Senate Daily Digest
May 5, 2014
3:00 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
 SR109PERRYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends 15th Judicial District Court Judge Durwood W. Conque on the occasion of his retirement.
 SR110PERRYCOMMENDATIONS - Affirms the support and appreciation of the Senate for the Gulf menhaden fishery and all of the economic and social contributions that industry has made to the state through many years of operation in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the coastal areas of the state.
 SR112MORRISHSENATE - Designates May 6, 2014, as "Battle of Calcasieu Pass Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR90ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Specialist Christopher R. Drake.
 SR91ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Sergeant Stefan M. Smith.
 SR92ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Christopher Wooley.
 SR93ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Staff Sergeant John W. Winsper III.
 SR94ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Anderson.
 SR95ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Andre M. Johnson.
 SR96ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Richard L. Vazquez.
 SR97ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Gregory J. Mullins.
 SR98ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Christopher Grant.
 SR100ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Navy SEAL (Ret.) Mark Daniel Kennedy.
 SR101ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Derek Langford.
 SR102ADLEYCONDOLENCES - Express condolences upon the death of U.S.M.C. Private Trey J. Jewell.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR110CROWECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of former Southeastern Louisiana University president, Dr. J. Larry Crain.
 SCR111GALLOTCONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere condolences upon the death of Irene Baldwin.

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.
 SCR106CROWECONDOLENCES - Offers condolences upon the death of the former Southeastern Louisiana University president, Clea Parker.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB70GREENELAW ENFORCE/CRIM JUS COM - Requires the Crime Victims Reparation Board to submit its report electronically

House Bills Reported by Committee

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB58ALARIOTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Changes the Louisiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as an entity to which donations may be made on individual tax returns. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 SB82THOMPSONSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. (6/30/14)
 SB178MORRISHHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides with respect to health care sharing ministries. (8/1/14)
 SB254MORRISHLIABILITY INSURANCE - Provides relative to travel insurance. (8/1/14) (EN -$13,750 SG RV See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB133MORRELLGAMING - Provides relative to significant influence for purposes of certain gaming licenses. (8/1/14)
 SB294MORRELLLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to rights of law enforcement officers while under investigation. (7/1/14) (EN +$300,000 APV)
 SB355FRED MILLSFUNDS/FUNDING - Constitutional amendment to establish a budget stabilization program for Medicaid programs, certain elderly services, rehabilitation services, and other health care services. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB382ERIC LAFLEURPRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides with respect to privileges for health care providers. (8/1/14) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB571WALSWORTHPUBLIC DEFENDER - Provides for the disclosure of certain documents by the district attorney prior to trial. (8/1/14)
 SB628MURRAYJUDGES - Provides relative to powers of the Judiciary Commission. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB680ADLEYPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes use of construction management at risk method for public contracts. (8/1/14)
 SB681MORRISHHUNTERS/HUNTING - Allows for the taking of certain quadrupeds from a helicopter. (gov sig)
 SB1CLAITORCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Enacts the "Legislative Scholarship Fairness Act" (gov sig)
 SB53CORTEZHORSE RACING - Provides relative to horse racing. (8/1/14)
 SB135LONGPROPERTY INSURANCE - Provides for home service contracts. (8/1/14)
 SB470MARTINYCONFIRMATION - Provides for time of reconfirmation for persons appointed to certain boards and commissions. (gov sig)
 SB506CROWEIDENTITY DATA - Provides relative to nondisclosure of personal identifying information. (8/1/14)
 SB507MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the practice of dentistry and the regulation of the profession. (See Act)
 SB600FRED MILLSHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to immunizations. (8/1/14)
 SB619HEITMEIERHEALTH SERVICES - Transfers the powers, duties, and functions relative to regulating pain management clinics from the Department of Health and Hospitals to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (1/1/15)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB69MURRAYINSURERS - Prohibits insurers from excluding from coverage the intentional acts of policy holders' minor child. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 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)
 SB79ADLEYFLOOD PROTECTION AUTH - Provides relative to flood protection authorities. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB84NEVERSCONSUMERS - Provides relative to consumer credit transactions. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 SB221ERDEYGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to premiums. (7/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB250WARDANIMALS - Exempts certain persons from the requirements of the big exotic cats rules. (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)
 SB299MORRISHLOANS - Provides relative to civil justice funding companies. (1/1/15)
 SB301MARTINYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB334PETERSONEMPLOYMENT - Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act be applicable to men, private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE 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)
 SB426ERIC LAFLEURCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Prohibits required use of settlement service providers in residential real estate transactions. (8/1/14)
 SB434ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14)
 SB492HEITMEIERENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for smoking and tobacco products. (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)
 SB512HEITMEIERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for chain restaurant menu labeling. (1/1/15)
 SB530BROOMEPARISHES - Requires parishes to establish and maintain a registry of foreclosed properties. (gov sig)
 SB535ADLEYLEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Establishes the Chief Legislative Security Officer and the Joint Legislative Security Council. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB568NEVERSOPTOMETRISTS - Provides relative to the practice of optometry and the regulation of such profession. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB584FRED MILLSSALT DOMES - Prohibits the issuance of certain permits to create or convert a solution mined cavern in Vermilion and Iberia parishes. (gov sig)
 SB585FRED MILLSMINERALS - Requires public notice for certain solution-mined cavern permits in Vermilion and Iberia parishes. (8/1/14)
 SB665CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Visitors Enterprise Fund. (7/1/14)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB496ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT - Provides relative to wine and malt beverage permits
 HB527PEARSONCOURTS - Relative to Family Court in the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB747MORENOCRIME/BATTERY - Provides relative to domestic abuse battery and other offenses involving domestic abuse (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB750MORENOFAMILY VIOLENCE - Provides relative to restraining orders, protective orders, and injunctions issued in conjunction with domestic abuse cases
 HB753MORENOFAMILY VIOLENCE - Provides relative to the possession of firearms as it relates to persons convicted of domestic abuse battery or subject to a protective order (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB183LANCE HARRISMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act
 HB226DANAHAYELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Removes the requirement to reopen qualifying when no candidate qualified for an office or when the number of candidates who qualified for an office is less than the number of positions to be filled
 HB246HARRISONELDERLY - Provides relative to the Department of Elderly Affairs, including provisions for officers and employees, rulemaking, and funding (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB340JAMESPRIVACY/COMPUTERS - Creates the Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB383T.BURNSELECTION CODE - Makes revisions to the La. Election Code (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB428BARRASELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Repeals provisions of law that allow for a refund of qualifying fees under certain circumstances when a candidate files multiple notices of candidacy (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG See Note)
 HB432T.BURNSSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of State and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law
 HB448RITCHIECEMETERIES - Authorizes the Louisiana Cemetery Board to impose fines for certain violations
 HB476LORUSSOINSURANCE - Provides relative to the denial, nonrenewal, or revocation of an insurance producer license
 HB501W.BISHOPVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for voter registration at age sixteen (EN +$54,388 GF EX See Note)
 HB506GREENEINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides with respect to notice requirements for qualified health plan issuers on the health insurance exchange
 HB621ABRAMSONCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the authority to act on behalf of a deceased or incompetent member of a limited liability company
 HB647HUNTERINSURERS - Provides relative to vehicle mechanical breakdown insurers
 HB660PIERREINSURERS - Provides relative to property residual value insurers
 HB721HUVALINSURANCE - Provides relative to continuing education requirements
 HB766PONTIFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to consumer credit transactions
 HB771RITCHIECEMETERIES - Provides with respect to cemeteries
 HB796CROMERINSURANCE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Health Care Commission
 HB820HUVALINSURANCE/FIRE-CASUALTY - Clarifies that the valued policy clause provisions apply to all policies providing fire coverage
 HB874BISHOPLEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT - Requires annual and quarterly reports to the legislature regarding litigation instituted by a state agency
 HB1002RITCHIEFUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES - Provides with respect to embalmers and funeral directors (EN +$1,500 SG RV See Note)
 HB1013SCHEXNAYDERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to boards and commissions
 HB38PEARSONRETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS - Provides relative to retirement eligibility for certain members of state retirement systems (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB106LOPINTOTRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the improper display of license plates
 HB144THIBAUTPUBLIC LANDS/SCHOOLS - Authorizes the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board to exchange immovable property including sixteenth section lands
 HB146J.THOMPSONMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana" license plate
 HB162BISHOPTAX/INCOME TAX - Creates an individual income tax checkoff for The Louisiana Youth Leadership Seminar Corporation, also known as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB164DIXONSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB180DOVESCHOOLS - Authorizes Montessori programs to extend through high school (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB186CAMERON HENRYHUNTING - Provides for the use of sound suppressors in hunting
 HB238ST.GERMAINPOLICE/MUNICIPAL - Provides that the position of assistant chief of police in Plaquemine shall be in the unclassified service
 HB257BISHOPMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Louisiana Golf Association" special prestige license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB297DOVEMINERALS/MINERAL BOARD - Relative to the methods of payment for deposits accompanying bids for mineral leases on state lands
 HB303HENSGENSMTR VEHICLE/TRUCK REGS - Provides with respect to overhang for trucks and trailers hauling heavy equipment
 HB344ARMESWILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Provides relative to fees for hunting and fishing licenses paid by surviving spouses of members of the military killed in action (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB349BARRASPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Relative to lease payments for leasing of property by public benefit corporations
 HB361SAM JONESPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property in St. Mary Parish
 HB386HAVARDMTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Provides relative to required documents for trailer inspections
 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)
 HB447PYLANTWATERWAYS - Prohibits waterskiing and use of personal watercraft on a portion of Lake Louis in Catahoula Parish
 HB518HUVALPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in St. Martin Parish
 HB563LORUSSOMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Mount Carmel Academy" special prestige license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB581HAVARDTAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Zachary to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB586THIBAUTASSESSORS - Requires the assessor in certain parishes to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees from the assessor's office (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 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
 HB602ABRAMSONTAX/INCOME TAX - Creates an individual income tax checkoff for The Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans, Inc. (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB728JACKSON-ANDREWSPUBLIC LANDS/SCHOOLS - Provides for the transfer of certain sixteenth section land in Ouachita Parish
 HB795BARRASMTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Provides relative to the model age and use of school buses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB798STOKESTAX/STATE - Provides relative to the enforcement and adjudication of state taxes (EN -$120,000 SG 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
 HB918BARROWDISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT - Authorizes redevelopment authorities to create public benefit corporations
 HB951FOILDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the University Acres Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB972HOLLISHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 190 in the parish of St. Tammany as "Tammany Parkway"
 HB975W.BISHOPSCHOOLS - Provides relative to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)
 HB984PIERREUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides for technical corrections to various unemployment compensation provisions
 HB1042RITCHIETAX COMMISSION, STATE - Extends authorization for the La. Tax Commission to levy and collect certain fees (EN +$648,889 SD RV See Note)
 HB1046LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Relative to packaging and labeling of oysters
 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)
 HB1072MONTOUCETWILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Provides for reduced hunting and fishing license fees for certain retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
 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)
 HB42PEARSONRETIREMENT/SCHOOL EMPS - Provides for application of remaining funds in the La. School Employees' Retirement System's experience account, after payment of a permanent benefit increase to eligible retirees and beneficiaries, to specified debt of the system (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB72LOPINTOWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides relative to the possession of firearms by concealed handgun permit holders and law enforcement officers in certain alcoholic beverage establishments
 HB102FOILCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the title of proceedings for continuing tutorships (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB177CHAMPAGNEPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Requires reporting certain information on contracts awarded without competitive bid or negotiation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB187LOPINTOCHILDREN - Provides for surrogacy regulation in Louisiana (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB196P.SMITHCORRECTIONS - Provides with respect to work release eligibility for habitual offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB210JEFFERSONPAROLE - Amends eligibility criteria for medical parole (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB227CAMERON HENRYCRIME/BATTERY - Amends penalties for the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB278HAVARDCORRECTIONS - Adds "correctional facility employee" to the list of specific victims of the crime of first degree murder (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB280IVEYWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides reduced fees for concealed handgun permits for active duty members, reserve members, and veterans of U.S. armed forces (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB325LOPINTOCRIME - Amends provisions of law regarding justification in the use of force or violence
 HB398STOKESPUBLIC LANDS/STATE - Provides for the lease of state property in Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB417LOPINTOCRIME - Creates the crime of residential contractor fraud (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB478GREGORY MILLERPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to procedures in certain expropriation proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB514CAMERON HENRYCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Restricts the sale of dextromethorphan (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB530PYLANTCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to the crimes of incest and aggravated incest (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB534SHADOINCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to requirements for clerks of court
 HB535SHADOINCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to processing fees associated with reporting requirements for clerks of court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB578KENNY COXALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Authorizes the city of Mansfield to conduct local option elections regarding the sale of alcohol in restaurants (EN +$1,800 LF RV See Note)
 HB599ABRAMSONCIVIL/MOTIONS - Provides relative to motions for summary judgment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB607ABRAMSONCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB619ABRAMSONCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB620ABRAMSONTRUSTS - Provides relative to the delegation of authority of a trustee (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB622ABRAMSONCHILDREN/TUTORSHIP - Provides relative to tutorship proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 HB878LEBASAGRICULTURE/SOYBEANS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board
 HB882CHAMPAGNECLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to legal holidays in Iberia Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB886MONTOUCETAGRICULTURE/RICE - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Rice Research Board
 HB1035P.WILLIAMSCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the qualifications of the juvenile justice compliance officer for the Louisiana Public Defender Board
 HB1037HAZELCRIME - Amends criminal penalties for violations of the statute regarding Peeping Toms
 HB1045LEBASAGRICULTURE/RICE - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board
 HB1056LAMBERTAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board
 HB1066J.THOMPSONWEAPONS/HANDGUNS - Provides with respect to federal background checks for concealed handgun permit holders
 HB1073HAZELCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the recording of statements of protected persons outside of the courtroom (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1077LEBASCRIME/BATTERY - Provides with respect to criminal offenses relative to certain medical personnel and emergency services personnel (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB331LOPINTODWI - Authorizes licensed practical nurses to administer chemical tests for intoxication
 HB332LOPINTOCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Amends criminal penalties for certain offenses involving Schedule I narcotic substances (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB419MONTOUCETDISTRICTS/DRAINAGE - Provides relative to access to public drainage for maintenance purposes
 HB904ROBERT JOHNSONHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority