New Louisiana laws taking effect June 8, 2025
32 laws take effect June 8, 2025.
Of the 1,474 bills enacted since 2025, 1,455 have an effective date and 19 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:20 a.m. EDT.
Government (12)
HB 107 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creates an economic development district in the city of St. Martinville
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 18 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the funding of supplemental benefits for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$5,714,000 FC SG EX)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 245 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 298 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 651 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creates Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 97 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creates an economic development district in the city of Jeanerette
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 99 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to adjudications and judicial review of adjudications
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.SB 104 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Council. (gov sig)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/8/2025.
.SB 17 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Repeals the termination date of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
.SB 176 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. (8/1/25) (EN +$251,239 FC SG EX)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
.SB 29 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Repeals provisions of the Vermilion Economic Development District. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
.SB 31 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
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Crime (6)
HB 208 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to eligibility for parole or diminution of sentence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 240 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 260 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to homicide (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 394 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to procedures in capital cases
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 403 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the imposition of fines for driving offenses (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.SB 78 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to drug paraphernalia. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
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Budget (3)
HB 226 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for appropriation of certain monies in the East Baton Rouge Parish Enhancement Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 347 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 57 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizes the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board to levy an additional sales and use tax
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Elections (2)
HB 577 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the procurement of voting systems (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 625 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Provides for a special statewide election on April 18, 2026, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
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This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Signed by the Governor Jun 8, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jun 8, 2025
Public Lands (2)
SB 145 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to construction of bulkheads on certain water bodies in St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
.SB 94 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for waters of the state. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/8/2025.
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Taxes (2)
HB 211 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
.HB 654 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Civil Rights (1)
HB 130 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for powers and duties of the office of the state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Education (1)
HB 161 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for eligibility requirements for TOPS-Tech and TOPS-Tech Early Start (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Finance (1)
HB 263 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to disclosure of financial records available to the governor's office of elderly affairs
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Healthcare (1)
HB 456 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Traffic (1)
HB 613 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Iberia Parish Airport Authority
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Effective date: 06/08/2025.
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Enacted, but not yet dated (19)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect June 8, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 1085ContingentProvides with respect to vehicle inspection stickers (EN +$139,994 SG RV See Note)United States Environmental Protection Agency adopts the proposed State Implementation Plan amendments submitted by the Department of Environmental Quality
- HB 126ContingentModifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note)An Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 177UnresolvedProvides for the territorial jurisdiction and election districts of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Iberville Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HB 217ContingentAuthorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 214 of the 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- HB 466ContingentRequires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)Proposed amendment of Article VII of the Constitution in HB 473 adopted at statewide election and becomes effective
- HB 467ContingentRequires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)An Act of the Legislature containing a specific appropriation for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 512ContingentProvides relative to cell cultured food productsA final ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the United States Constitution
- HB 564ContingentEstablishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)An Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 570ContingentAuthorizes a taxing authority to levy a millage at a rate lower than the maximum authorized rate under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 521 of the 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- HB 579ContingentProvides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)Constitutional amendment of Article VII contained in HB 473 is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective
- HB 644ContingentProvides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)Judicial Council provides a recommendation that the court costs and fees meet the applicable guidelines in its report to the Louisiana Legislature
- HB 648UnresolvedIncreases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HB 767ContingentAuthorizes recreational alligator hunting license and lottery feesif and when the Act which originated as Senate Bill No. 244 of the 2026 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective
- HB 781ContingentProvides for a fleet vehicle registration program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)Earlier of January 1, 2028 or when the office of motor vehicles electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to comply with the Act's provisions
- HB 961ContingentExtends eligibility to certain trusts for an ad valorem tax exemption for a property owner who is at least sixty-five years of age or older (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 514 of this 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- SB 121UnresolvedProvides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- SB 234ContingentCreates and provides for the St. George Community School Board and school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. (See Act)Adoption at a statewide election of a constitutional amendment to Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1) authorizing the St. George Community School System to be treated as a parish with parish school system authority, or authorizing creation of school districts by legislative act
- SB 387ContingentProvides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (1/1/27) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)Section 4 of the Act originating as Senate Bill No. 401 of the 2026 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective
- SB 81ContingentProvides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)Proposed amendment to Article I, Section 17(A) of the Louisiana Constitution in SB 97 is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective