Melerine, Michael

Sponsored bills

• SB43: HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
• HB979: LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Increases the benefit paid to survivors of law enforcement officers and firemen (EN +$800,000 GF EX See Note)
• SB42: CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
• HB816: MILITARY AFFAIRS: Prohibits foreign adversaries from acquiring or owning property near military installations (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
• HB719: DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)
• HB210: ETHICS/CODE: Provides for restrictions on payments from nonpublic sources (primary sponsor)
• HB1247: CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates a statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator
• HB1235: INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies provisions of law regarding health insurance coverage of prosthetic and custom orthotic devices and services (EN INCREASE EX See Note)
• SB341: SELF INSURANCE: Provides for the Louisiana Churches and Nonprofit Religious Organizations Self-Insured Fund. (gov sig)
• SB312: EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)
• SB125: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Increases the compensation cap for the wrongful conviction compensation law. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
• HB476: SCHOOLS: Requires each public secondary school to display flyers about the Safe Haven Law in restrooms (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
• HB888: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides for the regulations of temporary dealers plates (primary sponsor)
• HCR67: HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and report on gaps in acute healthcare access for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• SB322: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to apprentices. (8/1/26)
• HB575: PUBLIC PROPERTY: Establishes a priority status for the acquisition of surplus state vehicles for youths in the extended foster care program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
• HB288: HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the use of certain medical terminology in medical documentation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
• HCR72: HEALTH SERVICES: Memorialize the United States Congress to research treatment methods for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• HCR89: MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Directs the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to conduct a study, in consultation with the board of directors of the Louisiana State Museum and the WWII Museum, of the feasibility of establishing a museum and trail dedicated to the Louisiana Maneuvers
• HCR26: STUDENT/STANDARDS: Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education incorporate the science of human growth and development into content standards and to provide curriculum and instructional materials on its website