By JIM BUTLER

Legislators representing parts of Rapides Parish have 115 proposed laws, resolutions and recognitions pending as the third week of their current session begins today.

Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Johnson has 18 in the hopper, including HouseBills 5, 6 and 7, dealing with Carbon Capture and private property expropriation, two heavily lobbied issues. Each is pending hearing in the Natural Resources Committee.

His HB 642, congressional redistricting, is in House & Governmental Affairs.

Other legislators and proposals:

Rep. Rhonda Butler – seven, including HB40 relative to Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, in Retirement Committee; Sen. Heather Cloud – eight, including SB110 prohibiting using child image to train Artificial Intelligence to produce child sexual abuse materials, passed Senate, pending House committee referral; Rep. Jason DeWitt – twelve, including HB66, Alexandria code adjudication, and HB894, Alexandria firefighter rules, both in committee, HB412, proposed constitutional amendment relative to property assessment and reappraisal in Ways & Means;

Rep. Ed Larvadain III – four, including HB407, initial eligibility requirements for M.J. Foster Promise Program, pending in Education Committee; Sen. Jay Luneau – nine, including SB246, establishes requirements for health insurance issuers using AI or automated decision systems, passed committee, pending Senate action; Sen. Jay Morris – twenty-two, including SB68, proposed constitutional amendment through committee and pending Senate action;

Sen. Mike Reese – sixteen, including SB46, creating crime of unlawful operation of group home, passed Senate and sent to House; Sen. Alan Seabaugh – ten, including SB49, removing BESE election from party primary system, passed committee, pending Senate action; Sen. Glen Womack – six, including SB145, relative to adult residential care providers, pending in Health & Welfare.