Dozens of bills signed into law in 2024 are going into effect on New Year’s Day 2025. They range from laws about imported seafood, to help products, to homeowner’s insurance. In no particular order: Act 9 / HB611: By Representative Gabe Firment INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Provides relative to homeowners' insurance and termination of certain policies Act 173 / SB 337: By Senator Gerald Boudreaux INSURANCE PREMIUMS: Provides for a premium discount for certain military personnel. Act 175 / SB 345: By Senator Regina Ashford Barrow INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Provides for an extension for premiums due for homeowners' policies. Act 282 / SB30: By Sen. Gregory Miller ETHICS: Provides relative to annual financial disclosure statements by certain elected officials and public servants. Act 317 / SB218: By Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voting. Act 500 / SB436: By Senator Michael ‘Big Mike’ Fesi VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voter registration. Act 550 / HB221: By Rep. Mike Bayham ELECTIONS/RECALL: Provides relative to recall petitions Act 563 / HB494: By Rep. Matthew Willard MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides relative to special identification cards for children Act 656 / HB577: By Rep. Kim Carver COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Prohibits social media companies from collecting data to use for targeted advertising to minors Act 86 / HB773: By Representative Barbara Carpenter CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations Act 448 / HB770: By Representative Barbara Carpenter CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to child support guidelines Act 515 / SB312 : By Senator Rick Edmonds CHILDREN: Provides for the Adoption Awareness Act. Act 786 / HB679: By Representative Neil Riser LICENSING: Provides relative to auctioneers Act 75 / HB397: By Representative Vincent J. St. Blanc, III UTILITIES: Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law Act 516 / SB332 : By Senator Alan Seabaugh OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY: Repeals the Occupational Licensing Review Commission. This eliminates the commission which supervised licensing boards. Act 158 / SB23: By Senator Gregory A. Miller IMMOVABLE PROPERTY: Provides for the Planned Community Act. Act 273 / SB165: By Senator Patrick McMath CONTRACTS: Provides relative to noncompetition agreements. (8/1/24) Act 357 / SB463: By Senator William ‘Bill’ Wheat, Jr. DENTAL HEALTH: Creates the Louisiana Dental Loss Ratios for Dental Healthcare Services Plans Act. Act 412 / HB119: By Representative Troy D. Romero UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits Act 414 / HB152: By Representative Stephanie Berault DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to a Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish Act 578 / HB921: By Rep. Stephanie Hilferty TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Limits the determination of fair market value of certain real property by an assessor under certain circumstances. Act 655 / HB566: By Rep. Dixon McMakin STATE EMPLOYEES: Provides for educational criteria for state employees Act 664 / HB906: By Rep. Mark Wright CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Makes revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act Act 693 / HB376: By Rep. Neil Riser MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Provides relative to the regulation of medical marijuana Act 703 / HB525: By Rep. Matthew Willard SEWERAGE/N.O. WATER BD: Provides relative to billing for services by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board Act 713 / HB596: By Rep. Daryl Deshotel LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides relative to the election of home rule charter commissions Act 723 / HB786: By Rep. Jack McFarland FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds Act 746 / HB874: By Rep. Timothy Kerner CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to electronic monitoring Act 752 / HB952: By Rep. Dustin Miller HEALTH: Provides relative to consumable hemp products ACT 148 / SB166: By Senator Patrick Connick PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to seafood safety.