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At a glance: Major bills the Senate passed today
Summary
The Senate cleared dozens of measures on third reading, including bills on parental release time in schools, public‑assistance alignment, public display rules, election ID guidance, campaign finance, and the nursing‑home moratorium. Many passed unanimously or by large margins.
The Louisiana Senate disposed of a long list of bills in today’s session. The following is a concise summary of notable final actions taken on third reading.
- SB 112 (Hodges): Allows K–12 schools to adopt voluntary release‑time policies for religious instruction with parental approval; amendment added to require criminal background checks for instructors. Passed 34–0.
- SB 194 (Miguez): Aligns state public assistance rules with federal citizenship verification and standardizes timelines; passed 25–10.
- SB 307 (Edmonds): Expands permitted public displays of certain historic documents/monuments with contextual signage; passed 27–7.
- SB 346 (Barrow): Prohibits use of deep‑fake likenesses against K–12 students; passed 35–0.
- SB 495 (Kleinpeter): Campaign finance technical changes and reporting adjustments; amendments adopted; passed 33–0.
- SB 503 (Kathy): App store/shared responsibility measures aimed at protecting minors online; passed 23–10 after sponsor and committee amendments.
- HB 199 (carried in Senate by Boudreaux): Extends the statewide moratorium on new nursing facility certificates to July 1, 2031; passed 24–12 after extensive debate and failed amendment attempts.
Several other House and Senate bills were read for messages, referred to committees or advanced with committee amendments; committee reports and messages from the House were entered into the record. Votes and recorded tallies are shown for items that had recorded machine votes on final passage.
Ending note: Vote tallies and adopted amendments reported on the floor are the definitive record; readers seeking full roll‑call detail should consult the official Senate journal.
