Senate Daily Digest
April 15, 2014
5:00 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 Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR56LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates the Natchitoches Central High School Chiefs on the 2014 Class 5A Basketball State Championship.
 SR58CLAITORCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Brusly High School Panthers wrestling team on winning its third consecutive Division III state championship title.
 SR59CLAITORCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Trevor Schermer of Brusly High School, four-time individual state wrestling champion.
 SR60JOHNSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the city of Sulphur upon its first Centennial celebration.
 SR61BROOMECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission upon the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of AmeriCorps.
 SR62BROOMESENATE - Recognizes April 13-19, 2014, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week and commends Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center on holding "Fest for Life".

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR69MORRISHCHILDREN - Creates the "Erin's Law" task force.
 SCR70SMITHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Destrehan Lady Wildcats for an outstanding, historic season.
 SCR71THOMPSONECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Requests the Louisiana Department of Economic Development to study the feasibility of creating an official "Made in Louisiana" certification, brand, or label.
 SCR72THOMPSONCONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of Eddie L. Beckwith Jr., former Tallulah mayor.
 SCR73WARDLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Establishes the Community Health Caucus of the Legislature of Louisiana.
 SCR74BODI WHITECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Southeastern Football Team for setting a single season school record for victories.
 SCR75NEVERSHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests that DHH study and develop a list of best practices suicide prevention training programs to make available in Louisiana to offer for training groups of Louisiana professionals and citizens on a voluntary basis.
 SCR77BRET ALLAINROADS/HIGHWAYS - Requests DOTD and DOAF to identify and mark farm to market highways in Louisiana.
 SCR78CLAITORWATER/WATERWAYS - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to create a Water Code Committee.
 SCR79BROOMELOANS - Requests that the Louisiana Credit Union League work on viable loan and product alternatives for consumers who do not qualify for traditional bank loans and services.
 SCR80BROOMELEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Recognizes Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as Susan G. Komen Day at the legislature and commends Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates for its efforts in the fight against breast cancer.
 SCR81E.GUILLORYLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Declares Sunset, Louisiana, the "Rubboard Capital of the World".
 SCR82BODI WHITECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer team, the Lady Lions for earning an NCAA Tournament bid.
 SCR83NEVERSPOSTSECONDARY ED - Requests the management boards of Louisiana's public colleges and universities consider including in certain schools disciplines and degree programs, suicide assessment, and prevention training that meet the Suicide Prevention Resource Center best practices standards.

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.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB9J.EDWARDSINSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides for liability for damages caused by an excluded driver (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB11J.EDWARDSHOLIDAYS - Designates the seventh day of August as "Purple Heart Recognition Day" (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB17LOPINTOWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides relative to the illegal possession of stolen firearms (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB72LOPINTOWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides relative to the possession of firearms by concealed handgun permit holders and law enforcement officers in certain alcoholic beverage establishments
 HB105JAMESETHICS - Increases the amount of supplemental compensation or benefits allowed to be provided to an attorney who is a public employee who is participating in a bona fide Loan Repayment Assistance Program
 HB111LEGERTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to ad valorem taxes for fire and police protection in Orleans Parish (EN +$34,551,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB118HARRISONINSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides relative to the penalties for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB133ANDERSPORTS/VIDALIA - Provides with respect to the Vidalia Port Commission (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
 HB153HUVALCIVIL/TRIALS - Provides relative to expedited jury trials
 HB160ST.GERMAINEXPLOSIVES - Adds exploding targets to the definition of explosives
 HB167GREENEBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists
 HB210JEFFERSONPAROLE - Amends eligibility criteria for medical parole (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB246HARRISONELDERLY - Provides relative to the Department of Elderly Affairs, including provisions for officers and employees, rulemaking, and funding (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB252T.BURNSDISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the application of certain ethics code provisions to certain members of the board of commissioners of the St. Tammany Parish Development District
 HB296CONNICKELECTIONS - Provides for an automatic recount in elections when the number of absentee by mail and early voting ballots could make a difference in the outcome of the election (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB303HENSGENSMTR VEHICLE/TRUCK REGS - Provides with respect to overhang for trucks and trailers hauling heavy equipment
 HB322SAM JONESADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Requires rulemaking agencies to publish on the Internet certain information concerning proposed rules and fees (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB370J.THOMPSONMOTOR VEHICLES - Prohibits drivers from using certain cellular devices while traveling through school zones during effective hours
 HB397GISCLAIRCOASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE - Prohibits dredging of sand pits or excavating near a state highway in certain areas of the coastal zone (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB398STOKESPUBLIC LANDS/STATE - Provides for the lease of state property in Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB413HARRISONPARDON/PAROLE - Provides with respect to parole eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB482SHADOINCIVIL/VENUE - Provides relative to venue for actions involving latent disease
 HB500BERTHELOTETHICS/CODE - Allows a public employee employed by a prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school to accept gifts valued at twenty-five dollars or less, up to an aggregate value of seventy-five dollars in a calendar year from or on behalf of a student or former student
 HB506GREENEINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides with respect to notice requirements for qualified health plan issuers on the health insurance exchange
 HB537ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/REGISTRATION - Provides notification to new resident vehicle owners of the time limit for paying vehicle license taxes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB542WILLMOTTCURRICULA - Requires instruction relative to CPR and automated external defibrillators to be integrated into the curriculum of an existing required course of study in public high schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB563LORUSSOMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Mount Carmel Academy" special prestige license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB601ABRAMSONINSURANCE/HEALTH - Prohibits a provider of healthcare services from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurance issuer under certain circumstances
 HB668SIMONHEALTH/HOME CARE - Provides for electronic visit verification for long-term care services delivered in home- and community-based settings (RE See Note)
 HB681THIERRYPROBATION - Amends the definition of "technical violation" for the purposes of imposition of administrative sanctions and probation violations
 HB683T.LANDRYCOURTS - Amends eligibility requirements for participation in drug courts and provides relative to annual evaluations of drug courts (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB730JACKSON-ANDREWSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Permits providers of deferred presentment transactions or small loans to report positive information to credit bureaus
 HB732JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Authorizes the waiver of minimum mandatory sentences for certain sex offenses and crimes of violence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB734BURRELLCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to ameliorative penalty provisions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB763ORTEGOSCHOOLS - Provides relative to foreign language immersion programs in public schools (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB786N.LANDRYSCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to the election of members of the Lafayette Parish School Board (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB791JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIME/THEFT - Amends the crime of theft and repeals statutes relative to theft of certain things (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB850DOVECOASTAL COMMISSION - Provides relative to clean up of hazardous materials found in integrated coastal protection projects
 HB905ANDERSDISTRICTS/WATER CONSERVN - Provides relative to the boundaries of the Black River Lake Recreation and Water Conservation District
 HB919PONTICONTRACTORS - Permits a licensed municipal and public works contractor to work on certain utility lines
 HB932ST.GERMAINMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for acts of donation of a motor vehicle without an authentic act
 HB942PYLANTCORR FACILITIES/JAILS - Requires analysis and plans for expansions of and contracts for additional housing for individuals in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB978GREENECRIME/OBSCENITY - Requires that notice be given to certain persons when certain acts of obscenity occur near a school
 HB1005ANDERSMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Exempts drivers who possess valid military licenses from the knowledge and skills test requirements to obtain a Class "A", "B", and "C" commercial driver's license
 HB1013SCHEXNAYDERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to boards and commissions
 HB1019GAROFALODISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Creates the St. Bernard Parish Economic Development Commission (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB1020HARRISONMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Authorizes removal of license plates on motor vehicles driven by persons with suspended or revoked driver's licenses (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB1024JACKSON-ANDREWSCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Provides with respect to drug free zones
 HB1033KLECKLEYFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for enactment of the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy (WISE) Fund (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB1035P.WILLIAMSCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the qualifications of the juvenile justice compliance officer for the Louisiana Public Defender Board
 HB1036ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations
 HB1038DIXONCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Extends the period in which to file an application for DNA testing
 HB1042RITCHIETAX COMMISSION, STATE - Extends authorization for the La. Tax Commission to levy and collect certain fees (EN +$648,889 SD RV See Note)
 HB1045LEBASAGRICULTURE/RICE - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board
 HB1046LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Relative to packaging and labeling of oysters
 HB1048PONTICOMMERCE - Requires the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council to adopt certain codes relative to plumbing
 HB1053FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2013-2014
 HB1056LAMBERTAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board
 HB1254SIMONHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Provides relative to the right to treatment for a person with a terminal condition (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR35PONTICOMMERCE - Repeals the plumbing provisions of the state Sanitary Code
 HCR69LORUSSOCONGRESS - Memorializes congress to support H.R. 3930 which seeks to create the National Commission on the Structure of the Army
 HCR72LEGERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Keith DuRousseau, President of Keiland Construction, LLC, upon being named the 2014 Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year
 HCR73HOFFMANNCOMMENDATIONS - Commends CVS and local independent community pharmacies for their efforts towards reducing chronic illness associated with tobacco use
 HCR74HOFFMANNCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Leopold and Joseph B. Stahl, father and son, for successfully arguing cases before the Supreme Court of the United States
 HCR75BURRELLCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., upon the celebration of its 108th anniversary
 HCR76P.WILLIAMSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the medical students of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport School of Medicine for the creation of the American Medical Student Research Journal
 HCR79JACKSON-ANDREWSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends artist Ransom Rambo and requests that the state Dept. of Education and school boards review his "Faces of Freedom" lithograph and consider incorporating it into the seventh grade American history curriculum
 HCR80JACKSON-ANDREWSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Commends the efforts of The Links, Incorporated and recognizes Wednesday, April 23, 2014, as Louisiana Links Day at the state capitol
 HCR82ST.GERMAINCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Harold Schoeffler in recognition of his advocacy to promote and enhance the Atchafalaya Basin for Louisiana citizens
 HCR84ORTEGOCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Ben Mouton upon his selection as a representative of Louisiana at the Hugh O'Brian World Leadership Congress

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB61NEVERSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for the Louisiana Public School Choice Act. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB99RISERBANKS/BANKING - Provides for determining the fair market value of bank stock for purposes of tax assessment. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB250WARDANIMALS - Exempts certain persons from the requirements of the big exotic cats rules. (8/1/14)
 SB360RISERTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to reimbursement of expenses for defending assessments. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB363RISERTAX/TAXATION - Provides for payment of taxes that are not in dispute. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 SB442MARTINYMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to investments by political subdivisions. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB462ADLEYCONSERVATION - Creates the Cross-Unit Well Study Commission. (8/1/14)
 SB522WARDPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes the state to enter into consulting services contracts with licensed insurance producers for the procurement of insurance for risk management. (8/1/14) (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB530BROOMEPARISHES - Requires parishes to establish and maintain a registry of foreclosed properties. (gov sig)
 SB533ERIC LAFLEUREDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides for a local enrollment coordination process for publicly funded early childhood care and education. (gov sig)
 SB566CLAITORLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area Transit System (CATS). (gov sig)
 SB567SMITHTAX/AD VALOREM - Changes the date from June 1 of each year to September 1 of each year for information to be supplied to the assessor and legislative auditor by tax recipient agencies in St. Charles Parish. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB580MURRAYCOURTS - Provides relative to fees in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (gov sig) (2/3 -CA7s2.1) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB582CLAITORMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for driver's license renewal every six years. (See Act) (EN +$10,100,000 SD RV See Note)
 SB590MORRELLSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District. (gov sig)
 SB601J.AMEDEELOCAL OFFICIALS - Provides relative to the abolition of the position of police chief and the police department of the town of Sorrento. (gov sig)
 SB610GALLOTMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for Cedar Creek School in Ruston, Louisiana. (8/1/14)
 SB622APPELSCHOOLS - Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide educational technology plan for public elementary and secondary schools. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB624KOSTELKATAX/SALES - Authorizes by population certain municipalities to levy a sales tax not to exceed one percent. (gov sig)
 SB627MURRAYWORKERS' COMPENSATION - Exempts certain home improvement contractors who have no employees from the requirements of workers' compensation. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB633CLAITORSCHOOLS - Prohibits certain schools from being a member of any interscholastic extra-curricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for third-party arbitration of eligibility issues. (gov sig)
 SB636BODI WHITESCHOOLS - Provides relative to the organization and management of large school systems. (8/1/14) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB662ERDEYHUNTERS/HUNTING - Prohibits the taking of game birds and wild quadrupeds while riding or standing upon a moving land vehicle or aircraft. (8/1/14)
 SB665CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Visitors Enterprise Fund. (7/1/14)
 SB667ADLEYMINERALS - Provides for procedures relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB675RISERLAW ENFORCEMENT - Authorizes the appointment of deputy constables in Caldwell Parish. (8/1/14)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB54JAMESCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Authorizes the designation of specialized divisions or sections in city or municipal courts (EN +$161,950 LF RV See Note)
 HB241ARMESWILDLIFE & FISHERIES CMN - Makes a technical correction to remove the effective date reference contained in the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment that would specify certain geographical qualifications for members of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
 HB284ST.GERMAINSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Dept. of Transportation and Development
 HB304HILLMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Louisiana Cattlemen's Association" special prestige license plate
 HB317KENNY COXMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "U.S. Army Ranger" military honor license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB323T.LANDRYMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Down Syndrome Awareness" special prestige license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB440HARRISONFISHING/SHRIMP - Provides relative to size and configuration of skimmer nets (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB450SCHRODERHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of La. Highway 21 in St. Tammany Parish as "South Tyler Street"
 HB642HILLCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Authorizes an increase in court costs for the Oberlin Municipal Court (EN +$18,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB793ST.GERMAINWATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission
 HB832BROADWATERTREASURER - Provides relative to permissible investment by the state treasurer of offshore revenues deposited into the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB902ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation special prestige license plate
 HB913LEOPOLDFISHING/FINFISH - Creates the Louisiana Finfish Task Force
 HB935MORRISMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Lung Cancer Alliance" special prestige license plate

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB129THOMPSONPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides for licensing and regulation of manufacturers, dealer-distributors, users, blasters, and handlers of explosives. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR13DORSEY-COLOMBTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to incorporate an East Washington Street exit plan into its road design plan.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB492HEITMEIERENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for smoking and tobacco products. (8/1/14)
 SB496HEITMEIERCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides for limits on certain medical prescriptions. (8/1/14)
 SB537MARTINYHAZARD MITIGATION - Provides for the electronic or telephonic notification of hazardous materials incidents. (8/1/14)
 SB553ADLEYFLOOD PROTECTION AUTH - Provides relative to special attorneys for flood protection authorities. (gov sig)
 SB557JOHNSCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of "sexting" through computers and telecommunications devices. (gov sig)
 SB603ALARIOUNCLAIMED PROPERTY - Provides procedure for the escheatment of United States savings bonds presumed abandoned. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB604MARTINYALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations. (gov sig)
 SB618HEITMEIERCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Moves carisoprodol from Schedule IV to Schedule II. (8/1/14)
 SB651BRET ALLAINWEAPONS - Authorizes legislators and officers of the legislature to carry weapons under certain conditions. (gov sig)

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)
 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)
 SB213WARDLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the American Paint Horse as the state horse. (8/1/14)
 SB282TROY BROWNSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Authorizes the Port of South Louisiana, the Lafourche Basin Levee District, and the Pontchartrain Levee District to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement to authorize the exercise of combined police protection. (8/1/14) (2/3-CA6s43(2)) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB301MARTINYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 SB434ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14)
 SB499HEITMEIERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides for authorized procedures provided by direct service workers. (gov sig)
 SB500HEITMEIERROADS/HIGHWAYS - Provides for refund of certain collections in the amnesty program for the Crescent City Connection Bridge. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 SB505HEITMEIERPHYSICIANS - Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB575MARTINYAPPRAISERS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. (gov sig)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB433STEVE CARTERHIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Authorizes the Board of Regents to enter into interstate reciprocity agreements relative to online instruction (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB784WILLMOTTCULTURE/REC/TOUR - Removes provisions relative to the exhibit of a specific ship by the Kenner Naval Museum
 HB8HONOREPARDON - Reduces the length of time certain applicants are required to wait before filing a subsequent application with the Board of Pardons (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB16T.LANDRYCOURTS - Authorizes the 15th JDC to provide for a reentry division of court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB293B.ADAMSGAMBLING - Prohibits gambling by electronic sweepstakes device (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB345ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to alcoholic beverage laws (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB346ARNOLDREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to permits issued by the office of alcohol and tobacco control
 HB743MORENOCRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Relative to the membership, voting procedures, and proxies of the La. Sentencing Commission
 HB751MORENOCORRECTIONS - Provides relative to the reinstatement of good time credit in certain circumstances (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB752MORENOCRIME/FELONIES - Expands the crime of filing a false lien against a law enforcement or court officer to include liens against any clerk of court, deputy clerk of court, and recorder of mortgages (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB830B.ADAMSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to size limitations on containers of beverages of high alcoholic content
 HB893SCHEXNAYDERMTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Provides for physical inspections of a vehicle by a P.O.S.T. certified law enforcement officer

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB331LOPINTODWI - Authorizes licensed practical nurses to administer chemical tests for intoxication