Bills Signed by Gov. Edwards

Baton Rouge, LA (STL.News) Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2022 Legislative Session.

• ACT 282—SB 3 Provides for distribution of monies collected from enforcement actions of coastal use permits.
• ACT 284—SB 87 Provides relative to the capital outlay process.
• ACT 285—SB 103 Provides relative to legal malpractice.
• ACT 286—SB 258 Provides relative to voting and the holding of elections impaired as the result of a declared emergency or disaster.
• ACT 287—SB 364 Provides for the rulemaking authority of the Louisiana Tax Commission.
• ACT 288—HB 1080 Provides relative to broadband.
• ACT 289—SB 7 Grants a permanent benefit increase to system retirees and beneficiaries.
• ACT 290—SB 46 Provides relative to group insurance benefits for certain clerks of court.
• ACT 291—SB 51 Adds a second commissioner to the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court and authorizes commissioners to preside over domestic violence cases and civil matters.
• ACT 292—SB 83 Creates the Council on Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement.
• ACT 293—SB 88 Provides relative to insurance benefits for retirees of the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office.
• ACT 294—SB 93 Designates the Gulf Fritillary as the official state butterfly.
• ACT 295—SB 101 Provides relative to the traffic violations bureau in certain city courts.
• ACT 296—SB 106 Provides relative to disciplinary proceedings by a professional or occupational board or commission.
• ACT 297—SB 111 Repeals provisions creating the establishment, location, purpose, and use of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum.
• ACT 298—SB 121 Provides relative to the display of pharmacy permits.
• ACT 299—SB 146 Provides for health insurance coverage of cancer treatments.
• ACT 300—SB 157 Provides for access to criminal history records and identification files by the office of technology services.
• ACT 301—SB 159 Provides relative to insurance benefits for retirees of the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office.
• ACT 302—SB 176 Amends the Blind Persons’ Literacy Rights and Education Act.
• ACT 303—SB 193 Provides for the reapportionment plans of school boards.
• ACT 304—SB 197 Allows groundwater district commission members appointed by certain entities that furnish water for rural or municipal use to be employees of such entities.
• ACT 305—SB 201 Adds contract attorneys of district public defender offices to group health insurance coverage offered by parish governments.
• ACT 306—SB 215 Provides for assessment of attorney fees when certain municipal fire and police civil service boards reverse a decision of an appointing authority.
• ACT 307—SB 250 Provides relative to the compensation of intercollegiate athletes for the use of their name, image, or likeness.
• ACT 308—SB 261 Provides for public postsecondary education transfer pathways.
• ACT 309—SB 268 Provides relative to opioid treatment programs for pregnant women.
• ACT 310—SB 285 Makes technical changes to update cross references to gaming laws and authorizes the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to conduct open meetings via video conferencing
• ACT 311—SB 318 Provides relative to the advertising, promoting, and conducting of certain live musical performances.
• ACT 312—SB 324 Provides relative to qualifications for licensure by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.
• ACT 313—SB 328 Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners.
• ACT 314—SB 398 Provides relative to juror compensation rates.
• ACT 315—SB 407 Requires schools to store epinephrine in the classrooms of certain students.
• ACT 316—SB 442 Provides relative to certain third-party sellers on the online marketplace.
• ACT 317—SB 485 Provides relative to the Delachaise Security and Improvement District.
• ACT 318—SB 486 Provides relative to clerks of court.
• ACT 319—SB 493 Provides relative to certain drainage districts.
• ACT 320—HB 182 Provides relative to third-party administrators.
• ACT 321—HB 235 Provides relative to the governing commission of the Jackson Parish Hospital Service District.
• ACT 322—HB 237 Provides relative the administration of tests by the state examiner for certain positions in the city of Shreveport.
• ACT 323—HB 244 Provides relative to public school calendar requirements.
• ACT 324—HB 245 Provides relative to minors taken into protective custody from schools.
• ACT 325—HB 263 Requires the establishment of check-out procedures at public schools and school districts.
• ACT 326—HB 266 Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Treatment.
• ACT 327—HB 270 Provides for naming the Kenner council on aging building in Kenner after Mable Trepagnier Brown.
• ACT 328—HB 287 Requires the annual occupational license tax levied on certain computer programming businesses to be set at a flat rate.
• ACT 329—HB 301 Provides relative to a driver’s license duplicate designation.
• ACT 330—HB 308 Provides relative to the unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount.
• ACT 331—HB 317 Provides for hurricane, named storm, and wind and hail deductibles.
• ACT 332—HB 349 Provides relative to the removal of school bus operators.
• ACT 333—HB 363 Provides relative to the student growth component in the evaluation of teachers and administrators.
• ACT 334—HB 377 Provides relative to fingerprinting all persons arrested for any offense involving operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
• ACT 335—HB 417 Authorizes early learning centers to maintain a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine.
• ACT 336—HB 469 Creates the Delta Bike Trail Commission.
• ACT 337—HB 473 Provides relative to fees for production of public records.
• ACT 338—HB 509 Requires the state Department of Education to review laws pertaining to teacher training and submit a related report to the legislature.
• ACT 339—HB 532 Provides relative to health insurance coverage for fire employees.
• ACT 340—HB 572 Provides for the advertisement of condemned property.
• ACT 341—HB 582 Joins Louisiana to the licensed professional counselors interstate compact.
• ACT 342—HB 587 Modifies the composition of the Lakefront Management Authority.
• ACT 343—HB 604 Provides for the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to an insurer.
• ACT 344—HB 625 Provides relative to off-site locations of behavioral health service providers.
• ACT 345—HB 630 Designates certain portions of highways in Iberia Parish and St. Martin Parish.
• ACT 346—HB 647 Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District in Orleans Parish.
• ACT 347—HB 669 Provides relative to background checks of private training or driving instructor training schools or agencies.
• ACT 348—HB 679 Provides relative to certain statements required to be filed by elected officials.
• ACT 349—HB 732 Provides relative to the Louis Armstrong Park Authority and Historic Jazz District in Orleans Parish.
• ACT 350—HB 776 Designates a portion of Interstate 49 in Shreveport, Louisiana, as “The Cooper Road Pioneers Memorial Interchange.”
• ACT 351—HB 777 Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board in certain municipalities.
• ACT 352—HB 780 Provides relative to historic preservation and economic development in downtown Houma.
• ACT 353—HB 791 Provides relative to charter fishing without required credentials.
• ACT 354—HB 797 Provides relative to the BioDistrict New Orleans in Orleans Parish.
• ACT 355—HB 818 Provides relative to certain expedited hearing schedules.
• ACT 356—HB 827 Provides relative to screening of children for autism spectrum disorder.
• ACT 357—HB 828 Increases the gross annual sales threshold under which a home-based preparer of low-risk foods may qualify for the protections of the statute known commonly as the cottage food law.
• ACT 358—HB 832 Designates Act 444 of the 2021 Regular Session as “Beau’s Law.”