Coates, Kimberly

Sponsored bills

• SB237: CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
• SB43: HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
• HB1153: ENVIRONMENT/ENFORCEMENT: Authorizes parishes and municipalities to declare bans on burning (primary sponsor)
• HB949: HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides relative to the Louisiana State Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) (primary sponsor)
• 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)
• HB457: HOMELESS: Establishes minimum housing standards for individuals experiencing homelessness (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
• HB401: BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"
• HB783: HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety (primary sponsor)
• HB403: SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public (primary sponsor)
• SB157: SCHOOLS: Provides for paid parental leave for eligible employees. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
• SB4: PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to water fluoridation. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
• HB1218: HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1090 as the "Louis 'Pat' Miramon Memorial Highway"
• HB1092: HEALTH/LDH: Renames the office for citizens with developmental disabilities within the Louisiana Department of Health
• HB622: CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to the confidentiality of criminal history records (primary sponsor)
• HR401: CONGRESS: Memorializes the United States Congress to work towards a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome
• HR396: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Bella Cervantes for her advocacy for childhood cancer awareness and positive impact on Louisiana (primary sponsor)
• HR343: CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to oppose any effort to transfer, divest, privatize, or dispose of Kisatchie National Forest lands or otherwise remove such lands from federal ownership and management
• HCR104: ENERGY: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and develop recommendations for the collection, retention, and access to the state's subsurface data (primary sponsor)
• HCR79: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Memorializes Congress and the United States Forest Service to take such actions as are necessary to allow the use of dogs for hunting in the Kisatchie National Forest