Ventrella, Lauren

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)
• HB708: COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Authorizes concurrent jurisdiction for justice of the peace and city courts in East Baton Rouge Parish (primary sponsor)
• HB342: EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
• HB227: CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides that filings may be made on letter size rather than legal size paper (primary sponsor)
• SB42: CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
• 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)
• HB1247: CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates a statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator
• SB125: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Increases the compensation cap for the wrongful conviction compensation law. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
• SB4: PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to water fluoridation. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
• HB1244: MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Establishes a driver's license designation for persons with brain injuries (primary sponsor)
• HB1172: HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of United States Highway 165 in Oberlin, Louisiana, as the "Kulyn Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway"
• HB126: COURTS: Provides relative to the use of a facility dog by a witness during certain circumstances
• HR317: TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Urges and requests that the Department of Transportation and Development to convene a diagnostic review team to evaluate the proposed reactivation of the Norfolk Southern Railway originating at the Alabo Street Wharf
• SB143: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to funding of bulletproof vests for peace officers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)
• HB1258: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides with respect to seizure of sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife
• HB1248: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of white-tailed deer by wildlife rehabilitators (primary sponsor)
• HB1053: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to the definitions of a "dealer" and a "retail dealer" (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
• SB307: PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes the educational display of the Ten Commandments as a historical document and monument. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)