Senate Daily Digest
April 7, 2014
4:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading Subject to Call
 SB632RISERTAX/TAXATION - Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to establish a Solar Credit Secured Refund Pilot Program to allow taxpayers who are eligible to receive a solar credit refund to authorize their refunds to be paid directly to a properly secured third party lender. (gov sig)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SCR8CLAITORHEALTH CARE - Expresses the sense of the Louisiana Legislature on the need for colorectal cancer screening examinations.
 SCR9CLAITORCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Claney Duplechin, coach of the Episcopal High School Knights boys varsity cross country team, on being selected as a 2013 National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
 SCR59DONAHUECOMMENDATIONS - Commends Amanda Warren on being awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB168HOFFMANNHEALTH/SMOKING - Prohibits outdoor smoking within 25 feet of certain exterior locations of state office buildings (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB186CAMERON HENRYHUNTING - Provides for the use of sound suppressors in hunting
 HB242ARMESSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to compensation for school support personnel for substitute teaching (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB319FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides for revisions to business corporation law
 HB332LOPINTOCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Amends criminal penalties for certain offenses involving Schedule I narcotic substances (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB353BURFORDHUNTING - Allows year-round day or night hunting of hogs on private property
 HB355DANAHAYTAX/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE - Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to waive certain penalties associated with the payment of taxes on certain alcoholic beverages (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB419MONTOUCETDISTRICTS/DRAINAGE - Provides relative to access to public drainage for maintenance purposes
 HB447PYLANTWATERWAYS - Prohibits waterskiing and use of personal watercraft on a portion of Lake Louis in Catahoula Parish
 HB513CAMERON HENRYEXCEP PERSON/DISABLED - Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to provide information concerning velocardiofacial syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 HB690BROADWATERPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Permits public school districts and schools to participate in group purchasing for materials, equipment, and supplies (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB741LOPINTOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for a contradictory hearing for a motion to withdraw a guilty plea
 HB841LEGERCORPORATIONS - Provides for voting trusts as holders of limited liability company certificates
 HB863DANAHAYTAX APPEALS/BOARD - Authorizes and provides for the adjudication of certain state and local tax disputes by the Board of Tax Appeals (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB868PONTIUTILITIES - Makes changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law
 HB994PONTIECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to financing requirements of the Louisiana Business and Industrial Development Company Act

Senate Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SR29HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create a working group to develop strategies to decrease primary care utilization in emergency rooms in hospitals across Louisiana.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR13CORTEZHEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians to educate its members of state and federal programs available to children with developmental disabilities and advise parents and guardians of such programs when such a diagnosis is made.
 SCR22FRED MILLSHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create the Practice and Regulation of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Review Committee.
 SCR39HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the most effective means to ensure the proper utilization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications in Louisiana and to report its findings to the legislature.
 SCR44DORSEY-COLOMBPUBLIC HEALTH - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to declare youth violence a public health epidemic and the Department of Education to establish a statewide trauma-informed education program.
 SCR47HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Urges the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of alternative transportation sites (i.e. urgent care clinics) for certain patients.
 SCR48LONGHEALTH CARE - Provides for legislative approval of and support to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University for the strategic collaboration with the state in creating a new model of health care delivery in the Alexandria and Pineville area.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB84NEVERSCONSUMERS - Provides relative to consumer credit transactions. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB111MARTINYFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for fees and procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by electronic means. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 SB301MARTINYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB383ERIC LAFLEURPROBATION/PAROLE - Provides with respect to parole eligibility. (8/1/14)
 SB472FRED MILLSPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the Board of Pardons. (8/1/14)
 SB473FRED MILLSPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the committee on parole. (8/1/14)
 SB523MORRELLCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of cockfighting. (8/1/14)
 SB28HEITMEIERPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides relative to the implementation of the requirement that certain state-owned buildings be equipped with suitable accommodations for breastfeeding and lactation. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)
 SB60GALLOTVOTERS/VOTING - Removes prohibition of recognition of an Independent party. (1/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB71MORRELLHEALTH SERVICES - Provide relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice Act. (8/1/14)
 SB142DORSEY-COLOMBLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the month of July as "Sarcoma Awareness Month". (7/1/14)
 SB185FRED MILLSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14)
 SB194FRED MILLSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15)
 SB235BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Requires written or emailed notice of a meeting concerning tax measures to be provided to certain officials and excludes certain meetings of political subdivisions concerning tax measures from certain notice requirements. (8/1/14)
 SB241THOMPSONCREDIT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 SB255MARTINYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. (gov sig)
 SB258JOHNSSANITARY CODE - Provides relative to the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and conditions under the Sanitary Code. (8/1/14)
 SB274CORTEZETHICS - Provides relative to annual mandatory ethics training requirements. (8/1/14)
 SB410FRED MILLSHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for the transparency of Maximum Allowable Cost Lists for prescription drugs. (8/1/14)
 SB499HEITMEIERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides for authorized procedures provided by direct service workers. (gov sig)
 SB505HEITMEIERPHYSICIANS - Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig)
 SB532E.GUILLORYCOURTS - Provides for the creation of the Veterans Court Program. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB556JOHNSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Amends frequency of reporting prescription dispensing of certain substances to the state prescription monitoring board. (8/1/14)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB70CLAITORCURRICULA - Repeals the Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act. (8/1/14)
 SB72BODI WHITECHILDREN'S CODE - Removes the requirement that certain petitions be verified. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB76MORRISHPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Creates the Cameron Parish Port, Harbor, and Terminal District. (1/1/15)
 SB90DORSEY-COLOMBSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the creation of the "Neighborhood Watch Act". (gov sig)
 SB130MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to fuel sale requirements at qualified truck stops. (8/1/14)
 SB315DONAHUEPROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to group purchasing and cooperative purchasing provisions of certain public postsecondary education institutions. (7/1/14). (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB354BODI WHITESCHOOLS - Constitutional Amendment to provide that any public school system created by the legislature shall have the authority granted parish school boards. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB368MORRELLLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (8/15/14)
 SB385ERIC LAFLEURSCHOOLS - Provides for empowered community schools. (7/1/14)
 SB422BROOMELIABILITY - Provides immunity for rendering assistance in medical emergencies involving alcohol consumption or drug overdose. (8/1/14)
 SB434ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14)
 SB512HEITMEIERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for chain restaurant menu labeling. (1/1/15)
 SB518MARTINYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to indemnification of motor carrier transportation contracts and construction contracts. (8/1/14)
 SB549GALLOTLOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14)
 SB575MARTINYAPPRAISERS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. (gov sig)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB18LOPINTOPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Repeals the statutory authorization for DPS&C to conduct certain pilot programs involving alternative methods of incarceration and electronic monitoring (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB56LOPINTOSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
 HB131LOPINTOLAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Authorizes payment of witness fees to retired law enforcement officers or former law enforcement officers in certain cases (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB188LOPINTOCORRECTIONS - Repeals antiquated and obsolete statutes related to prisons and correctional institutions
 HB331LOPINTODWI - Authorizes licensed practical nurses to administer chemical tests for intoxication