House Order of the Day
May 28, 2014
1:00 PM
House Chamber

Adjourned
 

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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

13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee
 SB297TROY BROWNLOCAL AGENCIES - Authorizes political subdivisions or political corporations to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with private entities relative to the funding of local infrastructure projects. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB544HEITMEIERCOURTS - Provides relative to office of clerk of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 HR148DANAHAYLICENSING - Urges and requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the notification process of pulled licenses for offenders when they are pulled over for a traffic violation and their license is taken
 HR156CONNICKCIVIL/LAW - Authorizes and directs the Louisiana Supreme Court to study extending liberative prescriptive periods to two years and to compile data relative to Louisiana's threshold for a civil jury trial
 HCR163GAROFALOCIVIL/JURY TRIALS - Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to compile data relative to Louisiana's monetary threshold to obtain a civil jury trial

15. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR142GALLOTTAX/TAXATION - Requests the Department of Revenue and the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Legislative Auditor, to take all action necessary to collect oil and gas severance tax and mineral royalties and to establish procedures to verify the accuracy of payments and refunds thereof, all to be monitored by the Legislative Auditor and reported to the legislature. (OR1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee
 HB341HARRISONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to departments of the executive branch of state government (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 HB342HARRISONELDERLY - (Constitutional Amendment) Creates and provides for a Department of Elderly Affairs (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau
 SB40CORTEZCOURTS - Provides relative to certain court costs in the City Court of Lafayette. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB294MORRELLLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to rights of law enforcement officers while under investigation. (7/1/14) (EN +$300,000 APV)
 SB368MORRELLLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (8/15/14)
 SB377MARTINYUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides relative to reciprocal agreements with federal and state agencies regarding unemployment compensation. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 SB583E.GUILLORYCOURTS - Relative to the term of office and qualifications for certain officers in justice of the peace courts. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB654MORRELLFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Authorizes the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits to commercial film theaters. (7/1/14)
 SB664CORTEZAGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR - Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and forestry to receive and investigate complaints about prescribed burns and to revoke his authorization in certain situations. (8/1/14)
 SB250WARDANIMALS - Exempts certain persons from the requirements of the big exotic cats rules. (8/1/14)
 SB271MURRAYJUDGES - Provides relative to vacancy in the office of a judge. (See Act)
 SB446BUFFINGTONPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to public records. (gov sig)
 SB573CHABERTPUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Creates the office of multimodal commerce in the Department of Transportation and Development. (See Act) (RR1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB655BUFFINGTONFUNDS/FUNDING - Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to various educational institutions for recipients of TOPS Awards or GO Grants. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB656BUFFINGTONFUNDS/FUNDING - Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to various participating schools for recipients of student scholarship programs. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB657BUFFINGTONFUNDS/FUNDING - Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to participating school systems for children enrolled in the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program classes. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY

1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 HR133LEGERMOTOR VEHICLES - Urges and requests the DOTD to study autonomous vehicles
 HR1MORENOCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Directs the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to evaluate the use of solitary confinement in La.
 HR3LEGERHOUSE/RULES - Revises terminology in House Rules referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities
 HR10T.LANDRYTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Requests the House Committee on Transportation to study the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program to determine if the department's contracting activities are in line with the program's objectives based on local market place conditions
 HR84BARROWADMIN LAW/DIVISION - Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to examine the structure, functions, duties, and authority of the division of administrative law
 HR123BARROWSCHOOLS/BOARDS - Requests that the House Committee on Education study issues raised by legislation proposed during the 2014 Regular Session and prior sessions relative to certain school systems
 HR130CONNICKAUDITS/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
 HR140W.BISHOPEDUCATION - Expresses support for the My Brother's Keeper initiative and requests that BESE monitor and submit a report to the legislature relative to the education-related recommendations of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force
 HR142LOPINTOCORRECTIONS - Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the best practices in administering the death penalty in the most humane manner
 HR149W.BISHOPCRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to evaluate Louisiana's "stand your ground" laws
 HR78JEFFERSONPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to review the feasibility of expanding the workforce development sentencing program
 HR162P.WILLIAMSBESE - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule relative to student lunch time
 HR170WHITNEYWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - Urges and requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission, in consultation with the Department of Health and Hospitals, to develop a referral process for the rehabilitation of unemployment insurance applicants who were discharged from previous employment due to unlawful drug use
 HR172WOODRUFFCONSUMERS/FOOD-BEVERAGES - Requests the Department of Agriculture to study and make recommendations for a prospective state policy regulating the sale or use of genetically modified organisms
 HR173BARROWMENTAL HEALTH - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals and the division of administration to report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare concerning the discontinuation of the operation of the Earl K. Long Medical Center Mental Health Emergency Room Extension upon privatization of that hospital
 HCR137HARRISONATTORNEYS/FEES - Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of sanctions for filing frivolous pleadings
 HCR199STOKESINSURANCE CLAIMS - Requests the Louisiana Department of Insurance to study prohibiting insurers from using claims that did not exceed the insured's deductible to cancel coverage
 HCR201BROADWATERHEALTH SERVICES - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility of providing Medicaid enrollees with a choice of fiscal/employer agents
 HCR203GREENEINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requests Department of Insurance to study the issue of coinsurance and deductibles assessed by health benefit plans

2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 SCR136THOMPSONLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Reactivates the Ancient Mounds Heritage Area and Trails Advisory Commission.

3. House Concurrent Resolutions Returned from the Senate with Amendments

Not yet scheduled for concurrence
 HCR91RICHARDMTR 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
 HCR134LEGERFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the Medical Education & Research Finance Work Group to provide findings and recommendations to the legislature relative to a formula-based financing model for the funding of Louisiana's public institutions for graduate and professional medical education and biomedical and health-related research
 HCR119CONNICKAUDITS/AUDITING - Directs the legislative auditor to perform an audit of the Louisiana State Racing Commission regarding horse racing facilities and offtrack wagering facilities located in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson

4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House

Scheduled for concurrence on 5/28/2014
 HB68T.BURNSADMIN LAW/DIVISION - Provides that certain appeals and hearings formerly conducted by the bureau of appeals of the Dept. of Health and Hospitals shall be conducted by the division of administrative law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB126H.BURNSMTR VEHICLE/COMPULS INS - Requires law enforcement officers to check for compliance with the compulsory motor vehicle liability security law during traffic stops
 HB139JEFFERSONHIGHWAYS - Names portion of LA 798-2 in Bienville Parish as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive" and names portion of I-220 in Bossier Parish "Johnny Wyatt Memorial Highway"
 HB236BROADWATERREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Authorizes the office of debt recovery to utilize the offset of certain gaming winnings as a means to collect delinquent debt owed to state agencies (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB285ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to documentation of school attendance as a condition of driving privileges
 HB311ST.GERMAINPUBLIC LANDS/STATE - Removes lands located in the Atchafalaya Basin from certain state lease requirements
 HB484SIMONMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for a deaf or hard of hearing designation to be placed on the registration of a motor vehicle (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB488BERTHELOTTAX/PROPERTY - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes agents of the tax collector to sell property for delinquent taxes and requires the fee of the authorized agent to be included within the costs recoverable in the tax sale (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB551T.BURNSPRIVATE SECURITY - Makes changes to the Private Security Regulatory and Licensing Law
 HB698KENNY COXEMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT - Provides with respect to the ability to file quarterly reports by magnetic media (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB726IVEYFUNDS/FUNDING - Authorizes certain statutorily dedicated funds to be used for special law enforcement initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB824LEGERTAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the application fee for projects applying for the rehabilitation of historic structures tax credit applicable to nonresidential property (EN +$552,000 SG RV See Note)
 HB869PONTIREAL ESTATE/REALTORS - Provides for changes to the post-license education requirements of real estate brokers and salespersons
 HB885CONNICKSEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY - Provides for certain procedures relative to the end of registration and notification requirements of convicted sex offenders and child predators (EN +$103,000 SD EX See Note)
 HB900HODGESMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the Louisiana Advisory Council on Driver Education
 HB929BADONMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked on private property
 HB932ST.GERMAINMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for acts of donation of a motor vehicle without an authentic act
 HB1062HOFFMANNSNAP/FOOD STAMPS - Provides for a task force to make recommendations concerning electronic issuance of SNAP benefits
 HB1085SCHEXNAYDERPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the lease of certain state property in Iberville Parish
 HB1087GREGORY MILLERTAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the collector of certain taxing authorities to require the electronic filing and remittance of local sales and use taxes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB1140GAINESHIGHWAYS - Renames a portion of Louisiana Highway 3179 in St. John Parish as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard"
 HB1182SAM JONESHIGHWAYS - Requires a traffic signal on LA Hwy. 182 and Flagship Drive in Berwick, Louisiana
 HB1191BURRELLTAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau to levy and collect an additional hotel occupancy tax within the jurisdiction of the bureau (EN +$2,380,700 LF RV See Note)
 HB1200STOKESMEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid recovery audit contractors and procedures
 HB1253N.LANDRYSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to the powers of local public school boards and superintendents with respect to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers, and school employees
 HB1273LEGERLICENSING - Provides relative to the issuance of provisional licenses to ex-offenders in order to work in certain fields

Not yet scheduled for concurrence
 HB62PUGHPHARMACISTS - Provides relative to pharmacy record audits
 HB111LEGERTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to ad valorem taxes for fire and police protection in Orleans Parish (EN +$34,551,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB142RICHARDPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for a 10% reduction of all state professional, personal, and consulting service contracts and provides for deposit of the savings into the Higher Education Financing Fund (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB213GREGORY MILLERCAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS - Provides relative to election day expenditure reports
 HB216SCHRODERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for preparation of pies in the home for public consumption (REF SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 HB255ORTEGOTAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Carencro to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$67,400 LF RV See Note)
 HB350BISHOPHEALTH CARE - Adds conditions and protections relative to use of patient healthcare data to the La. Health Care Consumers' Right to Know law (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB401BARRASLEGISLATION - Provides for technical corrections to various provisions of the Constitution Ancillaries, the La. Revised Statutes, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Code of Criminal Procedure
 HB709GAROFALOJUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE - Provides relative to the duties and authority of justices of the peace (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB853LANCE HARRISBUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides for information included in the executive budget and the General Appropriation Bill (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB907ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for the issuance of REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and special identification cards (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1033KLECKLEYFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for enactment of the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy (WISE) Fund (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB1101BROADWATERCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to court reporters
 HB1118T.BURNSTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Changes requirements for public hearings at which millage adjustments are considered by certain taxing authorities (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB1176BROADWATERTANF - Provides for restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance and electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards
 HB1181SHADOINCIVIL/JURY TRIALS - Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts
 HB1262IVEYABORTION - Provides relative to information to be conveyed to a woman prior to abortion (EN INCREASE See Note)
 HB1274BADONHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to life-sustaining procedures for pregnant women
 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)
 HB1280SIMONHEALTH SERVICES - Provides for the Louisiana Telehealth Access Act

6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/28/2014
 SB582CLAITORMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for driver's license renewal every six years. (See Act) (EN +$10,100,000 SD RV See Note)
 SB661ERDEYROADS/HIGHWAYS - Provides authority to remove vehicles and cargo from roadways. (8/1/14)
 SB680ADLEYPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes use of construction management at risk method for public contracts. (8/1/14)
 SB61NEVERSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for the Louisiana Public School Choice Act. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB71MORRELLHEALTH SERVICES - Provide relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice Act. (8/1/14)
 SB126NEVERSTOPS - Provides relative to TOPS. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB167MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the Board of Dentistry. (gov sig)
 SB199MURRAYETHICS - Provides, relative to personal financial disclosure, procedure for collection of late filing fees by Board of Ethics. (8/1/14)
 SB258JOHNSSANITARY CODE - Provides relative to the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and conditions under the Sanitary Code. (8/1/14)
 SB270J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to personal financial disclosure under Campaign Finance Disclosure Act and Code of Governmental Ethics. (8/1/14)
 SB272MURRAYCAMPAIGN FINANCE - Provides that changes to the forms by the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance and personal financial disclosure forms by the Board of Ethics shall be accomplished through approval of the Committees on Senate and Governmental Affairs and House and Governmental Affairs. (8/1/14)
 SB274CORTEZETHICS - Provides relative to annual mandatory ethics training requirements. (8/1/14)
 SB290JOHNSCHILDREN'S CODE - Provides relative to safety plan order for child in need of care. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB394MORRELLETHICS - Prohibits persons having outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant to Code of Governmental Ethics from serving on any boards and commissions. (8/1/14)
 SB556JOHNSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Amends frequency of reporting prescription dispensing of certain substances to the state prescription monitoring board. (8/1/14)
 SB636BODI WHITESCHOOLS - Provides relative to the organization and management of large school systems. (8/1/14) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB54BROOMECHILDREN - Provides for an early intervention program in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB75MORRELLPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to the minimum disinfectant residual levels of free or total chlorine throughout public and private water systems. (8/1/14)
 SB108APPELPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the commissioner of higher education. (gov sig)
 SB122MORRISHETHICS - Provides an exception to the Code of Governmental Ethics regarding certain contractual or other relationships by certain municipal elected officials. (8/1/14)
 SB135LONGPROPERTY INSURANCE - Provides for home service contracts. (8/1/14)
 SB179MORRISHEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides with respect to the Course Choice Program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB184FRED MILLSPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the commissioner of administration to lease certain lands in St. Martin Parish. (gov sig)
 SB185FRED MILLSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14)
 SB191MORRISHEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for equal recognition of International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and dual enrollment courses. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB194FRED MILLSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15)
 SB209WARDSALT DOMES - Provides for permitting requirements of solution mining injection wells and solution mined caverns. (8/1/14)
 SB244MORRISHINSURANCE RATES - Provides with respect to rate filings with the commissioner of insurance. (gov sig)
 SB245MORRISHETHICS - Prohibits an appointing authority from appointing a person who is a member of the immediate family of a person who serves as a member of the same board or commission. (8/1/14)
 SB309BROOMEHEALTH CARE - Provides for screening of pregnant women for HIV and syphilis in the third trimester of pregnancy. (gov sig)
 SB353PEACOCKPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides that certain records relative to jury selection and jurors are not public records. (8/1/14)
 SB401FRED MILLSPHARMACISTS - Provides for third party contracts with pharmacies. (8/1/14)
 SB403FRED MILLSHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to third party payments of health insurance premiums of individuals with HIV/AIDS. (8/1/14)
 SB432BUFFINGTONHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to persons with disabilities and service dogs. (8/1/14)
 SB456BRET ALLAINETHICS - Provides relative to application of nepotism provisions to certain hospital service districts. (gov sig)
 SB516BUFFINGTONHEALTH CARE - Provides for direct primary care. (8/1/14)
 SB532E.GUILLORYCOURTS - Provides for the creation of the Veterans Court Program. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB585FRED MILLSMINERALS - Requires public notice for certain solution-mined cavern permits in Vermilion and Iberia parishes. (8/1/14)
 SB586DORSEY-COLOMBCHILDREN - Provides relative to adoptions and prohibits the re-homing of a child. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB598ERDEYPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes certain early childhood learning centers to engage in cooperative purchasing. (8/1/14)
 SB599ERDEYTOPS - Provides relative to TOPS reporting requirements. (gov sig)
 SB600FRED MILLSHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to immunizations. (8/1/14)
 SB635ERIC LAFLEURFISCAL CONTROLS - Moves the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center from the Department of Education to the office of juvenile justice. (7/1/14)
 SB645WARDHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Relative to certain health maintenance organization disclosures. (8/1/14)

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2014
 SB681MORRISHHUNTERS/HUNTING - Allows for the taking of certain quadrupeds from a helicopter. (gov sig)
 SB2FRED MILLSPAROCHIAL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides for the prospective termination of a hospital district plan and retirement benefits of public employees hired after a certain date. (1/1/15) (EN DECREASE APV)
 SB13PEACOCKRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for use of entry age normal valuation method by the State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System. (See Act) (EN DECREASE APV)
 SB30CORTEZSTATE EMPLOYEE RET - Provides relative to benefits of adult probation and parole officers. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (EN $4,523,091 APV)
 SB155NEVERSWORKFORCE COMMISSION - Provides relative to apprenticeship. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB207J.SMITHWORKFORCE COMMISSION - Provides relative to the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB322MURRAYEMPLOYMENT - Provides relative to the "Equal Pay for Women Act". (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB359DONAHUEEMPLOYMENT - Limits penalty for failure to pay wages and employment discrimination. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB372MARTINYUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Provides for auditing of employer records for unemployment compensation. (2/3-CA7s2.1) (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB412MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Provides with respect to employment discrimination. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB482HEITMEIERVOCATIONAL REHAB - Provides relative to the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)
 SB594CROWEUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Prohibits an employer benefit account being relieved from payment when the employer failed to timely respond to request for information. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB674NEVERSMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to incorporation of unincorporated areas. (gov sig) (RE1 +$24,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB28HEITMEIERPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides relative to the implementation of the requirement that certain state-owned buildings be equipped with suitable accommodations for breastfeeding and lactation. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)
 SB53CORTEZHORSE RACING - Provides relative to horse racing. (8/1/14)
 SB66FRED MILLSCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. (8/1/14)
 SB112THOMPSONPROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to a product preference for certain meat products in Louisiana. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB118DORSEY-COLOMBFUNDS/FUNDING - Establishes the Fiscal Administrator Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the state treasury and provides relative to the fund. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB216MURRAYJUDGES - Provides relative to courts and vacancies in the office of a judge. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB233BROOMEHOUSING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act. (8/1/14) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 SB409FRED MILLSPROCUREMENT CODE - Provides for lowest available price for certain software procurement contracts. (7/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB423BRET ALLAINMINERALS - Provides relative to alternative dispute resolution in suits involving oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/14)
 SB441MORRELLFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides procedures for recovery of funds by the office of community development disaster recovery unit. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
 SB447MORRELLCONTRACTORS - Requires the State Licensing Board for Contractors to provide testing specifically for solar installers. (8/1/14)
 SB468ADLEYPUBLIC WORKS - Provides relative to contracts for public works. (8/1/14)
 SB480WALSWORTHPROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to the merging of the Professional, Personal, Consulting and Social Services Procurement Code with the Louisiana Procurement Code. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB483BODI WHITELOANS - Repeals certain outdated information collection and reporting requirements of the Louisiana Deferred Presentment and Small Loan Act. (8/1/14)
 SB543DONAHUEFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides with respect to the state budget. (7/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB570LONGMINERALS - Provides relative to the prescription of nonuse for properties transferred in connection to an economic development project. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB575MARTINYAPPRAISERS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. (gov sig)
 SB591MORRELLFISCAL 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)
 SB605MARTINYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Motor Commission. (8/1/14)
 SB613SMITHGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to participation schedules. (6/30/14) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB614ERIC LAFLEURPUBLIC PROPERTY - Provides for the transfer of surplus electronic devices to certain nonprofit entities. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB620J.AMEDEEMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to nonresident self-insurers and self-insurance plans involving certain motor vehicle accident claims. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB637BODI WHITECOSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology. (8/1/14)
 SB639PERRYMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates a prestige license plate for the Louisiana Youth Leadership Seminar Corporation. (8/1/14)
 SB648DORSEY-COLOMBSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates and provides for the Old LNB Building Redevelopment District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB31TROY BROWNEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requires DOE to report annually specified information regarding the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program to state legislators. (gov sig)
 SB36TROY BROWNSCHOOLS - Requires notification to certain elected officials regarding submission and status of certain charter school applications. (gov sig)
 SB62APPELPOSTSECONDARY ED - Requires development and use of a common application for state public colleges and universities. (gov sig)
 SB98NEVERSTOPS - Provides that a five-point scale shall be used when calculating the grade point average for certain honors courses and talented courses. (gov sig) (EN +$1,240,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB121MORRELLMENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to marriage and family therapists. (8/1/14)
 SB132MORRELLGAMING - Provides relative to the certain records held by the Board of Gaming Control. (8/1/14)
 SB133MORRELLGAMING - Provides relative to significant influence for purposes of certain gaming licenses. (8/1/14)
 SB134J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to the Board of Ethics and Ethics Adjudicatory Board enforcement authority. (8/1/14)
 SB172CORTEZTEACHERS - Provides relative to sick leave for teachers and other school employees. (8/1/14)
 SB303J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics. (gov sig)
 SB312CROWESTUDENTS - Enacts the "Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools". (8/1/14)
 SB358DONAHUECOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act to provide that certain high level autonomies relative to procurement apply to certain institutions under a shared service model. (8/1/14)
 SB366CROWEBESE - Requires BESE to develop a master plan for K-12 education. (8/1/14)
 SB469BRET ALLAINCOASTAL RESOURCES - Provides relative to the enforcement of the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978. (gov sig)

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/30/2014
 SB470MARTINYCONFIRMATION - Provides for time of reconfirmation for persons appointed to certain boards and commissions. (gov sig)
 SB489HEITMEIERHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to the diabetes annual action plan. (8/1/14)
 SB496HEITMEIERCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides for limits on certain medical prescriptions. (8/1/14)
 SB498HEITMEIERHEALTH CARE - Provides for personal care assistance services. (gov sig)
 SB502HEITMEIERHEALTH CARE - Provides for the licensure of pain management clinics. (gov sig)
 SB503HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides for the Department of Health and Hospitals to create an upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers. (gov sig)
 SB507MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the practice of dentistry and the regulation of the profession. (See Act)
 SB511HEITMEIERSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services. (6/30/14)
 SB513HEITMEIERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission. (gov sig)
 SB514HEITMEIERSCHOOLS - Prohibits smoking near public and private elementary and secondary school property. (gov sig)
 SB524WALSWORTHEARLY 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)
 SB533ERIC LAFLEUREDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides for a local enrollment coordination process for publicly funded early childhood care and education. (gov sig)
 SB539NEVERSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to suicide assessment, intervention, treatment, and management training for certain professions. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 SB589WALSWORTHCHILDREN - Extends the termination date of the Children's Cabinet. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB622APPELSCHOOLS - Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide educational technology plan for public elementary and secondary schools. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB683MORRELLSCHOOLS - Provides relative to student application and enrollment procedures in the Recovery School District and certain other school systems. (gov sig)

7. Conference Committee Reports for Consideration

Scheduled for floor debate on 6/1/2014
 HB173JAMESDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
 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)
 HB793ST.GERMAINWATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission
 HB422SHADOINMARRIAGE/LICENSE - Provides relative to the authority to perform a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 HB227CAMERON HENRYCRIME/BATTERY - Amends penalties for the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB1036ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations
 SB360RISERTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to reimbursement of expenses for defending assessments. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL

6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/29/2014
 SB229MARTINYCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes of incest and aggravated incest. (gov sig)
 SB572MURRAYSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District. (gov sig)

Scheduled for floor debate on 5/30/2014
 SB269PEACOCKDONATIONS - 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)
 SB386ERIC LAFLEURFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides relative to audits by the legislative auditor. (8/1/14)
 SB461PEACOCKSUCCESSIONS - Provides relative to electronic assets of a decedent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR

Morning Hour

12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee
 HB100DIXONCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Establishes court costs to pay for settlements to wrongfully convicted individuals

16. House Bills and Second Reading Reported by Committee
 HB528PIERREENERGY/ALTERNATE - Provides relative to agreements between property owners and third parties installing solar panels and solar energy systems

Regular Order

1. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration
 HCR110TALBOTWILDLIFE/HABITAT - Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study feral hogs and conduct a symposium to discuss the issue
 HCR128P.SMITHCOURTS - Provides with respect to protective orders
 HCR142PYLANTLAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Directs the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study the feasibility of requiring part-time officers to complete P.O.S.T. certification training

4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House
 HB246HARRISONELDERLY - Provides relative to the Department of Elderly Affairs, including provisions for officers and employees, rulemaking, and funding (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB600ABRAMSONSCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION - Requires public school governing authorities and charter schools to adopt policies or provide in bus transportation service agreements relative to the location of the loading or unloading of students
 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)
 HB641HARRISONCORONERS - Relative to the office and duties of coroner (RE1 NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB879THIBAUTINSURANCE - Provides relative to insurance holding companies

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
 HB25TALBOTRETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS - Provides relative to membership in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EG DECREASE APV)
 HB98P.WILLIAMSFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the distribution of the monies in the Shreveport Riverfront and Convention Center and Independence Stadium Fund
 HB114CONNICKPRESCRIPTION - Extends the time within which to commence a lawsuit in certain civil cases
 HB137HAVARDSTATE EMPLOYEES - Authorizes payroll deductions for dues for membership in the Louisiana Engineering Society (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB190GREGORY MILLERETHICS/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
 HB409CHAMPAGNELEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Provides relative to the authority and duties of the legislative auditor (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB503CARMODYSTATE SYMBOL - Provides for the official state book
 HB524N.LANDRYCONDOMINIUMS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Condominium Act
 HB555CAMERON HENRYSTUDENTS - Provides for limitations and prohibitions on the collection and sharing of student information and provides penalties for violations
 HB588STEVE CARTERHIGHER EDUCATION - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for members of the postsecondary education management boards and the Board of Regents to have qualifications provided by law
 HB667SIMONHEALTH - Reorganizes and recodifies the Miscellaneous Health Provisions chapter of Title 40 of the La. Revised Statutes
 HB679JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to the policies, duties, powers, and reports of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB808CONNICKRACING/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
 HB859ARNOLDTRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Requires automated traffic enforcement systems to use a standardized caution light time
 HB873T.BURNSETHICS/CODE - Provides relative to the confidential and privileged nature of certain records of the Board of Ethics
 HB993SCHRODEREDUCATION/SPECIAL - Provides relative to requirements for pupil progression, graduation, and issuance of diplomas for students with exceptionalities
 HB1083BADONTAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to levy an additional hotel occupancy tax
 HB1131PYLANTLAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Provides relative to training for part-time law enforcement officers
 HB1155HILLMENTAL HEALTH - Provides conditions for licensing of therapeutic group homes for youth suffering from mental illness
 HB1159BADONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the sampling of alcoholic beverages
 HB1164JACKSON-ANDREWSLOCAL 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
 HB1185HUNTERSUNSET LAW - Provides relative to legislation re-creating statutory entities
 HB1212JAMESMUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to the election on a question of municipal incorporation
 HB1233SEABAUGHTRAFFIC/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
 HB1276ABRAMSONPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the use of the Superdome for interscholastic athletic activities in certain circumstances

6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
 SB217MURRAYJUDGES - Provides relative to vacancy in the office of a judge. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB331MORRISHSHERIFFS - Provides with respect to the payment of insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. (gov sig)
 SB580MURRAYCOURTS - Provides relative to fees in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (gov sig) (2/3 -CA7s2.1) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB630MARTINYPUBLIC PRINTING - Provides for the qualification of a newspaper to publish official proceedings, legal notices, or advertisements in Orleans Parish or Jefferson Parish. (gov sig)

INSTRUMENTS PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Not yet scheduled for floor debate
 HB457PIERREDISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the boundaries and governance of the North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority
 HB466H.BURNSHUMAN REMAINS - Provides for requirements relative to the disposal of human remains
 HB495B.ADAMSFIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to the authority to investigate and make arrests for certain crimes
 HB527PEARSONCOURTS - Relative to Family Court in the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB569STOKESCOURTS - Relative to human trafficking courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 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)
 HB814JAMESMEDICAID - Extends right of Medicaid recovery in cases of third party liability for injury, illness, or death to Medicaid managed care organizations that provide covered services to Medicaid enrollees
 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)
 HB940ABRAMSONADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to nuisance ordinances in the city of New Orleans (EN +$115,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB951FOILDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the University Acres Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB1010A.WILLIAMSDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Villa del Rey Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB1037HAZELCRIME - Amends criminal penalties for violations of the statute regarding Peeping Toms
 HB1048PONTICOMMERCE - Requires the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council to adopt certain codes relative to plumbing
 HB1052MORENOFAMILY VIOLENCE - Creates the Domestic Violence Prevention Commission
 HB1195LORUSSOINSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to unfair trade practices in the business of insurance
 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
 HB1249MONTOUCETUTILITIES - Provides relative to inspection and supervision fees paid by certain motor carriers and public utilities doing business in this state (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)
 SB204MORRELLALCOHOLIC 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)
 SB242MORRELLSHERIFFS - Provides relative to sheriffs appointing non-licensed appraisers. (8/1/14)
 SB560GALLOTMUNICIPALITIES - Establishes the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola. (gov sig)