S 359

Polystyrene foam food service products, cert-provide permanent exemption

Medicaid reimbursement rate for brain injury services-establish

Private Contractor Registration Act-establish

Cigarette & tobacco products tax rev-incr amount prov to Comm on Cancer Research

Public meetings, certain-require public participation be allowed

Water purveyors-inspect & repair underground distribution infrastructure

Property Tax Relief Act-make various changes to SHBP & SEHBP administration

ANCHOR property tax benefit-make permanent addl $250 for certain senior citizens

Housing Placement for Survivors Program-estab; assist domestic violence survivor

Employers of employees less than 18 yrs old, certain-provide tax credits

Property Tax Relief Act-make various changes to SHBP & SEHBP administration

Gross income tax deduction-increase to veterans to $9K & indexes deduction

Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property

Relating to sales tax on construction materials

An act relating to fiscal year 2027 Opioid Abatement Special Fund appropriations

An Act relating to the taxation of certain natural gas pipeline property; relating to municipal taxation limitations; establishing an alternative volumetric tax on natural gas throughput; relating to the allocation of revenue from the alternative volumetric tax; and providing for an effective date.

TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the levy of hotel occupancy tax by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. (8/1/26)

AN ACT REQUIRING TRANSPARENCY AND ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIVELY DIRECTED FUNDS AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER EXPENSES.