Bills signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards

Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed these bills from the 2023 Regular Legislative Session into law. You can look up bills by number at https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillSearch.aspx?sid=last.

ACT 108-HB34 Provides relative to the funding deposit account for Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and authorizes the board of trustees of the system to modify employer contributions.
ACT 109-HB50 Designates the bridge located on Interstate 55 service road in Manchac between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain as the "Robert E. Mayers, Jr. Memorial Bridge."
ACT 110-HB57 Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 657 in Larose, Louisiana, as the "Clarence Marts, Jr. Memorial Highway."
ACT 111-HB64 Provides relative to per diem and reimbursement of expenses for members of the Cameron Parish Library Board of Control.
ACT 112-HB67 Authorizes the University of Louisiana System to establish tuition and fees for a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
ACT 113-HB80 Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers.
ACT 114-HB83 Provides relative to toll exemptions for students traveling on ferries, roads, and bridges.
ACT 115-HB93 Provides relative to per diem paid to members of the governing board of Fire District No. 5 of Allen Parish.
ACT 116-HB111 Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention.
ACT 117-HB132 Provides relative to advertisement and sponsorship signs on property of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
ACT 118-HB138 Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of DeRidder.
ACT 119-HB304 Prohibits an elected official who has retired or resigned from office from filling the vacancy his retirement or resignation created.
ACT 120-HB331 Provides relative to automatic weapons.
ACT 121-HB347 Provides relative to court costs and civil filing fees in Alexandria City Court.
ACT 122-HB356 Provides relative to compensation for Ouachita Parish hospital service district commission members.
ACT 123-HB368 Establishes the official state nut.
ACT 124-HB383 Requires each insurer subject to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association Law to provide for a data transfer plan and file such plan with the commissioner of insurance.
ACT 125-HB403 Authorizes substitution of certain biosimilar biological products relative to step therapy or fail first protocols.
ACT 126-HB488 Provides relative to inspections of riverboats.
ACT 127-HB524 Provides relative to distilleries.
ACT 128-HB644 Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs.
ACT 129-HB647 Provides relative to manufacturing distillers of alcoholic beverages.
ACT 130-HB651 Provides relative to alcoholic beverage products for consumption off restaurant premises.
ACT 49-HB19 Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerk of court of Evangeline Parish.
ACT 50-HB28 Designates certain portions of highways in Iberia and St. Landry parishes.
ACT 51-HB30 Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court.
ACT 52-HB49 Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District.
ACT 53-HB72 Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran-friendly campuses.
ACT 54-HB73 Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway."
ACT 55-HB78 Provides relative to school facilities preservation and systemwide needs programs in certain school districts.
ACT 56-HB86 Creates the "Protect Teachers Act."
ACT 57-HB87 Provides relative to the board of commissioners of East Feliciana Gas Utility District No. 1.
ACT 58-HB124 Authorizes the sale or exchange of sixteenth-section state lands by the Cameron Parish School Board.
ACT 59-HB140 Provides relative to the Mid City Economic Development District in Orleans Parish.
ACT 60-HB142 Provides for the termination of custodial property under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
ACT 61-HB150 Increases certain fees for justice of the peace courts.
ACT 62-HB161 Changes local sales and use tax exemptions for commercial fishermen and certain seafood processing facilities from optional to mandatory.
ACT 63-HB191 Provides relative to teacher certification.
ACT 64-HB202 Provides relative to fees for the City Court of Hammond.
ACT 31-SB15 Provides relative to per diem received by commissioners of the Vinton Harbor and Terminal District.
ACT 32-SB17 Provides for the composition, terms, powers, and duties of the Shreveport police and firefighters' pension boards of trustees.
ACT 33-SB20 Provides relative to hospital service districts and scholarships for certain healthcare professionals.
ACT 34-SB24 Provides relative to the Louisiana Board for Hearing Aid Dealers.
ACT 35-SB29 Provides relative to the use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system.
ACT 36-SB36 Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.
ACT 37-SB53 Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District.
ACT 38-SB55 Provides for procuration or mandate by a succession representative.
ACT 39-SB59 Authorizes the sale of certain school property by the Natchitoches Parish School Board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
ACT 40-SB64 Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse.
ACT 41-SB68 Provides for the lease of property located within Jefferson Parish.
ACT 42-SB98 Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license.
ACT 43-SB100 Provides for advanced recycling facilities.
ACT 44-SB101 Provides for the distribution of funds from the Lafayette Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund.
ACT 45-SB113 Provides for certain insurance premium discounts.
ACT 46-SB115 Provides relative to educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of certain veterans.
ACT 6-HB6 Extends deadline for annual January meetings of certain public postsecondary education boards.
ACT 7-HB7 Provides relative to default judgments.
ACT 8-HB11 Provides for contract limits for projects.
ACT 9-HB20 Provides relative to court costs for the City Court of Lake Charles.
ACT 10-HB27 Provides with respect to reporting of gaming revenue.
ACT 11-HB48 Provides relative to mayor's court costs.
ACT 12-HB110 Provides relative to fortified roof endorsements.
ACT 13-HB112 Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners.
ACT 14-HB133 Provides relative to the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council.
ACT 15-HB171 Provides relative to requirements for dealers and marketplace facilitators to collect and remit sales and use taxes.
ACT 16-HB194 Provides relative to post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents.
ACT 17-HB200 Provides relative to newborn screening for certain genetic conditions.
ACT 18-HB216 Authorizes certain military members stationed in Louisiana to serve as commissioners.
ACT 19-HB232 Provides relative to licensing and reporting procedures for charitable gaming.
ACT 20-HB248 Provides for the burial of pet remains with human remains.
ACT 21-HB256 Requires extension of the deadline to pay local sales taxes when the deadline for payment of the tax falls on certain holidays.
ACT 22-HB302 Provides relative to cemetery trust funds.
ACT 23-HB314 Provides relative to trained peer support members.
ACT 24-HB337 Eliminates the minimum child support award in the child support guidelines.
ACT 25-HB393 Provides relative to certain building code roofing inspections of a commercial or residential structure.

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