NOTICE: Bills Signed by Gov. Edwards

Press Release

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session.

ACT 676--SB 116 Creates the office on women's health within the Louisiana Department of Health.

ACT 677--SB 124 Requires the state Department of Education to provide student attendance data of certain students to local school governing authorities.

ACT 678--SB 126 Provides relative to funding for university lab schools.

ACT 679--SB 140 Provides for insurance benefits for retired sheriffs and deputies of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office.

ACT 680--SB 143 Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms.

ACT 681--SB 178 Provides for TOPS exceptions due to Hurricane Ida.

ACT 682--SB 192 Provides for the Postsecondary Inclusive Education Fund for funding programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

ACT 683--SB 209 Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to order certain penalties to persons engaging in an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice.

ACT 684--SB 228 Provides for immunity from suit for invasion of privacy.

ACT 685--SB 235 Authorizes parishes to contract with the Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers for the collection of local sales and use tax.

ACT 686--SB 275 Provides relative to affiliates and subsidiaries of local housing authority members.

ACT 687--SB 280 Provides relative to the Dam Safety Program.

ACT 688--SB 283 Provides relative to submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state.

ACT 689--SB 297 Provides relative to power-based violence at public postsecondary institutions.

ACT 690--SB 311 Requires the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to adopt certain rules.

ACT 691--SB 313 Requires mayors who are authorized to conduct mayor's court or municipal court to undergo certain training.

ACT 692--SB 314 Provides relative to historic horse racing.

ACT 693--SB 323 Provides relative to juveniles in the criminal justice system.

ACT 694--SB 332 Provides relative to the alcohol permits.

ACT 695--SB 347 Authorizes the audit of certain vendor documentation in procurement of surveillance equipment by the office of legislature auditor.

ACT 696--SB 348 Provides for a process for a prior authorization for a particular healthcare service, procedure, or prescription drug.

ACT 697--SB 358 Provides relative to acts of bullying.

ACT 698--SB 359 Provides for civil forfeiture reform.

ACT 699--SB 368 Provides relative to building and zoning regulations in parishes and municipalities.

ACT 700--SB 378 Provides for the regulation of advertisements.

ACT 701--SB 389 Provides relative to the suspension of driver's licenses for failure to pay taxes.

ACT 702--SB 393 Designates the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon as a crime of violence.

ACT 703--SB 394 Requires coverage for drugs under certain conditions and the drug is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

ACT 704--SB 397 Provides for the classification of the assistant police chief in the city of Westwego.

ACT 705--HB 598 Prohibits a building inspector from using his discretion in determining the applicability of building codes.

ACT 706--HB 524 Establishes a program for needs assessment and coordination of services for people with disabilities affected by disasters.

ACT 707--HB 546 Provides relative to the requirements for admission into a teacher education program.

ACT 708--HB 557 Provides relative to the dispensing of contraceptives.

ACT 709--HB 567 Creates the Lifestyle Choices pilot program.

ACT 710--HB 610 Provides relative to student loans.

ACT 711--HB 652 Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.

ACT 712--HB 714 Provides relative to cosmetics.

ACT 713--HB 715 Makes various revisions in the Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Law.

ACT 714--HB 762 Creates and provides for the Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program.

ACT 715--HB 789 Provides relative to the student loan lenders.

ACT 716--HB 790 Provides relative to certificate of ownership and salvage title for motor vehicles declared to be a total loss

ACT 717--HB 867 Provides relative to the designation of highway safety corridors by the Department of Transportation and Development

ACT 718--HB 887 Provides for the right of action in wrongful death and survival actions.

ACT 719--HB 888 Requires the Board of Regents to establish a "Hunger-Free Campus" designation program and related grant program for postsecondary education institutions.

ACT 720--HB 910 Provides relative to athletic training.

ACT 721--HB 938 Provides relative to licenses issued by the Louisiana State Racing Commission.

ACT 722--HB 963 Requires instruction in water safety for public school students.

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