MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
7. Introduction of Bills |
8. Senate Bills on First Reading |
9. Reports of Committees |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | HR130 | CONNICK | AUDITS/AUDITING - Directs the legislative auditor to perform a performance audit of the Louisiana State Racing Commission regarding horse racing facilities and offtrack wagering facilities located in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson |
| | | HCR135 | P.SMITH | CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS - Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish partnerships with area universities to provide additional access to individual therapy and drug treatment for inmates at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women |
| | | HCR137 | HARRISON | ATTORNEYS/FEES - Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of sanctions for filing frivolous pleadings |
| | | HR78 | JEFFERSON | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to review the feasibility of expanding the workforce development sentencing program |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB40 | CORTEZ | COURTS - Provides relative to certain court costs in the City Court of Lafayette. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB184 | FRED MILLS | PUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the commissioner of administration to lease certain lands in St. Martin Parish. (gov sig) |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | HCR128 | P.SMITH | COURTS - Provides with respect to protective orders |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB94 | LEGER | RETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to the minimum retirement age, accrual rate, and benefits for new members of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans hired after January 1, 2015 (EN INCREASE APV) |
| | | HB489 | W.BISHOP | PROPERTY/ABANDONED - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the sale of certain property in the Lower Ninth Ward of the city of New Orleans by the city at a price set by the legislature (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB585 | STOKES | TAX/LOCAL - Authorizes Jefferson Parish to create an automobile rental tax district (EG +$544,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB1001 | W.BISHOP | PROPERTY/ABANDONED - Authorizes the city of New Orleans to sell blighted property in the Lower Ninth Ward for a fixed price |
| | | HB1097 | NORTON | TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Provides relative to the levy of an additional sales and use tax within the city of Shreveport (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB1144 | W.BISHOP | HOUSING - Provides relative to fees charged by the La. Housing Corporation |
| | | HB1164 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to fiscal administrators, including provisions for their powers and duties and prohibition of retroactive application of certain provisions of law relative to fiscal administrators |
| | | HB1206 | LEGER | COURTS - Provides for the consolidation of the New Orleans Traffic and Municipal Courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE) |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB43 | BROOME | LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Revises youth membership and staffing for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB56 | NEVERS | POSTSECONDARY ED - Requires BESE, the Board of Regents, and public postsecondary education boards to participate in regular meetings regarding articulation and transfer policies and agreements. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB60 | GALLOT | VOTERS/VOTING - Removes prohibition of recognition of an Independent party. (1/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB63 | MORRELL | CRIME/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) |
| | | SB125 | NEVERS | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to agricultural education and establishes the Agricultural Education Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB140 | MURRAY | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides that failure to provide law enforcement with affidavit of theft of vehicle shall not create civil presumption of insured's participation in vehicle theft. (gov sig) |
| | | SB149 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Repeals the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP).
(gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB161 | MURRAY | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to restitution of audit costs. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB165 | MURRAY | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to prescription drug specialty tiers. (1/1/15) |
| | | SB177 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the use, expenditure, or allocation of funds appropriated to public postsecondary education management boards. (7/1/16) |
| | | SB180 | GALLOT | LEGISLATION - Provides for the Louisiana State Law Institute recommending repeal, removal or revision of law that has been declared unconstitutional by final and definitive court judgment. (gov sig) |
| | | SB208 | WARD | ELECTION CODE - Prohibits a public officer who has been removed from office pursuant to a recall election from qualifying for the same office at a special election to fill the position. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB220 | MURRAY | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to notification of the legislative auditor and district attorney of the misappropriation of certain public funds and restitution of audit costs. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB224 | MURRAY | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to the posting of auditor notices on the website of the auditee. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB229 | MARTINY | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes of incest and aggravated incest. (gov sig) |
| | | SB235 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/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) |
| | | SB319 | DONAHUE | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides that certain audits completed by the office of the legislative auditor shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on an annual basis. (7/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB336 | APPEL | TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS - Revises the textbook adoption process. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB337 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides for the development of an outcomes-based funding formula for postsecondary education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB341 | DONAHUE | SANITARY 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) |
| | | SB344 | BRET ALLAIN | FISH/FISHING - Provides for the Louisiana Catch and Cook Program within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB386 | ERIC LAFLEUR | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides relative to audits by the legislative auditor. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB395 | BRET ALLAIN | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB460 | ADLEY | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires schools receiving certain state scholarship funds to maintain funds in a separate account or use certain accounting procedures established for the legislative auditor. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB554 | SMITH | INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides relative to insurance rate review. (gov sig) |
| | | SB592 | MORRELL | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to penalties for second degree battery. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB593 | CROWE | MUNICIPALITIES - Authorizes certain municipalities to adopt ordinance which limits the number of terms of office of its elected officials. (gov sig) |
| | | SB608 | TROY BROWN | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to arrest warrants. (gov sig) |
| | | SB642 | CROWE | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Increases annual audit requirements for certain entities in certain parishes. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB650 | WALSWORTH | ENVIRONMENT 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) |
| | | SB651 | BRET ALLAIN | WEAPONS - Authorizes legislators and officers of the legislature to carry weapons under certain conditions. (gov sig) |
19. Reconsideration |
| | | HB1185 | HUNTER | SUNSET LAW - Provides relative to legislation re-creating statutory entities |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HCR21 | DIXON | STUDENT/TUITION - Requests that the Board of Regents study the feasibility of implementing a college tuition program that would allow students to pay tuition after leaving college |
| | | HCR91 | RICHARD | MTR VEHICLE/BUSES - Urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the safety implications and practicality of requiring vehicles in adjacent lanes to stop for all city buses loading or unloading passengers |
| | | HCR110 | TALBOT | WILDLIFE/HABITAT - Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study feral hogs and conduct a symposium to discuss the issue |
| | | HCR113 | ARNOLD | LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee to study the advisability of requiring the Orleans Parish registrar of voters to serve for a term of office concurrent with the term of office of the members of the city council |
2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | SCR48 | LONG | HEALTH 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. |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Not yet scheduled for concurrence |
| | | HB55 | LOPINTO | CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Revises provisions of law regarding expungement (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note) |
| | | HB63 | LEGER | EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Revises terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB173 | JAMES | DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District |
| | | HB218 | TALBOT | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to special civil proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB253 | T.BURNS | DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Authorizes the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to create a geographic information system district (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB254 | LORUSSO | LEASES - Provides relative to leasing of certain marina facilities operated by Jefferson Parish |
| | | HB314 | ARNOLD | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Dept. of Justice |
| | | HB316 | BURFORD | MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Exempts single axle two-wheel trailers from motor vehicle inspection requirements (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB324 | LEGER | SECRETARY OF STATE - Authorizes secretary of state to disclose certain electronic mail addresses or short message service numbers to other governmental entities, agencies, officials, and employees |
| | | HB462 | BERTHELOT | NOTARIES - Provides with respect to ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB569 | STOKES | COURTS - Relative to human trafficking courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB641 | HARRISON | CORONERS - Relative to the office and duties of coroner (RE1 NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB736 | JAMES | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C |
| | | HB746 | MORENO | TANNING FACILITIES - Prohibits the use of tanning equipment by a minor |
| | | HB793 | ST.GERMAIN | WATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission |
| | | HB891 | STOKES | HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Authorizes access to investigational treatments for terminally ill patients |
| | | HB913 | LEOPOLD | FISHING/FINFISH - Creates the Louisiana Finfish Task Force |
| | | HB1012 | LORUSSO | DISTRICTS/TAXING - Provides relative to a special taxing district in Jefferson Parish |
| | | HB1016 | PIERRE | SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Provides for State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who meet certain academic eligibility criteria relative to language proficiency (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB1036 | ARNOLD | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations |
| | | HB1075 | CONNICK | ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING - Defines cigarettes, cigarette butts, cigarillos, cigar or cigarillo tips as litter and provides for littering penalties (EN INCREASE RV See Note) |
| | | HB246 | HARRISON | ELDERLY - Provides relative to the Department of Elderly Affairs, including provisions for officers and employees, rulemaking, and funding (EGF NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB496 | ARNOLD | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT - Provides relative to wine and malt beverage permits |
| | | HB527 | PEARSON | COURTS - Relative to Family Court in the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB747 | MORENO | CRIME/BATTERY - Provides relative to domestic abuse battery and other offenses involving domestic abuse (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB750 | MORENO | FAMILY VIOLENCE - Provides relative to restraining orders, protective orders, and injunctions issued in conjunction with domestic abuse cases |
| | | HB753 | MORENO | FAMILY 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) |
| | | HB38 | PEARSON | RETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS - Provides relative to retirement eligibility for certain members of state retirement systems (EN DECREASE APV) |
| | | HB106 | LOPINTO | TRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the improper display of license plates |
| | | HB340 | JAMES | PRIVACY/COMPUTERS - Creates the Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB386 | HAVARD | MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Provides relative to required documents for trailer inspections |
| | | HB397 | GISCLAIR | COASTAL 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) |
| | | HB506 | GREENE | INSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides with respect to notice requirements for qualified health plan issuers on the health insurance exchange |
| | | HB586 | THIBAUT | ASSESSORS - 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) |
| | | HB798 | STOKES | TAX/STATE - Provides relative to the enforcement and adjudication of state taxes (EN -$120,000 SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB874 | BISHOP | LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT - Requires annual and quarterly reports to the legislature regarding litigation instituted by a state agency |
| | | HB905 | ANDERS | DISTRICTS/WATER CONSERVN - Provides relative to the boundaries of the Black River Lake Recreation and Water Conservation District |
| | | HB1002 | RITCHIE | FUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES - Provides with respect to embalmers and funeral directors (EN +$1,500 SG RV See Note) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/8/2014 |
| | | HB1 | FANNIN | APPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 |
| | | HB1026 | FANNIN | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the transfer and deposit of monies among state funds (EN +$176,317,171 SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB262 | FANNIN | APPROPRIATIONS/ANCILLARY - Provides for ancillary expenses of state government |
| | | HB1095 | FANNIN | APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 |
| | | HB1096 | FANNIN | REVENUE SHARING - Provides for revenue sharing distribution for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 |
| | | HB1194 | KLECKLEY | LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES - Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for FY 2014-2015 |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HB1280 | SIMON | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides for the Louisiana Telehealth Access Act |
| | | HB1281 | MONTOUCET | ENERGY/PIPELINES - Provides for pipeline disclosures and registrations |
| | | HB373 | STEVE CARTER | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to legislative sessions and bill introduction limits (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB663 | ROBIDEAUX | REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act of 2013 (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB733 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | CURRICULA - Requires instruction on child assault awareness and prevention in public schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB808 | CONNICK | RACING/TRACKS - Provides relative to requirements for a horse racing licensee to be granted a permit to operate a track for a period of ten years |
| | | HB1115 | J.THOMPSON | STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Provides relative to high school graduation requirements and Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) core curriculum requirements (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB1232 | N.LANDRY | SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to the powers of local school boards and local superintendents with respect to the hiring, salaries, and dismissal of school employees |
| | | HB1251 | THIBAUT | TRANSPORTATION - Authorizes inspection stations to conduct motor vehicle inspection checks when it rains |
| | | HB1255 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | CRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to parole for persons convicted of crimes of violence and provides for the creation and administration of the Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB1282 | HODGES | SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to requirements for the recruiting, employing, and training of charter school employees |
| | | HB249 | PRICE | CHILDREN/CARE - Provides for access to child care assistance by homeless families (EN FF EX See Note) |
| | | HB735 | JAMES | SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the parent petition process for removing a school from the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District and returning such school to the local school system (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | HB1060 | THIERRY | INSURANCE/HOMEOWNERS - Provides relative to homeowners' insurance |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | SB7 | PEACOCK | MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB12 | GALLOT | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes and vapor pens to persons under age 18. (gov sig) |
| | | SB16 | E.GUILLORY | STATE POLICE RET FUND - Grants a permanent benefit increase to eligible retirees in accordance with statutory procedure. (2/3 - CA10s29(F))(6/30/14) (EN +$9,474,040 APV) |
| | | SB18 | E.GUILLORY | STATE EMPLOYEE RET - Grants a permanent benefit increase to eligible retirees in accordance with statutory procedure. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (RE +$97,481,233 APV) |
| | | SB19 | E.GUILLORY | SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Grants a permanent benefit increase to eligible retirees in accordance with statutory procedure. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (EN +$15,862,663 APV) |
| | | SB21 | E.GUILLORY | TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Grants a permanent benefit increase to eligible retirees in accordance with statutory procedure. (2/3 - CA10s29(F))(6/30/14) (EN +$185,065,866 APV) |
| | | SB39 | MURRAY | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to partitions of immovable property and minority interests. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB59 | J.SMITH | LOCAL AGENCIES - Repeals special provisions relative to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB72 | BODI WHITE | CHILDREN'S CODE - Removes the requirement that certain petitions be verified. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB85 | MURRAY | FAMILY LAW - Provides for consideration of certain child care expenses for purposes of child support when the expenses are incurred by a parent receiving job training or education. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB89 | PEACOCK | PRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides for revisions to the Civil Code and Revised Statutes that pertain to security, pledge, and recordation. (1/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB99 | RISER | BANKS/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) |
| | | SB101 | MORRELL | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Creates a special prestige license plate for HIV/AIDS Awareness. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB106 | WALSWORTH | WORKFORCE COMMISSION - Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB131 | MORRELL | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides with respect to "Animal Friendly" prestige license plates. (gov sig) |
| | | SB174 | PETERSON | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to condemnation procedures for the removal of dangerous structures in parishes and municipalities. (gov sig) |
| | | SB189 | MORRISH | LOCAL AGENCIES - Revises route designation of the Creole Nature Trail and Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway District in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes and adds route designation for the Flyway Byway in Jefferson Davis Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB192 | MORRISH | WEIGHTS/MEASURES - Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight under certain conditions until 2016. (8/1/14) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB198 | RISER | WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Ensures compliance with requirements for mandatory workers' compensation coverage. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB203 | MORRELL | COURTS - Authorizes 24th Judicial District Court to assign certain divisions as a reentry division. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB204 | MORRELL | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to containers of beverages of high alcoholic content and prohibits the sale and shipment into this state of containers of powdered alcohol. (gov sig) |
| | | SB222 | MURRAY | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to service of process. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB241 | THOMPSON | CREDIT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB248 | MORRISH | CHILDREN - Requires certain factors be considered when a court orders visitation between a minor child and an incarcerated parent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB255 | MARTINY | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. (gov sig) |
| | | SB266 | MARTINY | SECURITIES - Provides relative to the registration of certain investment adviser representatives. (gov sig) |
| | | SB268 | CLAITOR | LIABILITY - Provides relative to civil liability for theft of goods from a merchant. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB269 | PEACOCK | DONATIONS - Provides relative to the annual limit on authorized donations that a curator may make on behalf of an interdict. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB307 | CROWE | NOTARIES - Provides relative to hospital notaries.(8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB317 | SMITH | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Requires certain law enforcement agencies to establish procedures that prohibit checkpoints where the only vehicles subject to inspection are motorcycles. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB318 | SMITH | WARRANTIES - Provides relative to the performance of warranty repairs on motor vehicles. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB327 | SMITH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for Multiple Sclerosis. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB342 | DONAHUE | LEVEES - Provides relative to the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage, and Conservation District. (gov sig) |
| | | SB360 | RISER | TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to reimbursement of expenses for defending assessments. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | SB363 | RISER | TAX/TAXATION - Provides for payment of taxes that are not in dispute. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB402 | FRED MILLS | CORONERS - Provide relative to coroners. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB418 | SMITH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to required credentials for registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or other vehicle to be operated on public highways. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB461 | PEACOCK | SUCCESSIONS - Provides relative to electronic assets of a decedent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB476 | SMITH | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to driving school bond requirement and cease and desist orders. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB478 | CLAITOR | COURTS - Authorizes the levy of a warrant recall fee in all courts in East Baton Rouge Parish to fund a misdemeanor jail. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB510 | HEITMEIER | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Veterans Affairs. (6/30/14) |
| | | SB525 | ADLEY | UTILITIES - Provides that abandonment of interstate pipeline segments located wholly in Louisiana are considered intrastate pipelines and are handled under the regulations of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. (gov sig) |
| | | SB538 | J.SMITH | MILITARY AFFAIRS - Establishes the Military Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB567 | SMITH | TAX/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) |
| | | SB55 | KOSTELKA | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Adds vehicular homicide to the list of crimes of violence.
(gov sig) |
| | | SB57 | BROOME | INSURERS - Mandates inclusion of lymphedema treatment as an option in health insurance coverage. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB87 | CLAITOR | CONTROL 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) |
| | | SB103 | MORRELL | GAMING - Provides relative to gaming suitability standards. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB141 | LONG | WATER/WATERWAYS - Extends the time when the state may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement for the sale of surface water. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB148 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to sentencing for certain homicides when there are multiple deaths. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB154 | LONG | WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Provides relative to the importation of certain fish. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB169 | LONG | INSURERS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association and structured settlement annuities. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB170 | LONG | WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Provides relative to the release of certain game, fowl, or fish. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB187 | KOSTELKA | CRIME/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) |
| | | SB212 | WARD | HUNTERS/HUNTING - Allows the use of a firearm sound suppressor while hunting certain wild quadrupeds. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB239 | WALSWORTH | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality. (6/30/14) |
| | | SB246 | MORRISH | SHRIMP/SHRIMPING - Changes the line of demarcation of the inside and outside waters for purposes of shrimping. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB251 | WARD | WILDLIFE RESOURCES - Provides for the sale or purchase of wild birds and wild quadrupeds. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB252 | NEVERS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to the 22nd Judicial District Court's presentencing investigation assessment policy. (8/1/14) (EN +$50,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB276 | PERRY | CRIMINAL RECORDS - Provides relative to obtaining and filing fingerprint and identification data. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB277 | PERRY | DWI - Provides for changes to DWI laws. (1/1/15) |
| | | SB293 | MARTINY | DWI - Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (gov sig) |
| | | SB305 | CHABERT | COASTAL RESOURCES - Provides relative to Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium.
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| | | SB313 | BODI WHITE | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides for a five year minimum sentence for home invasions. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB369 | WALSWORTH | FISH/FISHING - Provides for the possession limits of crappie on Lake D'Arbonne. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB410 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for the transparency of Maximum Allowable Cost Lists for prescription drugs. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB422 | BROOME | LIABILITY - Provides immunity for rendering assistance in medical emergencies involving alcohol consumption or drug overdose. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB430 | WALSWORTH | PUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state land in Union Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB462 | ADLEY | CONSERVATION - Creates the Cross-Unit Well Study Commission. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB472 | FRED MILLS | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the Board of Pardons. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB473 | FRED MILLS | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the committee on parole. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB523 | MORRELL | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of cockfighting. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB537 | MARTINY | HAZARD MITIGATION - Provides for the electronic or telephonic notification of hazardous materials incidents. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB545 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to third party initiated medication substitutions. (1/1/15) |
| | | SB557 | JOHNS | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of "sexting" through computers and telecommunications devices. (gov sig) |
| | | SB618 | HEITMEIER | CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Moves carisoprodol from Schedule IV to Schedule II. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB662 | ERDEY | HUNTERS/HUNTING - Prohibits the taking of game birds and wild quadrupeds while riding or standing upon a moving land vehicle or aircraft. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB37 | CORTEZ | COURTS - Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Lafayette. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB38 | MORRISH | CLERKS OF COURT - Includes the clerk of each district court to receive an automobile expense allowance. (8/1/14) (EN +$724,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB45 | MURRAY | COURTS - Provides relative to preparation of transcripts in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB48 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Authorizes an increase in court costs in the mayor's court of the town of Rosepine. (2/3 - CA7s2.1) (8/1/14) (EN +$37,500 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB49 | J.AMEDEE | DISTRICT ATTORNEYS - Provides relative to the annual salary of certain assistant district attorneys payable by state. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB52 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Increases authorized court costs for municipal ordinance violations in the mayor's court in the town of Anacoco. (8/1/14) (EN +$10,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB97 | NEVERS | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Repeals provisions relative to the Tangipahoa Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB111 | MARTINY | FUNDS/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) |
| | | SB142 | DORSEY-COLOMB | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the month of July as "Sarcoma Awareness Month". (7/1/14) |
| | | SB152 | J.SMITH | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for increasing the board membership to ten on the War Memorial Civic Center Board in the town of DeRidder. (gov sig) |
| | | SB206 | J.SMITH | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the mayhaw fruit tree as the official state fruit tree. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB217 | MURRAY | JUDGES - Provides relative to vacancy in the office of a judge. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB228 | APPEL | COURTS - Provides for environmental court procedures in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB232 | FRED MILLS | COURTS - Provides relative to deputy constables. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB234 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Provides for remission to Indigent Defender Fund of certain court costs in mayor's court of the Town of New Llano. (gov sig) (EN +$60,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB240 | NEVERS | CLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to notice of decisions in criminal appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB242 | MORRELL | SHERIFFS - Provides relative to sheriffs appointing non-licensed appraisers. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB253 | MORRISH | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for an increase in certain criminal court costs in the Thirty-First Judicial District Court. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB262 | NEVERS | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for a per diem for board members of the Washington Parish Gas Utility District No. 2. (gov sig) (EN +$1,500 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB331 | MORRISH | SHERIFFS - Provides with respect to the payment of insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. (gov sig) |
| | | SB361 | RISER | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides for the carrying of concealed weapons by certain law enforcement officers in all public places. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB398 | FRED MILLS | CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides relative to eligibility for a drug division probation program. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB442 | MARTINY | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to investments by political subdivisions. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | SB560 | GALLOT | MUNICIPALITIES - Establishes the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola. (gov sig) |
| | | SB572 | MURRAY | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District.
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| | | SB580 | MURRAY | COURTS - Provides relative to fees in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (gov sig) (2/3 -CA7s2.1) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB590 | MORRELL | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District. (gov sig) |
| | | SB606 | MARTINY | COURTS - Provides for the use of electronic signatures by judges and justices. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB617 | J.AMEDEE | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the creation of Ascension Parish Road Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig) |
| | | SB624 | KOSTELKA | TAX/SALES - Authorizes by population certain municipalities to levy a sales tax not to exceed one percent. (gov sig) |
| | | SB630 | MARTINY | PUBLIC PRINTING - Provides for the qualification of a newspaper to publish official proceedings, legal notices, or advertisements in Orleans Parish or Jefferson Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB675 | RISER | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Authorizes the appointment of deputy constables in Caldwell Parish. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB64 | CORTEZ | AIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Expands powers of Lafayette Airport Commission to include economic development purposes. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB88 | ALARIO | TREASURY DEPARTMENT - Re-creates the Department of the Treasury and its agencies. (6/30/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB104 | BRET ALLAIN | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for demolition of integrated coastal protection projects.(gov sig) |
| | | SB105 | GALLOT | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to motorcycles. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB116 | THOMPSON | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Creates a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB289 | JOHNS | DWI - Provides relative to driving privileges regarding DWI convictions. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB291 | MORRELL | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Authorizes exemplary damages in certain suits arising from domestic abuse. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB292 | MORRELL | DIVORCE - Provides relative to divorce proceedings. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB302 | FRED MILLS | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to medical consent and certain immunities. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB310 | BROOME | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Requires training for members of boards or commissions of regional transit entities. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB413 | CROWE | ROADS/HIGHWAYS - Names I-10 Bridge over Lake Pontchartain as the Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB417 | SMITH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to a water damaged vehicle. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB465 | ADLEY | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to military honor license plates for certain disabled veterans. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB477 | WALSWORTH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to a special prestige license plate for the Delta Waterfowl Foundation. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB527 | HEITMEIER | TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Provides for a Complete Streets Policy and creates the Complete Streets Advisory Council. (gov sig) |
| | | SB528 | CROWE | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) |
| | | SB578 | BROOME | FAMILY LAW - Provides relative to an award of visitation rights. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB603 | ALARIO | UNCLAIMED PROPERTY - Provides procedure for the escheatment of United States savings bonds presumed abandoned. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB610 | GALLOT | MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for Cedar Creek School in Ruston, Louisiana. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB633 | CLAITOR | SCHOOLS - 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) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/12/2014 |
| | | HB628 | ST.GERMAIN | FUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the investment of public funds in a state infrastructure bank (REF NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB629 | ST.GERMAIN | FUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the deposit of revenues into the Transportation Trust Fund (RRF SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB884 | ST.GERMAIN | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides with regard to dedications of certain excess mineral revenues and deposits into the Budget Stabilization Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB979 | ST.GERMAIN | TRANSPORTATION - Provides for the creation of the Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Bank (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB1275 | T.BURNS | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides specified procedures for notice, public hearings, and reports regarding permits from the office of conservation of the Dept. of Natural Resources for operations that involve hydraulic fracture stimulation in certain parishes (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX) |
| | | HB390 | SHERMAN MACK | STATE SYMBOL - Provides for fox pens as part of Louisiana's folklife heritage |
| | | HB1184 | HUNTER | JUDGES/DISTRICT - Authorizes certain judges to practice law |
| | | HB1212 | JAMES | MUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to the election on a question of municipal incorporation |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/13/2014 |
| | | SB333 | JOHNS | CRIMINAL RECORDS - Provides relative to crime against nature and incest. (gov sig) |
RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR |
Morning Hour |
12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | HB100 | DIXON | COURTS/COURT COSTS - Establishes court costs to pay for settlements to wrongfully convicted individuals |
Regular Order |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
| | | HB293 | B.ADAMS | GAMBLING - Prohibits gambling by electronic sweepstakes device (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | HB25 | TALBOT | RETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS - Provides relative to membership in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EG DECREASE APV) |
| | | HB98 | P.WILLIAMS | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the distribution of the monies in the Shreveport Riverfront and Convention Center and Independence Stadium Fund |
| | | HB114 | CONNICK | PRESCRIPTION - Extends the time within which to commence a lawsuit in certain civil cases |
| | | HB137 | HAVARD | STATE EMPLOYEES - Authorizes payroll deductions for dues for membership in the Louisiana Engineering Society (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB190 | GREGORY MILLER | ETHICS/NEPOTISM - Removes a nepotism exception for certain health professionals in a parish with a population of between four hundred thousand and four hundred forty thousand |
| | | HB409 | CHAMPAGNE | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Provides relative to the authority and duties of the legislative auditor (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB503 | CARMODY | STATE SYMBOL - Provides for the official state book |
| | | HB524 | N.LANDRY | CONDOMINIUMS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Condominium Act |
| | | HB555 | CAMERON HENRY | STUDENTS - Provides for limitations and prohibitions on the collection and sharing of student information and provides penalties for violations |
| | | HB588 | STEVE CARTER | HIGHER EDUCATION - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for members of the postsecondary education management boards and the Board of Regents to have qualifications provided by law |
| | | HB667 | SIMON | HEALTH - Reorganizes and recodifies the Miscellaneous Health Provisions chapter of Title 40 of the La. Revised Statutes |
| | | HB679 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | CRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to the policies, duties, powers, and reports of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission (OR NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB712 | GREENE | TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Prohibits the state from paying interest on refunds for the overpayment of certain severance taxes (EN +$4,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB859 | ARNOLD | TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Requires automated traffic enforcement systems to use a standardized caution light time |
| | | HB873 | T.BURNS | ETHICS/CODE - Provides relative to the confidential and privileged nature of certain records of the Board of Ethics |
| | | HB993 | SCHRODER | EDUCATION/SPECIAL - Provides relative to requirements for pupil progression, graduation, and issuance of diplomas for students with exceptionalities |
| | | HB1081 | BISHOP | PROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property in Lafayette Parish |
| | | HB1083 | BADON | TAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to levy an additional hotel occupancy tax |
| | | HB1131 | PYLANT | LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Provides relative to training for part-time law enforcement officers |
| | | HB1155 | HILL | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides conditions for licensing of therapeutic group homes for youth suffering from mental illness |
| | | HB1159 | BADON | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the sampling of alcoholic beverages |
| | | HB1233 | SEABAUGH | TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Prohibits municipalities from issuing citations on an interstate highway unless at least one-half linear mile in each direction of the travel lane of the interstate highway is included within the city limits |
| | | HB1242 | ORTEGO | BOATS/SHIPS/VESSELS - Authorizes the use of kayaks, canoes, and pirogues at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge |
| | | HB1276 | ABRAMSON | PROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the use of the Superdome for interscholastic athletic activities in certain circumstances |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB384 | ERIC LAFLEUR | BONDS - Requires issuers of state municipal securities to comply with certain continuing disclosure rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
INSTRUMENTS PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HB54 | JAMES | CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Authorizes the designation of specialized divisions or sections in city or municipal courts (EN +$161,950 LF RV See Note) |