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Votes at a glance: Committee reports six bills favorably, March 17, 2026
Summary
The Committee on Judiciary B reported six bills favorably by unanimous consent after brief presentations and technical amendments: SB44 (tactical medical professional firearms language), SB75 (cybersecurity standards), SB154 (jury commission duties), SB317 (military advisory council membership), SB181 (charitable raffles for nonprofit hospitals), and SB208 (veterans claims regulation as amended).
Summary of committee actions on March 17, 2026:
- Senate Bill 44 (Sen. Seba): Technical change to replace 'issue' with 'approve' for firearms/ammunition carried by tactical medical professionals; motion to report favorably by Senator McMath; reported by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 75 (Sen. Hodges): Authorizes GOSEP to adopt baseline cybersecurity standards in administrative code and requires publicly funded entities that ignore standards to reimburse state recovery costs; technical amendments adopted (set 471,878); motion to report as amended by Senator McMath; reported by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 154 (Sen. Kleinpeter): Allows clerk of court (or designated deputy) in West Baton Rouge Parish to perform jury commission duties (consistent with practice in 18 parishes); motion by Senator McMath to report favorably; reported by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 317 (author): Expands membership of the Louisiana Military Advisory Council to include chairs of relevant legislative special committees; motion by Senator Owen to report favorably; reported by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 181 (Chairman Foyle): Exempts certain nonprofit hospital raffles from charitable-gaming licensing under clarified raffle-only language; amendment set 539,899 adopted; motion by Senator Owen to report as amended; reported by unanimous consent.
- Senate Bill 208 (Sen. Kathy): Clean-up to law governing organizations assisting veterans with VA claims; committee adopted amendment set 471,913 addressing fee prohibitions, private right of action and accredited-agent exemptions; motion by Senator Talbot to report as amended; reported by unanimous consent.
No roll-call votes were taken; all actions were reported by unanimous consent (no objections recorded).
