HB 9
STATE SYMBOL: Designates Shreveport as the Stuffed Shrimp Capital of Louisiana
- Introduced Jan 15 2026
- Sponsored by Joy Walters
STATE SYMBOL: Designates Shreveport as the Stuffed Shrimp Capital of Louisiana
FAIRS/FESTIVALS: Provides for the annual closure of the Acadia Parish Courthouse in recognition of the International Rice Festival
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides relative to legislative staff attendance at executive sessions of meetings of any state or statewide retirement system board or committee
ENERGY: Authorizes the governing authority of Rapides Parish to determine whether carbon dioxide sequestration and pipelines transporting carbon dioxide may be permitted within the parish
ELECTION DAYS: Changes election dates for the spring 2026 statewide election for submission of proposed constitutional amendments. (Item #1) (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
ELECTION CODE: Provides for adjustments regarding certain elections held in calendar year 2026. (Item #1) (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE)
SNAP/FOOD STAMPS: Urges and requests the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to fund SNAP benefits under certain circumstances
COUNCILS ON AGING: Modifies 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)
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