Senator • Republican

Louie Bernard

Louisiana • District SD-031

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Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

80% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 38

Other: 64

Yea: 1773

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Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates the School Safety Act of 2023. (gov sig) (EN +$8,969,075 GF EX See Note)

Provides for utilization review and approval procedures of claims for healthcare provider services. (gov sig)

Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for "Crisis Lifeline dial 988" to be included on all state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards and the home page of LA Wallet. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Requires approval by the secretary of state for the use and expands permissible locations of alternative locations for early voting. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom

Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note)

Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RE)

Provides relative to schedules of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law. (8/1/23)

Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish as the "Chris Gray Memorial Highway"

Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to Louisiana veterans cemeteries

Names the DOTD headquarters building in Baton Rouge in honor of Governor P.B.S. Pinchback. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Authorizes the sale of certain school property by the Natchitoches Parish School Board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (gov sig)

Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)

Creates the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. (8/1/23) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the public records law. (8/1/22)

Requires coverage for drugs under certain conditions and the drug is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (1/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to fentanyl and carfentanil. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to law enforcement records

Provides relative to the Dam Safety Program. (gov sig)

Provides relative to submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state. (gov sig)

Provides relative to power-based violence at public postsecondary institutions. (gov sig)

Provides relative to surnames recorded on original birth certificates

Provides for the Postsecondary Inclusive Education Fund for funding programs for students with intellectual disabilities. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Expands the purposes for which a parish governing authority may levy a tax relative to early childhood programs

Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms. (8/1/22) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Creates the office on women's health within the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for the duties of the Department of Children and Family Services regarding victims of child sex trafficking. (1/1/23) (EN +$1,943,975 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees to meet critical shortage needs. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)

Establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll Museum within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for deposition or trial testimony of out-of-state insurance claims adjusters who are licensed or registered in the state. (8/1/22)

Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for critically ill infants with no diagnosis. (1/1/23)

Provides for the Allen Toussaint Legacy Act. (8/1/22)

Authorizes disclosure of the name and address of a law enforcement officer who has qualified as a candidate for office. (8/1/22)

Requires medical necessity for genetic testing of certain cancer mutations is based on nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. (7/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for a program and a fund for the purpose of providing scholarships for students in approved teacher preparation programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides for liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors

Names the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy building located in Baton Rouge the "Carl W. Aron Building". (gov sig)

Provides for public postsecondary education transfer pathways. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the display of pharmacy permits. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to the salary schedules of teachers whose employment is interrupted by military service (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

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