Senate Daily Digest
April 16, 2014
9:00 a.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
 SR63PETERSONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Celton Hayden Jr. and CC's Coffee House for the contributions it makes to the state of Louisiana.
 SR64PETERSONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society for its contributions to the legal profession and community and recognize April 16, 2014, as Louis A. Martinet Day at the State Capitol.
 SR65CROWECOMMITTEE STUDIES - Requests the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development to study increasing the per pupil amount spent on vocational agriculture, agribusiness, and agriscience programs in Louisiana.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR84BODI WHITECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Southeastern Louisiana University men's indoor track and field team upon earning the 2014 Southland Conference Title and Coach Sean Brady on being named the Southland Conference Men's Indoor Coach of the Year.
 SCR85GALLOTCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louisiana Northeastern Berith District of the Southern Region of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International, recognizes the 2014 District Conference being held in Ruston, and acknowledges District Overseer Wilson G. Fields Sr.

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
 HB181GAINESCIVIL/RESTRAINING ORDER - Provides relative to civil injunctions and restraining orders
 HB213GREGORY MILLERCAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS - Provides relative to election day expenditure reports
 HB285ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to documentation of school attendance as a condition of driving privileges
 HB437FANNINPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Requires prior approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget of requests for proposals and contracts over a specific dollar amount (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB441HARRISONINDIAN AFFAIRS - Abolishes the Governor's Office of Indian Affairs and creates and provides for the Commission on Indian Affairs as its successor (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB466H.BURNSHUMAN REMAINS - Provides for requirements relative to the disposal of human remains
 HB479PONTIPROCUREMENT - Requires the commissioner of administration to develop policies and procedures for notification of the Louisiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center regarding public bid and other competitive opportunities for state procurements and public contracts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB600ABRAMSONSCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION - Requires public school governing authorities and charter schools to adopt policies or provide in bus transportation service agreements relative to the location of the loading or unloading of students
 HB670P.SMITHCRIME - Provides for intensive parole supervision for certain offenders sentenced as habitual offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB780TALBOTTAX/TAX REBATES - Provides relative to the requirements of certain school tuition organizations and the definition of a "qualified student" for purposes of the rebate (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB781THIBAUTCORRECTIONS - Provides for the creation of a pilot program to rehabilitate and support offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
 HB788LEGERCONVENTION FACILITIES - Provides with respect to the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN +$71,650,000 LF EX See Note)
 HB792REYNOLDSASSESSORS - Authorizes the Webster Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the office of the assessor (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB795BARRASMTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Provides relative to the model age and use of school buses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB803BERTHELOTFIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN - Authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules and regulations regarding workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters
 HB1029T.LANDRYCRIME - Creates the crime of unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft
 HB1050CHANEYTAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption for certain agricultural machinery and other implements (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB1055GUINNHIGHWAYS - Provides relative to Louisiana Byway designations
 HB1133T.BURNSCIVIL/MANDATE - Provides with respect to review of the actions of a mandatary

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR3STOKESADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Amends portion of law relative to repossession agency apprentices
 HCR13ST.GERMAINNATURAL RESOURCES DEPT - Approves the 2014-2015 Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan
 HCR49CHAMPAGNECOASTAL RESOURCES - Urges and requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to create a body of coastal parishes to aid in compliance with the RESTORE Act
 HCR50CHAMPAGNECOASTAL RESOURCES - Memorializes congress to provide for certain aspects of the RESTORE Act
 HCR54ST.GERMAINSALT DOMES - Requests the office of conservation to study the effect of implementing certain requirements for operators of salt dome caverns

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 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

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB63MORRELLCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides for the crime of solar tax credit fraud with respect to the sale, installation, maintenance or repair of a solar electric or solar thermal system. (gov sig)
 SB69MURRAYINSURERS - Prohibits insurers from excluding from coverage the intentional acts of policy holders' minor child. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB87CLAITORCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Increases the minimum mandatory sentence and maximum sentence for the manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute heroin. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB108APPELPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the commissioner of higher education. (gov sig)
 SB161MURRAYLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to restitution of audit costs. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB187KOSTELKACRIME/PUNISHMENT - Allows enhanced sentencing for drug offenses committed in a private residence located in a drug free zone. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB229MARTINYCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes of incest and aggravated incest. (gov sig)
 SB242MORRELLSHERIFFS - Provides relative to sheriffs appointing non-licensed appraisers. (8/1/14)
 SB293MARTINYDWI - Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (gov sig)
 SB302FRED MILLSCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to medical consent and certain immunities. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB330CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of illegal use of unmanned aircraft to capture images (DRONE Act). (gov sig)
 SB332MORRISHPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides bidding documents prior to opening bids are not subject to public records requirements. (gov sig)
 SB341DONAHUESANITARY CODE - Provides rules requiring modification of certain existing community water systems by the Louisiana Standards for Water Works Construction, Operation and Maintenance Committee. (gov sig)
 SB353PEACOCKPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides that certain records relative to jury selection and jurors are not public records. (8/1/14)
 SB361RISERLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides for the carrying of concealed weapons by certain law enforcement officers in all public places. (8/1/14)
 SB373JOHNSCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to motions for summary judgments. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB403FRED MILLSHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to third party payments of health insurance premiums of individuals with HIV/AIDS. (8/1/14)
 SB516BUFFINGTONHEALTH CARE - Provides for direct primary care. (8/1/14)
 SB539NEVERSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to suicide assessment, intervention, treatment, and management training for certain professions. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 SB545FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to third party initiated medication substitutions. (1/1/15)
 SB554SMITHINSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides relative to insurance rate review. (gov sig)
 SB586DORSEY-COLOMBCHILDREN - Provides relative to adoptions and prohibits the re-homing of a child. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB592MORRELLCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to penalties for second degree battery. (8/1/14)
 SB606MARTINYCOURTS - Provides for the use of electronic signatures by judges and justices. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB608TROY BROWNCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to arrest warrants. (gov sig)
 SB630MARTINYPUBLIC PRINTING - Provides for the qualification of a newspaper to publish official proceedings, legal notices, or advertisements in Orleans Parish or Jefferson Parish. (gov sig)
 SB642CROWELEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Increases annual audit requirements for certain entities in certain parishes. (8/1/14)
 SB645WARDHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Relative to certain health maintenance organization disclosures. (8/1/14)
 SB649FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute. (8/1/14) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB650WALSWORTHENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT - Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality, in collaboration with the Public Service Commission, to establish regulations on carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units. (8/1/14)
 SB664CORTEZAGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR - Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and forestry to receive and investigate complaints about prescribed burns and to revoke his authorization in certain situations. (8/1/14)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB55LOPINTOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Revises provisions of law regarding expungement (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)
 HB63LEGEREXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Revises terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB119HOFFMANNANIMALS/LIVESTOCK AT LG - Revises a certain highway intersection designation in the statutory list of public highways prohibiting livestock at large
 HB212LEBASCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Adds certain compounds to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB229SHERMAN MACKCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Adds substances to the listing of Schedule I controlled dangerous substances (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB308SEABAUGHCRIME - Increases the possible term of imprisonment for the crime of aggravated flight from an officer (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB414HAZELCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Amends responsive verdicts for theft and attempted theft (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB480RITCHIESPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates "Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation" weekend the second weekend in July
 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)
 HB544B.ADAMSFIRE PROTECTION - Provides penalties for fire prevention interference (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB736JAMESBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C
 HB741LOPINTOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for a contradictory hearing for a motion to withdraw a guilty plea
 HB746MORENOTANNING FACILITIES - Prohibits the use of tanning equipment by a minor
 HB833FOILEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Creates the ABLE Account savings program for persons with disabilities (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB891STOKESHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Authorizes access to investigational treatments for terminally ill patients
 HB1075CONNICKENVIRONMENT/LITTERING - Defines cigarettes, cigarette butts, cigarillos, cigar or cigarillo tips as litter and provides for littering penalties (EN INCREASE RV See Note)

Reconsideration
 SB492HEITMEIERENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for smoking and tobacco products. (8/1/14)
 SB651BRET ALLAINWEAPONS - Authorizes legislators and officers of the legislature to carry weapons under certain conditions. (gov sig)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR3FRED MILLSELECTION CODE - Requests the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs study the possibility of requiring background checks of candidates for public office to ensure the qualification of candidates for political office.
 SCR41GALLOTFEDERAL PROGRAMS - Requests the United States Department of Agriculture to develop tastier food options for the National School Lunch Program.
 SCR62FRED MILLSMEDICAID - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to seek a Medicaid state plan amendment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include as a Medicaid service the Tdap vaccine to pregnant women and to provide a cost analysis to the legislature for providing this Medicaid service.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 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)

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 Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR20LEGERSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes No-Shave November in Louisiana, an effort to raise awareness of men's health issues

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