Video & Transcript Research : 'Louisiana Treasury'

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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 30th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Patrick Riley, Louisiana Chemistry Association, and Kenneth Brewer, Baton Rouge Police Union.
  • There's three members of Good Standing Professional Firefighters Association, two members from Louisiana
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 13th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is happening across Louisiana.
  • Chris Kershaw, Louisiana Clerk Association, present and in support.
  • Don Capri, Louisiana Association, in support, present.
  • I bring this bill, 1129, on behalf of our Louisiana auctioneers.
  • Yeah, so this bill is going to, I think, help tremendously for the state of Louisiana and for the Louisiana
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have Stephen Liddette, Louisiana Clerk in Court, in support.
  • Matthew Cross with the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association.
  • Morning, Franco Pelka, Louisiana Department of Insurance.
  • So, well, the reason why we've become more stable here in Louisiana is because Louisiana has stepped
  • So, I mean, we're not like doing something hokey here in Louisiana.
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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
  • Yes, Brian Landry, Louisiana Chemistry Association.
  • Let's get Louisiana citizens ready for the workforce.
  • I'm with the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.
  • Louisiana Kids Matter, not wishing to speak.
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

Education Mar 18th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hate to say this, but this is Louisiana.
  • So the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the Louisiana Association of Independent
  • So the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the Louisiana Association of Independent
  • We also have three council members from the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, the Louisiana
  • the Louisiana Association of School Personnel Administrators, and the Louisiana Association of Principals
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Fiscal May 19th, 2026

Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you were to go to work for an insurance company doing boiler inspections in Louisiana, you'd be making
  • doing those boiler inspections themselves, and it's just going to create a more efficient way for Louisiana
Bills: HB2, HB3, HB799, HB1039
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 13th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • LCTCS for the River Parishes Community College Hyundai Steel Training Center; $3 million to the Louisiana
  • Now with the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.
  • Supreme Court, David Matlock with the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Amanda Moody with Louisiana CASA.
  • And Amanda Moody with Louisiana CASA. Okay. All right, members, there are no questions on the bill.
  • Louisiana State Law Institute, $1.2 million.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've got a quote directly here from Louisiana Public Broadcasting—well, from Louisiana Network News,
  • Louisiana Radio News.
  • The hub up in Shreveport was founded by Louisiana Baptists, a couple, but it’s not a Louisiana Baptist
  • So the Louisiana State University system, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, the Southern
  • Was it to save the state of Louisiana? Was it to save the state of Louisiana money?
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 15th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sarah Whittington with the ACLU of Louisiana.
  • of Health, Louisiana Economic Development.
  • Louisiana Economic Development.
  • of Health, Louisiana Economic Development.
  • Louisiana economic development.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Richard Nelson, President, Louisiana Community Technical Colleges.
  • Elizabeth Bentley, Smith, Louisiana Board of Regents: No, ma'am.
  • Barry Irwin, Leadership Better Louisiana, present in support.
  • My gold is close at hand within Louisiana or in a adjoining state.
  • So they know what we're going to expect in Louisiana.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 21st, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ty Hibbs, Southeast Louisiana fishing guide.
  • into Louisiana statute.
  • Rick Owens, Louisiana Wildlife Federation.
  • I’m 10th generation, South Louisiana. And to say...”
  • Richard Fisher with the Louisiana Charter Boat Association, both with the Louisiana Charter Boat Association
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 7th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • They manufacture in Louisiana.
  • In Louisiana, it's 8.9%.
  • We are cutting paper in Louisiana.
  • Jury Association of Louisiana, and Guy Cormier, Police Surrey Association of Louisiana.
  • Police Jury Association of Louisiana and Guy Cormier, Police Jury Association of Louisiana.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 21st, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides for the transfer, use, and deposit of state monies and various Treasury funds.
  • This includes allocating money to the Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Fund, higher ed campus
  • revitalization fund, LED initiative funds, and creating the Strategic Investments Across Louisiana Fund
  • House Bill 983 appropriates funds for expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary, including the Supreme Court
  • The bill appropriates funds for expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary, including the Supreme Court, Court
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 31st, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Larry Carter with the Louisiana Federal. Here we go.
  • Larry Carter with the Louisiana Federal. Here we go.
  • It's public higher education institutions in Louisiana.
  • Louisiana.
  • Barry Irwin, with Leaders for a Better Louisiana: Just two quick points.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 5th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Establishes the Louisiana Statewide Data Exchange Compact. Senator Mizell.
  • Mitzie Hoheiser, Louisiana Department of Health Deputy Director. Sorry.
  • Mitzie Hoheiser, Louisiana Department of Health Deputy Director. Sorry.
  • Yes, Seth Gold, again, Medicaid Director at the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • It should be for any ordinary Louisiana citizen.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Mar 17th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the administrator for the Louisiana Tax Commission.
  • Yeah, so the election cycle for many places in the state of Louisiana, it was in '23.
  • Guy Cormier, Police Jury Association of Louisiana.
  • So that gets sent in to the Louisiana legislative auditor.
  • I'm the President and CEO of the Louisiana Chemical Association.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 10th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I have the Louisiana flag in my office as well. So Joe's memory will live...
  • Highway 1 and Louisiana Highway 30 as the President Donald J.
  • But that also sometimes means putting Louisiana on the radar in Washington, D.C.
  • And then Louisiana is going to have a large stake in the game.
  • He is buried in the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell.
Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on March 10 and took up a series of highway and bridge naming bills, beginning with House Bill 346, which redesignates a portion of U.S. Highway 171 as the Speaker Joe Salter Memorial Highway. The bill was presented with extensive tributes from the sponsor, former colleagues, and Secretary of State Nancy Landry, all praising Salter’s public service, education background, and character. The committee reported HB 346 favorably without objection. Members then heard House Bill 221, which names a proposed Mississippi River bridge connecting LA 1 and LA 30 as the President Donald J. Trump Expressway. The sponsor argued the naming would help draw attention and funding to a long-discussed, toll-free bridge project and described possible financing through development districts and federal programs. Some members questioned the political and practical logic of naming a bridge before it is built, while others supported the concept as a way to advance a needed infrastructure project. The committee adopted a roll-call vote and reported HB 221 favorably by 12-2. The committee also advanced several memorial highway and bridge designations, including HB 356 for the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge, HB 149 for Senior Police Officer Trevor Abney Memorial Highway, HB 148 for the Eugene Washington Memorial Highway, HB 716 naming the Schaumet Ferry Terminal after Michael C. Ginnart Jr., HB 355 naming Highway 10 in Washington Parish as Veterans Park Memorial Highway, HB 675 naming part of U.S. 425 as the Bill Putt Linder Memorial Highway, HB 657 naming portions of LA 182 for Burrick B.J. Lejeune Jr. and Judge Richard T. Dickey Hike Sr., HB 354 renaming the Magnolia Bridge for Caleb Easterling, HB 358 naming a portion of LA 433 for Charles R. Bordelon Sr., and HB 384 naming part of U.S. 11 as the Dan de Blanc American Hero Memorial Highway. Several bills were amended to add or remove the word “Memorial.” The committee reported the measures favorably, with amendments where applicable, and then voluntarily deferred HB 129, HB 130, HB 360, and HB 401 to a later agenda before adjourning.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 7th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Susan Bouchois, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.
  • Which is position Louisiana to win.
  • Louisiana is already doing this kind of work. Many of you don't know it.
  • Louisiana should not live like that.
  • that hurricanes affect more than Louisiana.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 27th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's whatever license comes below that, which starts getting trouble between Louisiana, Mississippi,
  • Louisiana.
  • “At that time, Louisiana had an important east-west route, but central and north Louisiana lacked the
  • Bennett Johnston believed this gap limited economic opportunity for a large segment of Louisiana.”
  • They are in the Louisiana Hall of Fame for music.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on Monday, April 27, with a quorum present and took up a series of Senate bills and one House concurrent resolution, most of them related to transportation infrastructure, memorial highway designations, and prestige license plates. Early action centered on Senate Bill 122, which would direct the Department of Transportation and Development to be more proactive about bridge maintenance, inspection, reporting, and public meetings on bridge conditions; the committee adopted a large amendment package before reporting the bill with amendments. The committee also reported favorably SCR 6 supporting an LNG facility at Port Fourchon and SCR 18 directing a study of commercial driver’s license privileges compared with neighboring states. Several bills designated memorial highways or bridges, including SB 50 for the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge, SB 70 for the Officer Mark Brock Memorial Highway, SB 460 for the Hayden Lane Mangum Memorial Highway, SB 101 for the Daniel Edward Didillo Memorial Highway and Bill Blue Evans Memorial Highway, SB 160 for the Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway, SB 418 for the Dick and Jacques Schuford Memorial Highway, SB 103 for the Gladys Edwards Highway, SB 159 for the Surgeon Roelio Roy Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Highway, SB 182 for the Mayor Billy Cobb Memorial Highway, SB 104 for the Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway, and SB 2 for the Falcons Band Highway. The committee also approved SB 114 creating a prestige plate for the Foundation for Moral Law and SB 96 creating a Fallen Heroes prestige plate. One of the more substantive policy items was HCR 63, which creates a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel without civilian driver’s licenses should be allowed to operate federally owned vehicles on state highways; it was reported favorably after discussion of military training and licensing differences. Another major item was HCR 69, urging DOTD to improve Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish; the committee adopted amendments adding findings about flooding, drainage, and evacuation concerns, and then reported the resolution with amendments. The committee also considered SB 19 on the state employee retired prestige plate; after objections about whether proceeds should continue supporting LASERS, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote, 13-1, with Representative Schamberhorn voting no.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Therefore, be it resolved that the Louisiana State Legislature does hereby commend GoFa Louisiana Coalition
  • Representative Moore, members from northwest, central Louisiana, northeast, and central Louisiana, we
  • Louisiana policies currently.
  • Louisiana is not the only state to do this.
  • to market Louisiana seafood.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long morning of personal privileges, commemorations, and resolution introductions. Members recognized Coca-Cola United for its Louisiana economic impact and community work, designated April 7 as Coca-Cola Day, celebrated Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Day, Dad’s Day, and other guests and honorees, including a science fair participant, Jack and Jill of America, and a birthday recognition. The House also introduced numerous resolutions on topics including awareness days, condolences, civic education, health, and local commemorations, and several were adopted or advanced without objection. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee reports. Among the measures advanced were bills on constitutional convention procedures, criminal justice and post-conviction relief, public meetings, health care, education, insurance, natural resources, and local government. Several bills were reported favorably or with amendments and moved to third reading, including measures on school resource officers, pharmacy benefit managers, rural health clinics, the LSU Energy Institute, and live broadcasting of public meetings. The House also passed bills recreating the Department of Treasury, requiring cash acceptance or cash-to-credit options at state public facilities, funding municipal fire and police civil service administration, naming a highway segment for Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, and clarifying legislative review of certain contract amendments. Floor debate centered on a few substantive bills. HB 134, which would prohibit platforms from delivering pornography to minor accounts and authorize Attorney General enforcement, passed 98-0. HB 170, clarifying when the prescriptive period begins for certain construction-related claims, passed 89-7 after discussion of substantial completion and owner occupancy. HB 217, creating an optional property tax exemption for rehabilitation of blighted residential property, passed 83-13 after amendment. HB 259, addressing damage to infrastructure during broadband excavation and requiring notice, repair, and payment accountability, passed 98-0 after amendments. HB 308, requiring state public facilities to accept cash or provide a cash-to-credit machine, passed 98-0. HB 360, naming a highway memorial for Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, passed 101-0. HB 382, streamlining budget committee review of certain contract amendments, passed 96-0. The House also debated HB 410, a privacy bill requiring notice when a participant in a direct in-person conversation is being recorded, with exceptions for law enforcement, evidence of crime, and certain civil or administrative proceedings. Members raised concerns about the scope of the exceptions, undercover journalism, and the relationship to Louisiana’s one-party consent wiretapping law, but the bill’s sponsor said it would not change criminal wiretapping law and was modeled on other states’ approaches. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote shown for HB 410.