Rick Edmonds

RepublicanSenateDistrict 626 Bills This Session

Committee Assignments

Education, ChairChair
Finance
Insurance
Judiciary A
Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget

About

Senate District 6

Term Information

Term length4 years

Current term1st term

Legislative Focus — 2026 Session

LAW ENFORCEMENTLIABILITYSCHOOLSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYWEAPONSCRIME/PUNISHMENT

Bills filed: 26
Active bills: 26
Senate bills: 26

Bills Filed — 2026 Regular Session (26)

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: April 7, 2026

Last Action: March 26, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: April 1, 2026

Last Action: March 25, 2026

Last Action: March 10, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 25, 2026

Last Action: March 31, 2026

Last Action: March 31, 2026

Last Action: April 1, 2026

Last Action: April 1, 2026

Last Action: April 1, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 9, 2026

Last Action: March 23, 2026

Last Action: March 31, 2026

Last Action: March 31, 2026

Rick Edmonds

Committee Assignments

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Legislative Focus — 2026 Session

Policy Areas

Session Activity

Bills Filed — 2026 Regular Session (26)

Provides relative to funding of bulletproof vests for peace officers. (gov sig)

Provides relative to youth athletics. (8/1/26)

Provides for the "Charlie Kirk Success Sequencing Act" relative to student success. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides for lead hazard risk assessments for certain child care facilities and prekindergarten programs. (8/1/26) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides for certain state officials to carry a concealed weapon. (8/1/26)

Prohibits the reinstatement of a driver's license suspended for driving under the influence without the installation of an ignition interlock device. (8/1/26)

Authorizes the Central Community School System to contract with a vendor for management of the nutrition program and for the training and scheduling of the school system's cafeteria employees. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides for accreditation for public colleges and universities. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Requires the Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, and other state agencies to develop a publicly available statewide dashboard for career alignment that provides information related to educational and career opportunities. (8/1/26) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates the crime of obstruction of the freedom of worship in a church or other place of worship. (gov sig)

Authorizes the educational display of the Ten Commandments as a historical document and monument. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for the Louisiana Churches and Nonprofit Religious Organizations Self-Insured Fund. (gov sig)

Provides for third party service providers and enforcement of motor vehicle liability security. (8/1/26)

Creates the Watershed Conservation Fund. (8/1/26) (OR -$764,699 GF RV See Note)

Allows parents to voluntarily sign a limited waiver of student privacy rights in order to streamline and expedite tuition payments for LA Gator students who are enrolled full time in BESE approved nonpublic schools. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to expropriation by the city of St. George. (gov sig)

Requires mandatory reporting of school threats and provides for physical security school assessments for K-12 schools. (8/1/26)

Provides for the levy of premium tax in the city of St. George. (8/1/26)

Creates the School Safety Drone Response Pilot Program to supplement school crisis management and response plans. (8/1/26)

To authorize third party vendors to conduct a license plate inquiry on motor vehicles to verify insurance liability coverage. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for training to prevent human trafficking at public elementary and secondary schools and provides for victims' services. (gov sig) (OR +$1,781,043 GF EX See Note)

Provides for approval for charter schools that specialize in vocational and technical education to meet workforce demands for high demand and high wage jobs. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Creates the "Fallen Heroes" prestige license plate. (8/1/26)

Recognizes March 31, 2026, as Louisiana Federation of Republican Women Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Commends the Intercessors for America on their Spiritual Heritage Project to acknowledge Almighty God as the Author of Liberty on this 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.