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 |
| | | HR133 | LEGER | MOTOR VEHICLES - Urges and requests the DOTD to study autonomous vehicles |
| | | HCR145 | BADON | CONSUMERS/PROTECTION - Requests a study and policy recommendations concerning the health effects of formaldehyde in children's personal care products at levels currently allowed by law |
| | | HCR146 | LEGER | CRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to conduct a comprehensive statewide review of factors affecting the state's incarceration and recidivism rates |
| | | HCR147 | BROADWATER | VOTERS/VOTING - Provides for a study of voting technology, processes, and procedures |
| | | HCR148 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | BESE - Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education report to the legislative health and welfare committees on the implementation of laws limiting student access to certain foods and beverages in public schools |
| | | HR136 | LOPINTO | CORRECTIONS - Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the different methods of administering the death penalty |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB524 | WALSWORTH | EARLY CHILDHOOD ED - Provides for transfer of the lead agency for the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant and the transfer of oversight and administration of licensing and regulation of early learning centers from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Education. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB591 | MORRELL | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides with respect to the Road Home Corporation, the Louisiana Land Trust or other housing assistance programs when disposing of certain properties. (8/1/14) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB639 | PERRY | MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for the Louisiana Youth Leadership Seminar Corporation. (8/1/14) |
14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | HR79 | JEFFERSON | MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to simplify and clarify the process for the holder of a commercial driver's license to have their license reinstated |
| | | HCR100 | ST.GERMAIN | HIGHWAYS - Studies the feasibility of the West Bank Connector |
| | | HCR127 | T.LANDRY | MTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Urges and requests the office of public safety and corrections to study the feasibility of requiring oncoming traffic on a two lane road with a continuous left turn lane to stop for school buses |
| | | HCR129 | HUVAL | CIVIL/CLAIMS - Authorizes the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the collateral source rule |
15. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR63 | BROOME | TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests DOTD to take action to provide greater safety to the motoring public at the intersection of Thomas Road and Scenic Highway and the I-10 west entry ramp at Exit 157B on Acadian Thruway, both in East Baton Rouge Parish. |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB148 | CHAMPAGNE | FUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Requires that monies received by the state from violations of certain federal and state laws associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB562 | LOPINTO | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS - Requires DPS&C to reimburse sheriffs for housing parolees who are arrested pending the parole revocation hearing (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB1129 | THIERRY | TEACHERS - Provides relative to professional development for teachers (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
19. Reconsideration |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/13/2014 |
| | | 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 |
| | | HCR128 | P.SMITH | COURTS - Provides with respect to protective orders |
2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/14/2014 |
| | | 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 |
Scheduled for concurrence on 5/13/2014 |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB210 | JEFFERSON | PAROLE - Amends eligibility criteria for medical parole (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB398 | STOKES | PUBLIC LANDS/STATE - Provides for the lease of state property in Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB578 | KENNY COX | ALCOHOLIC 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) |
| | | HB951 | FOIL | DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the University Acres Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB984 | PIERRE | UNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides for technical corrections to various unemployment compensation provisions |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/13/2014 |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/15/2014 |
| | | HB3 | ROBIDEAUX | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act |
| | | HB2 | ROBIDEAUX | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget |
| | | HB854 | GAROFALO | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/13/2014 |
| | | 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) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/14/2014 |
| | | 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) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/15/2014 |
| | | 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.
(gov sig) |
| | | 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) |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | 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.
(gov sig) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB14 | E.GUILLORY | SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides for the determination of liabilities of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System and the payment therefor. (6/30/14) (EN +$4,613,318 FC LF EX) |
| | | SB20 | E.GUILLORY | TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Provides for compliance with federal tax qualification standards. (7/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT APV) |
| | | SB24 | E.GUILLORY | SHERIFFS PEN/RELIEF FUND - Provides designations and terms of office for members of the board of trustees. (6/30/14) (EN NO IMPACT APV) |
| | | SB25 | E.GUILLORY | SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides for administration of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (EN INCREASE APV) |
| | | SB183 | FRED MILLS | LOCAL AGENCIES - Requires additional notice to property owners directly affected by a public works project of meetings by a parish, a municipality, the state or a political subdivision of the state. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB186 | FRED MILLS | CIVIL SERVICE - Provides relative to the city of New Iberia municipal fire and police civil service system board. (gov sig) |
| | | SB387 | ERIC LAFLEUR | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to actions of special districts by a local governmental subdivision when the district and the subdivision have the same governing authority. (gov sig) |
| | | SB425 | CORTEZ | WATER/SEWER OPERATORS - Provides relative to privately owned public water supply or sewer system providers and requires office of public health to adopt rules to implement iron and manganese control requirements. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB435 | PERRY | MUNICIPALITIES - Authorizes the city of Scott to levy a hotel occupancy tax not to exceed five percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy. (gov sig) |
| | | SB445 | CROWE | JUDGES - Provides for the elimination of two judges from the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. (See Act) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB549 | GALLOT | LOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB564 | FRED MILLS | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides for position of deputy chief of police for the city of St. Martinville. (gov sig) |
| | | SB566 | CLAITOR | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area Transit System (CATS). (gov sig) |
| | | SB587 | PETERSON | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District. (gov sig) |
| | | SB588 | PETERSON | HOUSING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB601 | J.AMEDEE | LOCAL OFFICIALS - Provides relative to the abolition of the position of police chief and the police department of the town of Sorrento. (gov sig) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/13/2014 |
| | | HB1212 | JAMES | MUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to the election on a question of municipal incorporation |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB1281 | MONTOUCET | ENERGY/PIPELINES - Provides for pipeline disclosures and registrations |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/14/2014 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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) |
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) |
| | | HB641 | HARRISON | CORONERS - Relative to the office and duties of coroner (RE1 NO IMPACT LF 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | HB1185 | HUNTER | SUNSET LAW - Provides relative to legislation re-creating statutory entities |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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 |
| | | HB569 | STOKES | COURTS - Relative to human trafficking courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB793 | ST.GERMAIN | WATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission |
| | | HB1036 | ARNOLD | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations |