| 2024 Legislative Session | | | | | | |
Censorship/Library Bills | | |
| Bill No. | Sponsor/Author | Details | House Committee | Senate Committee | STATUS | Outcome | Notes |
| HB168 | Rep. Josh Carlson, Dist. 43 (R) - Lafayette | Provides relative to qualifications for certified librarians | House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs | | Heard in Committee 03/28/24 | Voluntarily Deferred | |
| | | House Education | | Heard in Committee 04/24/24 | Passed Favorably | Renamed HB 974 |
| HB974 | Rep. Josh Carlson, Dist. 43 (R) - Lafayette | Provides relative to qualifications for library directors | | | Scheduled for final Senate passage 5/20/24 | Objected (possibly rescheduled for 5/16/24?) | Formerly HB 168; Passed Full House 64-39 on 4/30/24; Passed Senate Education on 6/8/24 |
| SB 181 | Sen. Jay Morris, Dist. 35 (R) - Monroe | CIVIL SERVICE: Constitutional amendment to provide for membership of the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA12s1) | Committee on House and Governmental Affairs | | Withdrawn | | To be scheduled in Committee on House & Governmental Affairs week of May 20 |
| HB414 | Rep. Josh Carlson, Dist. 43 (R) - Lafayette | Provides relative to the applicability of the crime of obscenity pertaining to public libraries | House Administration of Criminal Justice | | Awaiting Reschedule | | Voluntarily Deferred 04/15/24 (Amendments Added) |
| HB545 | Rep. Beryl Amadee, Dist. 51 (R) - Gray | Provides relative to certain materials in public school libraries | House Administration of Criminal Justice | | To be rescheduled for full House vote | | Heard in Committee 4/16/24 (Passed favorably 8-4) |
| HB640 | Rep. Jack "Jay" William Galle, Jr., Dist. 104 (R) - Mandeville | Provides relative to members of library boards of control | House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs | | Awaiting Reschedule | | Alternate version of HB946 |
| HB777 | Rep. Kellee Hennessy Dickerson, Dist. 64 (R) - Denham Springs | Provides relative to the use of public funds | House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs | | DEAD for 2024 Regular Session | Involuntarily Deferred in Committee 05/01/2024 | |
| HB848 | Rep. Steven Jackson, Dist.2 (D) - Shreveport | Provides relative to budgets adopted by library boards of control | House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs | | Rescheduled for hearing in Senate Education 05/22/24 | | Heard in Full House 5/1/25 (Passed 69-21); Heard in Senate Education 05/15/24 |
| HB946 | Rep. Jack "Jay" William Galle, Jr., Dist. 104 (R) - Mandeville | Provides relative to members of parish library boards of control | House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs | | DEAD for 2024 Regular Session | Involuntarily Deferred in Committee 05/01/2024 | |
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