House Bill No. [insert number] proposes an appropriation of $93,021,312 from the state general fund, along with additional funds from self-generated sources and statutory dedications, to support the operations of the Louisiana Legislature for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025. This funding will cover expenses for the House of Representatives, Senate, legislative service agencies, and the Louisiana State Law Institute, including salaries, allowances, and operational costs. A significant provision of the bill is the additional $275 per month allocated for each legislator's legislative assistants, as well as the retention of salaries for those assistants employed before December 1, 2007.

The bill also details specific allocations for various legislative bodies, including $32,998,300 for the House of Representatives and $28,117,511 for the Senate, among others. It establishes that any unspent funds must be returned to the state general fund by October 1, 2025, and sets guidelines for fund management, including electronic payments. Notably, the appropriations for the Legislative Budgetary Control Council and the total state general fund are new insertions into current law, with the budget for the Council increasing from $11,815,000 in FY 2023-2024 to $11,970,000 in FY 2024-2025. The act is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2024, unless vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature.