New Louisiana laws taking effect June 20, 2025
40 laws take effect June 20, 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.
Healthcare (8)
HB 264 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for transparency and compensation practices relative to pharmacy benefit managers (EN +$90,000 SG EX See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 544 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Transfers powers and duties of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council to the Louisiana Health Works Commission
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 658 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund for Addiction Recovery (EN INCREASE RV See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 690 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.SB 130 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to Medicaid. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 153 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 174 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to certain pregnancy screenings. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 19 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the dispensing of ivermectin. (gov sig)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Taxes (7)
HB 238 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 416 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 475 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Extends the sunset date of the tax credit for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 567 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the tax treatment of S corporations and revises other provisions related to corporate income tax (EN DECREASE SD EX See Note)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 578 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 28 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who pay to have a fortified roof installed on their property. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 65 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the treatment of certain pass through entities under the inventory tax credit. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Education (6)
HB 327 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.SB 126 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for school mapping data of public school buildings and facilities. (8/1/25) (EN +$2,400,000 GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 178 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights. (gov sig)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 202 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 27 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the tax credit for donations to school tuition organizations. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 71 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the administration of the Louisiana Charter School Start-Up Loan Fund and expands the authorized uses of the fund. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Government (6)
HB 326 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 649 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the Capital Area Transit System
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 688 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.SB 164 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for training of elected officials of municipalities and certain municipal employees relative to public contracts. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 166 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to contract requirements for public works. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
.SB 175 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the State Plumbing Board. (gov sig)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Budget (2)
HB 2 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 461 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1 and 3 through 7).
Sections 1 and 3 through 7: This Section and Sections 1 and 3 through 6 of 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 by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Signed by the Governor Jun 20, 2025 → + 0 days Jun 20, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Elections (2)
HB 502 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the compensation, evaluation, duties, and removal of registrars of voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.HB 693 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Provides for revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (EN +$97,000 GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8).
Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8: This Section and Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act shall become effective upon signature of this Act 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
Signed by the Governor Jun 20, 2025 → takes effect on that day Jun 20, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Finance (2)
HB 540 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.SB 186 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the New Markets tax credit. (gov sig) (EN -$22,500,000 GF RV See Note)
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Traffic (2)
HB 640 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
.SB 37 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. (8/1/25)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Civil Rights (1)
HB 371 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the free exercise of religion
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
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Climate (1)
SB 36 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Crime (1)
HB 479 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note)
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Effective date: 06/20/2025.
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Immigration (1)
SB 100 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the gathering of data relative to the legal status of individuals receiving state services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Mining and Drilling (1)
HB 691 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes public safety and accountability procedures for carbon dioxide sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/20/2025.
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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 20, 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