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Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Current Status: Senate amendments concurred in in the House; to be enrolled
Requires passage of a reading instruction test as a condition of teacher certification in elementary education
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education
Prohibits promotion to the fourth grade of certain students whose reading deficiencies have not been remedied by the end of the third grade
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education
Provides for mental health evaluations in divorce and child custody proceedings
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Judiciary A
Authorizes early learning centers to maintain a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine
Current Status: House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
Expands the purposes for which a parish governing authority may levy a tax relative to early childhood programs
Current Status: House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
Requires each governing authority of a public high school to adopt policies regarding attendance, breastfeeding, and child care for students who are pregnant or parenting
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education
Provides for Medicaid coverage of prescription breast milk
Current Status: Pending in House Committee on Appropriations
Provides relative to insurance coverage for prescription breast milk
Current Status: Pending in House Committee on Appropriations
Provides relative to industrial hemp
Current Status: House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
Relative to licensure of production facilities for therapeutic marijuana
Current Status: Pending in House Committee on Health & Welfare
Provides for the licensure of therapeutic marijuana pharmacies
Current Status: Killed in the House
Provides relative to universal perinatal mood disorder screening for primary care doctors
Current Status: Senate amendments concurred in in the House; to be enrolled
Provides relative to adverse childhood experiences and trauma-informed education
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education
Creates an early childhood literacy program for the purpose of delivering an age-appropriate book monthly to eligible children under the age of five
Current Status: Pending in House Committee on Appropriations
Suspends provisions of law authorizing the exclusion of unimmunized persons from in-person attendance at schools and day care centers under certain circumstances
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education
Requires public schools to offer prekindergarten instruction
Current Status: Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
Requires annual meetings of and reports from the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
Current Status: Enrolled, awaiting governor's action
Provides relative to powers and duties of the Children's Cabinet
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Provides relative to Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) participants
Current Status: Withdrawn from the files of the Senate
Provides reporting requirements for certain state agencies that administer certain federal and state social service or financial assistance programs
Current Status: Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
Eliminates the death penalty for offenses committed on or after August 1, 2022, and allocates savings generated to Early Childhood Education Fund literacy programs
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Judiciary C
Provides relative to screening or testing required for entrance in a public prekindergarten program
Current Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Education