Senate Committee on Judiciary A
May 22, 2012
9:00 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 8, 2012
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HCR13
T.BURNS
CIVIL/PROCEDURE
- Provides for certain peremptory exceptions
HCR76
P.SMITH
PRIVILEGES/LIENS
- Requests the La. State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding unpaid wages
HCR81
HUVAL
CIVIL/JURY TRIALS
- Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations for legislation relative to expedited jury trials
HCR93
BILLIOT
CIVIL/OBLIGATIONS
- Requests the La. State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to suretyship
HCR131
LOPINTO
CIVIL/ACTIONS
- Requests the La. State Law Institute to study the testamentary disposition of the right to bring a survival action pursuant to Civil Code Article 2315.1
HCR134
FOIL
CIVIL/ACTIONS
- Requests the La. State Law Institute to study procedures relative to the abandonment of civil actions
HCR140
ABRAMSON
CHILDREN
- Requests the La. State Law Institute to study the potential impact of creating a child support calculation system in cases of "dual paternity" on other areas of law
HB468
ABRAMSON
PROPERTY/SERVITUDES
- Provides for utilities in the right of passage for enclosed estates
HB477
ABRAMSON
CIVIL/PROCEDURE
- Provides disclosure procedures for asbestos and silica claims
HB503
ARNOLD
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS
- Provides for jurisdiction with respect to certain traffic violations
HB866
ABRAMSON
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to informed consent for medical treatment and creates the La. Medical Disclosure Panel
HB873
ARNOLD
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS
- Authorizes the Traffic Court of New Orleans to exercise appellate jurisdiction in de novo appeals for violations from a traffic camera citation
HB940
ABRAMSON
SEIZURES/SALES
- Provides with respect to notice of seizures
HB1010
ARNOLD
JUDGES
- Provides relative to furniture and equipment purchased or owned by the courts of appeal and the district courts
HB1117
BILLIOT
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Provides relative to the reversion of title to public property no longer needed for public purpose in certain parishes
HB1125
BROADWATER
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
- Provides with respect to the issuance of subpoenas directing the testimony of former legislators regarding matters of legislative speech and debate
HB1150
HUNTER
CIVIL/PLEADINGS
- Provides with respect to facsimile filings
HB1158
CONNICK
CIVIL/DISCOVERY
- Provides with respect to pretrial procedure in civil matters
HB1159
ARNOLD
CIVIL/ACTIONS
- Provides relative to real and actual interest in civil actions
HB1168
T.BURNS
CIVIL/PROCESS
- Provides with respect to service of process in civil matters
HB1192
BARRAS
NOTARIES
- Provides with respect to notaries
HB1205
ROBERT JOHNSON
CHILDREN/SUPPORT
- Provides for the transfer of a child support obligation to a caretaker
HB1208
THOMPSON
CHILDREN/SUPPORT
- Provides relative to suspension of licenses for failure to pay child support obligations
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT