with current practice or expanding participation options, and each was reported favorably without objection. The committee also heard several Louisiana State Police retirement bills. SB 10 would repeal outdated priority allocation and retiree raise rules and adjust handling of surplus employee contributions; SB 11 would increase the funding cap for benefit increases from 2.5% to 3.5%; and SB 12 would update membership and definition language to reflect the State Police Commission rather than the Civil Service Commission. SB 18 would repeal a special exception allowing certain MERS retirees to return to part-time work while collecting full benefits, while protecting roughly 30 current participants. SB 20 and SB 21 would update actuarial gain/loss and unfunded liability funding rules for school employees’ retirement and LASERS, respectively, in light of the new permanent benefit increase funding structure. Each of these bills was supported by system officials as cleanup or modernization measures and was reported favorably. The committee spent the most time on education and return-to-work issues for teachers and public employees. SB 16 would reduce annual trustee training requirements for retirement system boards from 16 hours back to 12 hours, which witnesses said would better fit smaller systems and match the original intent of the law. SB 13 would similarly update TRSL’s actuarial funding rules after the sunset of the experience account. SB 14, based on a 2025 study work group, would consolidate and simplify TRSL return-to-work rules and expand options for retired teachers, with witnesses emphasizing teacher shortages and the need to retain experienced educators. All three were reported favorably. Finally, SB 416 would allow certain Department of Public Safety and Corrections retirees to return to critical shortage positions after one year, and SB 477 would classify the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as a full-time state employee for retirement purposes. Both bills drew questions and discussion, especially SB 416, and both were reported favorably. The chair announced the committee’s next meeting would be moved from Monday to Tuesday, and the meeting adjourned.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement May 5th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Danny Garrett with the Louisiana School Board Association for our information, white cards.
  • Chairman, members, Danny Garrett, Executive Council, Louisiana School Board Association, and we received
  • Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Travis McEwen with Louisiana State Employees Retirement
  • Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Travis McWing with Louisiana State Employers Retirement
  • My name is Travis McWing with Louisiana State Employees Retirement.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 6th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louisiana will not be the first state to pass something like that.
  • Louisiana will not be the first state to pass something like this.
  • to consider allowing states, Louisiana, and particularly to... ...consider allowing states, Louisiana
  • State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners, and Christina Costanza with the Louisiana State Board of Practical
  • The request is to have the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, hospitals
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 18th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It clarifies that the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists may collect a fee upon someone
  • Lauren Bailey, with Louisiana State Medical Society; Mariah Bowen, Louisiana State Medical Society; Andrew
  • in the state of Louisiana.
  • Jim Morvan, Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners; Shay Cosbin, Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • Jim Morvan, Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and Shay Cosbin, Louisiana Board of Chiropractic
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 18th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think we made a lot of strides in moving education forward throughout this great state of Louisiana
  • Workforce development, not only in the river parishes, but across this great state of Louisiana.
  • Did you state your name for the record? Morning, Madam Chair, other members of the board.
  • And Louisiana School Board Association has several tools in their toolkit.
  • If there's any way at all, peanut butter spread that around the great state of Louisiana.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 11th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what I wanted to do is have the state of Louisiana look at underused or no longer used properties
  • It is a subdivision of the political subdivision of the state of Louisiana located in New Orleans.
  • To give you a good example, the Louisiana Disciplinary Board, which deals with discipline of lawyers
  • It directs a legislative auditor to conduct an audit on state and federal funds being used at the Board
  • It doesn't cost any money to the state because the different boards of supervisors are supposed to...
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • These amendments are coming from stakeholders such as Louisiana State Police, Louisiana Commission on
  • Captain Lance Kennedy, Louisiana State Police: Mr.
  • Captain Saline, Elamie, Louisiana State Police.
  • And he is registered with the state of Louisiana, correct?
  • Brad Hassard here with the State Licensing Board to provide information.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I don't know how we existed all these years in the state of Louisiana with all these boards and commissions
  • So I'm glad that's staying with the state of Louisiana.
  • This omnibus bill is the accumulation of the recommendations presented to the State Board of Election
  • This omnibus bill is the accumulation of the recommendations presented to the State Board of Election
  • Administrative Law, State Police, and Board of Tax Appeals.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Mar 23rd, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louisiana is not the only state to do this.
  • And unfortunately, Louisiana is not the first state to address this, but other states in recent times—and
  • different areas of expertise when making up the state board.
  • Louisiana CPAs can practice in any state, and other CPAs can practice here.
  • The Louisiana Board of CPAs was present. Ron Gitz was there for the bill.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement May 11th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • I understand that, and a lot of times we sit on boards that we can't make all the meetings.
  • member. ...would be replaced by a non-union member, active member of the board.
  • “Active member of the board. That’s correct. Okay. Senator Bryce, that?” “Yes.”
  • The board is clear at this time. Do you, will you provide an amendment number? Mr.
  • Okay, members, the board is clear. What's your pleasure? We moved to the amendment.
Bills: HB41
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development May 12th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • It costs the crawfish industry directly $100 million plus, and the State of Louisiana $300 million.
  • Our part of the industry is $4 billion in revenue for the state of Louisiana. Four billion.
  • that bring jobs to our state.
  • “In Louisiana.” “In multiple, multiple states, but Louisiana, yes.” “Great. Yes, yes, yes.
  • The board is clear.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this could cause substantial disruption into how claims are processed across the state of Louisiana
  • And so this could cause substantial disruption into how claims are processed across the state of Louisiana
  • Nevertheless, the state has engaged in the Louisiana pharmacy market right now.
  • And I appreciate the work that the registrars of voters are doing throughout the state of Louisiana,
  • This proposal here, members, is of zero impact physically to the state of Louisiana.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we have seen, there's been a trade commission between Louisiana and Ireland that has brought a good
  • bit of benefit to our state, particularly in the medical field, and this seeks to replicate that.
  • We already have a large amount of business going on between Louisiana and the United Kingdom.
  • They support it, and they have a new consul general that should be visiting our state capital within
  • Okay, the board is clear. We have any cards? Seeing no cards.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 5th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you stated, this is House Concurrent Resolution 66 by Representative Weibel to urge and request Louisiana
  • It is by Senator Abraham and concerns the State Licensing Board for Contractors, including water well
  • State Licensing Board for Contractors.
  • Current bill states that the board may impose administrative costs for each offense.
  • of the Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Aaron, Marston—no, would like to speak with the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology.
  • Louisiana PT Board: Charlotte Martin, Louisiana Physical Therapy Board, is present and will provide information
  • of Louisiana. ...that is supplying precast piles to the state of Louisiana, and we are asking the committee
  • Brad Hassert from the Louisiana Construction Board, wait, Contractors Board, and Construction Code Council
  • Brad Hassard from the Louisiana Construction Board, wait, Contractors Board, and Construction Code Council
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas in 2025, Crime Stoppers G&O worked alongside Louisiana State Police and other local and federal
  • Senate Bill 10 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Police Retirement System, determination of contributions
  • Senate Bill 12 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Police Retirement System, definitions and system administration
  • Senate Bill 21 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, calculation of contributions
  • , Louisiana.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges recognizing guests and honoring individuals and organizations. Recognitions included the Zachary High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams for back-to-back state championships, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity for Blue and White Day, visitors from Natchitoches Parish, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, the Parish Presidents Association, Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans, student parents pursuing higher education, and a delegation from Alexandria honoring the late Dr. Joe S. Green. The House also adopted or laid over several condolence and commendation resolutions, including tributes to former Northwestern State football coach Sam Goodwin, Michael B. Jordan, Richard Williams, and others. The chamber received a large batch of Senate bills and House bills for referral, covering topics such as retirement systems, highway memorial designations, criminal justice, education, health and welfare, municipal governance, insurance, natural resources, and tax policy. Committee reports were read across multiple committees, with many bills reported favorably or with amendments, and several measures advanced to third reading or were recommitted to other committees. Among the actions taken, the House adopted resolutions honoring community figures and organizations, concurred in several Senate resolutions, and moved a number of bills forward, including measures on criminal penalties, school policy, environmental regulation, insurance, and public retirement. Near the end of the session, the Speaker outlined plans for the next day’s floor debate, noting 54 bills scheduled and explaining that questions on bills would send them to the bottom of the list rather than removing them. The House then recessed until 3:30 p.m., with members instructed to return for regular order and continued debate on the calendar.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louisiana. It's located in Ball, Louisiana.
  • Whereas in 2025, Crime Stoppers GNO worked alongside Louisiana State Police and other local and federal
  • Senate Bill 10 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Police Retirement System, determination of contributions
  • Senate Bill 12 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Police Retirement System, definitions and system administration
  • Senate Bill 21 by Senator Price, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, calculation of contributions