Committee defers SAVE Act; reports eight bills favorably in packed Commerce hearing

The House Committee on Commerce met April 13, 2026, and handled a mix of technical and substantive bills. The committee deferred House Bill 12‑12 (the SAVE Act) after lengthy testimony and stakeholder questioning. It reported the following bills favorably (no recorded roll‑call tallies were taken in committee):

- HB1103 (Rep. Turner): industrial/aerospace permit exemptions — reported favorably.
- HB241 (Vice Chair Thomas): bank records disclosure technical update (adds CFPB to supervisory agencies) — reported favorably.
- HB1091 (Rep. Boudreaux): requires local fire departments to obtain a National Emergency Response Information System ID and report incidents — reported favorably.
- HB1027 (Rep. Hebert): shields licensed real estate appraisers from liability for seller noncompliance with smoke/CO detector laws — reported favorably.
- HB1096 (Rep. Jacob Landry): allows electrical cooperatives to opt out of the 2012 change that shifted bylaw amendment authority to boards — reported favorably.
- HB1230 (Rep. Desotel): Louisiana Money Transmission Act (modernization) — reported favorably with technical amendments.

At the start of the hearing the chair also granted several voluntary deferrals for authors who requested them (HB267, HB744, HB798, HB1026, HB467, HB673), moving those items off today's agenda. The chair told members deferred bills will be rescheduled so authors who have not yet been heard get priority.

The committee adjourned without further action.