Senate Daily Digest
May 13, 2014
2:00 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
 SR128HEITMEIERSENATE - Recognizes the month of May as "Foster Care Awareness Month".

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR132BROOMELEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates and recognizes May 11-17, 2014, as National Women's Health Week.
 SCR133BROOMECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Baton Rouge chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., upon the celebration of their fiftieth anniversary and designates May 21, 2014, as "Jack and Jill Day at the Capitol".

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB249PRICECHILDREN/CARE - Provides for access to child care assistance by homeless families (EN FF EX See Note)
 HB262FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS/ANCILLARY - Provides for ancillary expenses of state government
 HB628ST.GERMAINFUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the investment of public funds in a state infrastructure bank (REF NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB733JACKSON-ANDREWSCURRICULA - Requires instruction on child assault awareness and prevention in public schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB735JAMESSCHOOLS/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)
 HB1026FANNINFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the transfer and deposit of monies among state funds (EN +$176,317,171 SD RV See Note)
 HB1095FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary for Fiscal Year 2014-2015
 HB1096FANNINREVENUE SHARING - Provides for revenue sharing distribution for Fiscal Year 2014-2015
 HB1194KLECKLEYLEGISLATIVE EXPENSES - Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for FY 2014-2015
 HB1282HODGESSCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to requirements for the recruiting, employing, and training of charter school employees

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR149LEGERSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes Wednesday, October 22, 2014, as Greaux Green with Greenbuild Day
 HCR150HUVALCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Albert "Pyook" Berard

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB340DONAHUETOPS - Provides relative to TOPS award amounts. (gov sig) (EG -$24,600,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB343DONAHUETUITION - Constitutional amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management. (2/3-CA13sl(A)) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB377MARTINYUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides relative to reciprocal agreements with federal and state agencies regarding unemployment compensation. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB437MORRELLSCHOOLS - Requires BESE to create a performance review commission in any public school district in which the Recovery School District has initiated a takeover of schools for more than 5 years. (8/1/14)
 SB459CLAITORATTORNEYS - Provides that contingency fee contracts for private attorneys handling civil actions under the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law shall be public records. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB468ADLEYPUBLIC WORKS - Provides relative to contracts for public works. (8/1/14)
 SB672BODI WHITESCHOOLS - Provides relative to the membership and election of members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. (8/1/14)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB6PEARSONRETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Establishes a minimum employer contribution rate for the Optional Retirement Plan in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE FC SG LF EX)
 HB22PEARSONRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides generally relative to the Harbor Police Retirement System in the city of New Orleans (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB27ARNOLDRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB65MONTOUCETRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Authorizes the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System to adopt group trust provisions pursuant to Internal Revenue Service rulings (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB75MONTOUCETRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Requires court order be provided to the Firefighters' Retirement System before the system can seize or garnish benefits of a member (RE NO IMPACT APV)
 HB76MONTOUCETRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the removal of a former spouse as a designated beneficiary of an active member of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB77MONTOUCETRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides for conversion of leave to service credit in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB132JEFFERSONTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Authorizes the town of Homer to levy an additional sales and use tax (EN +$505,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB171PEARSONSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires school boards and charter school governing authorities to offer to their employees the opportunity to participate in the La. Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan
 HB242ARMESSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to compensation for school support personnel for substitute teaching (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB244BROADWATERCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides with respect to the lease of property at public postsecondary education institutions to nonprofit corporations or associations to hold fundraisers that include the auctioning and sale of firearms
 HB289PONTIDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Tara Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$75,348 LF RV See Note)
 HB291JIM MORRISDISTRICTS/FIRE PROTECT - Authorizes Caddo Fire District No. 1 to levy and collect a sales and use tax, subject to voter approval (EN +$409,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB347BADONMOTOR VEHICLES - Exempts boat trailers from the requirement to have inspection stickers
 HB402BARRASHIGHWAYS - Designates an overpass on U. S. Highway 90 in Iberia Parish as the "George Rodrigue Memorial Overpass"
 HB415HOFFMANNTEACHERS/EVALUATION - Requires the convening of a subcommittee of the Accountability Commission to make recommendations relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators (EN +$67,144 GF EX See Note)
 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)
 HB455IVEYDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Wedgewood Civic Association District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB457PIERREDISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the boundaries and governance of the North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority
 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)
 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)
 HB568ST.GERMAINFIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN - Provides relative to financial security benefits for surviving spouses and children of fire operation personnel
 HB575ARNOLDDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides with respect to the duration of taxes levied for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB577TERRY BROWNDISTRICTS/WATERWORKS - Authorizes Waterworks District No. 3 of Rapides Parish to acquire a privately owned water system located in Grant Parish (EN +$18,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB582SAM JONESDISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Creates the Morgan City Development District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB584PUGHPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides relative to the naming of the Tangipahoa Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau building
 HB684ABRAMSONDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Exempts certain security districts and similar districts from certain requirements for public notice and for recording or broadcast of certain meetings
 HB690BROADWATERPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Permits public school districts and schools to participate in group purchasing for materials, equipment, and supplies (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB762ORTEGOHIGHWAYS - Amends the spelling of the "Hadley J. Castille-Pecanaire Highway"
 HB768PRICEMUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to incorporation petitions
 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)
 HB851TALBOTMTR VEHICLE/COMPULS INS - Increases penalties for driving with a cancelled auto liability policy
 HB864TALBOTMTR VEHICLE/COMPULS INS - Creates a penalty for school bus drivers operating buses without insurance
 HB888ARNOLDCLERKS OF COURT - Creates a statewide portal for secure remote access to certain records maintained by district clerks of court (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB929BADONMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked on private property
 HB954LEGEREDUCATION/PRE-K - Provides relative to the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB963GAROFALOMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Prohibits novelty or unofficial credentials intended to simulate valid state or federal credentials
 HB967GAROFALOMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for international driver's licenses
 HB998ORTEGOTRANSPORTATION - Requires DOTD to supplement the manual on uniform traffic control devices to permit certain guide signs to appear in English and Louisiana French
 HB1019GAROFALODISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Creates the St. Bernard Parish Economic Development Commission (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB1086BARRASECONOMIC DEVEL/COMMUNITY - Authorizes economic development districts or authorities to approve the creation of nonprofit economic development corporations
 HB1091WILLMOTTANIMALS - Prohibits the transportation of dogs in pickup truck beds on certain roadways unless humanely secured
 HB1109POPEPLANNING/ZONING - Provides with respect to meetings of planning commissions located in certain municipalities
 HB1197SCHRODERMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Save the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse special prestige license plate
 HB1228FOILSCHOOLS/CHOICE - Provides relative to a program for educating students with exceptionalities
 HB1237WOODRUFFMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Provides for parochial school prestige license plates and creates such for Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School and the Academy of Sacred Heart
 HB1244WILLMOTTAIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS - Repeals the Southeast Regional Airport Authority
 HB1271LEGERSCHOOLS/FINANCE - Provides for allocations of certain local tax revenue to building renovation and replacement purposes in certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB1278PEARSONRETIREMENT/STATE EMPS - Provides for enrollment of new hires of the Harbor Police Department of the Port of New Orleans in the Hazardous Duty Services Plan in the La. State Employees' Retirement System and for merger of the existing Harbor Police Retirement System into the La. State Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Reconsideration
 SB520DONAHUEPOSTSECONDARY ED - Revises academic requirements for initial eligibility to receive certain TOPS awards and allocates additional funding to the La. GO Grant program. (gov sig) (EG -$24,000,000 GF EX See Note)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR66DORSEY-COLOMBTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests DOTD to perform a study relative to the increase in the noise decibel levels as a result of the expansion of LA 42 (Burbank Drive) and elsewhere in Baton Rouge.
 SR105THOMPSONTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study solutions to the buildup of sediment around Louisiana ports and to consult with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR77BRET ALLAINROADS/HIGHWAYS - Requests DOTD and DOAF to identify and mark farm to market highways in Louisiana.
 SCR93TROY BROWNTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests DOTD to take action to provide greater safety to the motoring public, to move traffic more efficiently, and to minimize traffic accidents at the intersection of Cornerview Road and LA 73 and on LA 22 between I-10 and LA 70 in Ascension Parish.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB53CORTEZHORSE RACING - Provides relative to horse racing. (8/1/14)
 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)
 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)
 SB303J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics. (gov sig)
 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))
 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)
 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)
 SB507MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the practice of dentistry and the regulation of the profession. (See Act)
 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)
 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)
 SB628MURRAYJUDGES - Provides relative to powers of the Judiciary Commission. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB652E.GUILLORYSTUDENTS - Provides for the Classroom Protection Act. (gov sig)
 SB654MORRELLFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Authorizes the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits to commercial film theaters. (7/1/14)
 SB665CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Visitors Enterprise Fund. (7/1/14)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR97P.SMITHCIVIL SERVICE - Commends the Dept. of State Civil Service for performing extensive research and beginning the process of removing questions about criminal history from its initial application for certain positions
 HCR3STOKESADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Amends portion of law relative to repossession agency apprentices
 HCR67LEGERHEALTH/CANCER - Provides for the Louisiana Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to be coordinated by the LSU Health Sciences Centers
 HCR68DIXONINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Recognizes the contributions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the importance of promoting and fostering relationships with the people of Azerbaijan
 HCR81PEARSONCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to submit a report to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare evaluating the health benefits and healthcare costs of adding adrenoleukodystrophy to the mandatory screenings to be performed on a newborn child
 HCR95BISHOPCONGRESS - Memorializes congress to expand the Americans with Disabilities Act to require arm chairs
 HCR106NORTONHEALTH CARE - Acknowledges the historic milestones in U.S. healthcare reform reached since enactment of the Affordable Care Act
 HCR42GUINNLEGISLATIVE POWERS - Designates the community of Thornwell, Louisiana, as the Yellow Rail Capital of the World
 HCR51HODGESTRANSPORTATION - Creates a task force to study and make recommendations on actions necessary to complete the construction of the Comite River Diversion Project
 HCR61LEGEREDUCATION/FINANCE - Urges and requests BESE to develop a statewide funding model for early childhood care and educational services
 HCR112FANNINEDUCATION/FINANCE - Authorizes and requests the legislative auditor to conduct an audit of MFP student count methodology and processes to determine if they ensure accurate and consistent student counts

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 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)
 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
 HB187LOPINTOCHILDREN - Provides for surrogacy regulation in Louisiana (EN SEE FISC NOTE 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
 HB478GREGORY MILLERPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to procedures in certain expropriation proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB530PYLANTCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to the crimes of incest and aggravated incest (EN NO IMPACT 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)
 HB193RICHARDPOLITICAL PARTIES - Repeals the prohibition against the recognition of certain political parties (EN +$52,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB318DANAHAYPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides a public records exemption for certain documents of or in the possession of the Board of Tax Appeals
 HB319FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides for revisions to business corporation law
 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
 HB601ABRAMSONINSURANCE/HEALTH - Prohibits a provider of healthcare services from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurance issuer under certain circumstances
 HB787ARNOLDOFFICIAL JOURNALS - Provides relative to the qualification of a newspaper to publish official proceedings, legal notices, or advertisements in Orleans or Jefferson Parish
 HB807BARRASFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Makes changes to residential mortgage brokers and lenders law
 HB838HOFFMANNREAL ESTATE - Provides relative to fees charged by the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board (EN +$36,250 SG RV See Note)
 HB844PONTIBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to security freezes
 HB857BROADWATERELECTIONS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the filling of vacancies in certain local and municipal offices (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB868PONTIUTILITIES - Makes changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law
 HB894HOFFMANNREAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS - Provides relative to the membership requirements for the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board
 HB1018HOFFMANNREAL ESTATE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Law
 HB1057THIERRYINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to risk-based capital for health organizations
 HB1149LORUSSOINSURANCE - Adds a representative of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies to the Louisiana Property and Casualty Insurance Commission
 HB1195LORUSSOINSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to unfair trade practices in the business of insurance
 HB1234PONTISECURITIES - Provides relative to the registration of securities
 HB5PEARSONRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to the composition of the board of trustees of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB23PEARSONRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to expenses and funds of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB39PEARSONRETIREMENT/ASSESSORS - Provides relative to the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Back-DROP) in the Louisiana Assessors' Retirement Fund (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB87DANAHAYRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides for shared employment between the Vinton Public Power Authority and another employer in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System and provides guidelines and restrictions relative to creditable service for such employment (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB136GUINNHIGHWAYS - Designates the Flyway Byway in Jefferson Davis Parish as a Louisiana byway and names the "Creole Nature Trail All-American road route" byway in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes
 HB272A.WILLIAMSWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides relative to firearms buyback programs for parishes and municipalities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB295BURRELLLOCAL GOVERNMENT - Provides relative to revision of local government laws pursuant to HCR No. 218 of the 2009 Regular Session
 HB339LEGERPARISH/ORLEANS - Provides relative to the powers granted to the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to remove weeds and other deleterious growths
 HB366PEARSONMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient" military honor license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB370J.THOMPSONMOTOR VEHICLES - Prohibits drivers from using certain cellular devices while traveling through school zones during effective hours
 HB371BADONDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the parcel fee levied within the Kingswood Subdivision Improvement District in Orleans Parish
 HB389LEGERGAMING/REVENUE - Provides relative to the casino support services contract (EN +$3,600,000 SD RV See Note)
 HB416LAMBERTFISHING - Assigns to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission management responsibility for sustainability of freshwater and saltwater fisheries
 HB446LEGERTRANSPORTATION - Designates DOTD as the agency responsible for oversight of fixed guideway rail systems and provides for powers and duties (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB523LAMBERTFISHING/RECREATIONAL - Provides for possession limits for certain species of bass caught in saltwater areas of the state
 HB553HAVARDCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides an increase in court costs relative to judicial commitment procedures (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB574BADONDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Seabrook Neighborhood Improvement and Security District in Orleans Parish (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB763ORTEGOSCHOOLS - Provides relative to foreign language immersion programs in public schools (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB782J.THOMPSONWATER/RESOURCES - Deposits proceeds collected by the state from the use or withdrawal of surface water into the Aquatic Plant Control Fund for aquatic weed control and eradication
 HB800P.SMITHMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana AIDS Advocacy Network to raise HIV/AIDS awareness
 HB818LEGERMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "George Rodrigue Foundation" license plate
 HB825N.LANDRYMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Louisiana Master Gardener" special prestige license plate
 HB944FANNINCURRICULA - Provides relative to the high school career option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB950A.WILLIAMSDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Goodwood Homesites Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
 HB965JACKSON-ANDREWSMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates a domestic violence awareness special prestige license plate
 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
 HB1010A.WILLIAMSDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Villa del Rey Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 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)
 HB1055GUINNHIGHWAYS - Provides relative to Louisiana Byway designations
 HB1071CHANEYHUNTING/LICENSES - Reduces the time required to qualify as a resident for hunting and fishing licenses
 HB1085SCHEXNAYDERPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the lease of certain state property in Iberville Parish
 HB1112SHERMAN MACKMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the National Rifle Association special prestige license plate
 HB1150LORUSSOMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to military honor license plates for service during the Cold War
 HB1238MORENOMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Provides for a "For Hire" special license plate (EN +$42,375 SG RV See Note)
 HB1258THIBAUTMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to motor vehicle inspection checkpoints (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB46H.BURNSJUDGMENTS - Requires judges to sign and print their names on all judgments (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB61POPEINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to the Livingston Parish Retired Employees' Insurance Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE 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)
 HB160ST.GERMAINEXPLOSIVES - Adds exploding targets to the definition of explosives
 HB237SHERMAN MACKCOURTS/MAGISTRATES - Removes the mandatory retirement age for constables
 HB413HARRISONPARDON/PAROLE - Provides with respect to parole eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB422SHADOINMARRIAGE/LICENSE - Provides relative to the authority to perform a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB445N.LANDRYCHILDRENS CODE - Provides for court-ordered criminal background checks in connection with certain adoptions and provides for the petition for intrafamily adoptions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB495B.ADAMSFIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to the authority to investigate and make arrests for certain crimes
 HB511M.GUILLORYDWI - Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB539STOKESSEIZURES/SALES - Provides relative to time delays and methods of timely submission of notices of repossession (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 HB546BARROWCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides with respect to restitution in criminal cases
 HB567SHADOINBONDS - Provides relative to filing of bond or other security in proceedings under the Private Works Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB638CONNICKSEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY - Provides relative to the crime of failure to register as a sex offender or child predator (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB639CONNICKSEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY - Amends the definition of criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to include certain convictions of stalking (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB670P.SMITHCRIME - Provides for intensive parole supervision for certain offenders sentenced as habitual offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB772ROBIDEAUXSHERIFFS - Provides relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and employees hired on or after July 1, 2014, for Lafayette Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB781THIBAUTCORRECTIONS - Provides for the creation of a pilot program to rehabilitate and support offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF 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)
 HB1024JACKSON-ANDREWSCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Provides with respect to drug free zones
 HB1038DIXONCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Extends the period in which to file an application for DNA testing
 HB1052MORENOFAMILY VIOLENCE - Creates the Domestic Violence Prevention Commission
 HB1157BADONCORRECTIONS - Amends provisions of law regarding intensive parole supervision
 HB1158BADONCRIME - Creates the crime of solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes
 HB1257LOPINTOPROBATION - Provides for the procedures by which conditions of probation may be modified, changed, or discharged and procedures by which a defendant's probation may be terminated (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1263H.BURNSINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and employees of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB1264HOFFMANNREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes and vapor products to persons under the age of eighteen (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB1265GREENELAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Provides for special officer's commissions for rail police officers
 HB24PEARSONRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL - Provides relative to amortization schedules for credits and liabilities of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN +$2,920,733 FC LF EX)
 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
 HB167GREENEBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists
 HB185HAVARDHEALTH/HOME CARE - Provides relative to home- and community-based long-term care services provided by direct service workers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB195SIMONSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services
 HB298GAROFALOCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides for court costs in St. Bernard Parish (EN +$66,500 LF RV See Note)
 HB388JACKSON-ANDREWSABORTION - Provides for requirements of physicians who perform abortions
 HB396WILLMOTTBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the membership of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council
 HB459ARNOLDETHICS - Allows an immediate family member of a legislator to lobby the legislature under certain circumstances
 HB486TALBOTCAMPAIGN FINANCE - Requires political committees to provide certain notifications to candidates and principal and subsidiary campaign committees of candidates
 HB610ABRAMSONRADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS - Provides relative to licensed radiologic technologists
 HB754MORENODRUGS/CONTROLLED - Authorizes first responders to carry naloxone
 HB770PRICEMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to the Used Motor Vehicle Commission
 HB802BARROWPUBLIC HEALTH - Establishes a task force on toxic mold (EN INCREASE See Note)
 HB803BERTHELOTFIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN - Authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules and regulations regarding workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters
 HB863DANAHAYTAX APPEALS/BOARD - Authorizes and provides for the adjudication of certain state and local tax disputes by the Board of Tax Appeals (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB869PONTIREAL ESTATE/REALTORS - Provides for changes to the post-license education requirements of real estate brokers and salespersons
 HB919PONTICONTRACTORS - Permits a licensed municipal and public works contractor to work on certain utility lines
 HB994PONTIECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to financing requirements of the Louisiana Business and Industrial Development Company Act
 HB1048PONTICOMMERCE - Requires the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council to adopt certain codes relative to plumbing
 HB1121DANAHAYPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides an exemption from the Public Records Law for certain commercially sensitive information of a public power authority
 HB1200STOKESMEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid recovery audit contractors and procedures
 HB1259PRICEFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to the admissibility of electronic reproductions of records retained by financial institutions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1267STOKESPUBLIC SFTY/DEPARTMENT - Authorizes the fire marshal to require carbon monoxide alarm systems in certain hotels where a potential carbon monoxide poisoning threat exists (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1269CAMERON HENRYETHICS/CODE - Provides relative to the protection of public employees from reprisal and threats of reprisal for reporting acts of alleged impropriety (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB186CAMERON HENRYHUNTING - Provides for the use of sound suppressors in hunting
 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)
 HB349BARRASPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Relative to lease payments for leasing of property by public benefit corporations
 HB419MONTOUCETDISTRICTS/DRAINAGE - Provides relative to access to public drainage for maintenance purposes
 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)
 HB621ABRAMSONCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the authority to act on behalf of a deceased or incompetent member of a limited liability company
 HB766PONTIFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to consumer credit transactions
 HB795BARRASMTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Provides relative to the model age and use of school buses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB850DOVECOASTAL COMMISSION - Provides relative to clean up of hazardous materials found in integrated coastal protection projects
 HB904ROBERT JOHNSONHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority
 HB1013SCHEXNAYDERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to boards and commissions

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 HB54JAMESCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Authorizes the designation of specialized divisions or sections in city or municipal courts (EN +$161,950 LF RV See Note)
 HB63LEGEREXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Revises terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB173JAMESDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
 HB569STOKESCOURTS - Relative to human trafficking courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB793ST.GERMAINWATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission
 HB1036ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations