Senate Daily Digest
June 1, 2014
2:00 PM
Senate Chamber

Adjourned		 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR186BROOMECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Dr. Karenlyn Raelette Smith "Kay" Dawson, MD.
 SR187PERRYCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Michael James "Lil Mike" Detraz Jr.
 SR188MURRAYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Bernard Chatters on being elected the first African American president of the Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association.
 SR189BUFFINGTONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014 Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR130ERIC LAFLEURCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana for its many contributions to the state of Louisiana.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR181BROOMECOMMITTEE STUDIES - Requests joint study of legal issues involving victims of abuse and housing.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR137HARRISONATTORNEYS/FEES - Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of sanctions for filing frivolous pleadings
 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
 HCR156P.SMITHEDUCATION - Requests that the state Dept. of Education and public school governing authorities implement certain measures based on the La. Women's Policy and Research Commission's recommendations pertaining to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in its 2013 report to the governor
 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
 HCR164HUVALINSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Requests the Louisiana Department of Insurance to study amending R.S. 22:1295, uninsured motorist coverage, to clarify uninsured motorist rejection form rules
 HCR166ST.GERMAINTRANSPORTATION - Creates the Transportation Funding Task Force to study transportation funding mechanisms
 HCR193HODGESSTUDENTS - Creates a task force to study and evaluate the effectiveness of drug abuse prevention and education programs in public schools
 HCR195THIBAUTSANITARY CODE - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study and make changes to Sanitary Code regulations providing minimum lot size restrictions to address the negative impact of those provisions on economic development
 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
 HCR210TALBOTINSURANCE/LIFE - Requests the Department of Insurance to study an alternative long-term care benefit option for Medicaid applicants with life insurance policies who enter into certain viatical settlement contracts
 HCR211HARRISONINSURANCE/HOMEOWNERS - Requests the Department of Insurance to study the issues of the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance in coastal and intercoastal areas of the state
 HCR213RICHARDCOASTAL RESOURCES - Urges the Corps of Engineers to locate a different source of dirt for coastal protection efforts in Orleans Parish

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 HCR160BERTHELOTCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Mr. Chester Diez for forty years of service to the Republican Party

Conference Committee Report Received
 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)
 SB360RISERTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to reimbursement of expenses for defending assessments. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 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)
 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)
 HB173JAMESDISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD - Provides relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
 HB285ST.GERMAINMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to documentation of school attendance as a condition of driving privileges
 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
 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)
 HB793ST.GERMAINWATER/RESOURCES - Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission
 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
 HB1052MORENOFAMILY VIOLENCE - Creates the Domestic Violence Prevention Commission
 HB1140GAINESHIGHWAYS - Renames a portion of Louisiana Highway 3179 in St. John Parish as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard"
 HB1176BROADWATERTANF - Provides for restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance and electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards
 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)
 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

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 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)
 SB134J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to the Board of Ethics and Ethics Adjudicatory Board enforcement authority. (8/1/14)
 SB143KOSTELKACIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to civil injunctions and restraining orders. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB229MARTINYCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes of incest and aggravated incest. (gov sig)
 SB294MORRELLLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to rights of law enforcement officers while under investigation. (7/1/14) (EN +$300,000 APV)
 SB303J.AMEDEEETHICS - Provides relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics. (gov sig)
 SB322MURRAYEMPLOYMENT - Provides relative to the "Equal Pay for Women Act". (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB368MORRELLLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (8/15/14)
 SB446BUFFINGTONPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to public records. (gov sig)
 SB470MARTINYCONFIRMATION - Provides for time of reconfirmation for persons appointed to certain boards and commissions. (gov sig)
 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)
 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)
 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)
 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)
 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)
 SB572MURRAYSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District. (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)
 SB613SMITHGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to participation schedules. (6/30/14) (EN INCREASE GF EX 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)
 SB637BODI WHITECOSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology. (8/1/14)
 SB683MORRELLSCHOOLS - Provides relative to student application and enrollment procedures in the Recovery School District and certain other school systems. (gov sig)

Senate Bills Returned from House Subject to Call
 SB645WARDHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Relative to certain health maintenance organization disclosures. (8/1/14)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB69MURRAYINSURERS - Prohibits insurers from excluding from coverage the intentional acts of policy holders' minor child. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB70CLAITORCURRICULA - Repeals the Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act. (8/1/14)
 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)
 SB301MARTINYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB334PETERSONEMPLOYMENT - Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act be applicable to men, private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB340DONAHUETOPS - Provides relative to TOPS award amounts. (gov sig) (EG -$24,600,000 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)
 SB426ERIC LAFLEURCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Prohibits required use of settlement service providers in residential real estate transactions. (8/1/14)
 SB434ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14)
 SB492HEITMEIERENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Provides for smoking and tobacco products. (8/1/14)
 SB499HEITMEIERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides for authorized procedures provided by direct service workers. (gov sig)
 SB505HEITMEIERPHYSICIANS - Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig)
 SB512HEITMEIERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for chain restaurant menu labeling. (1/1/15)
 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)
 SB530BROOMEPARISHES - Requires parishes to establish and maintain a registry of foreclosed properties. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB665CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Visitors Enterprise Fund. (7/1/14)
 SB672BODI WHITESCHOOLS - Provides relative to the membership and election of members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. (8/1/14)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 HCR68DIXONINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Recognizes the contributions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the importance of promoting and fostering relationships with the people of Azerbaijan

House Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 HCR106NORTONHEALTH CARE - Acknowledges the historic milestones in U.S. healthcare reform reached since enactment of the Affordable Care Act

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB332LOPINTOCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Amends criminal penalties for certain offenses involving Schedule I narcotic substances (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB439GREENEAUDITS/AUDITING - Provides with respect to misappropriation of public funds and restitution and recovery related thereto
 HB768PRICEMUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to incorporation petitions
 HB904ROBERT JOHNSONHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority
 HB1151PONTIREAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES - Provides relative to the election of judges for the City Court of Baton Rouge
 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)

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 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)
 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)
 SB61NEVERSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides for the Louisiana Public School Choice Act. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 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)
 SB167MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the Board of Dentistry. (gov sig)
 SB242MORRELLSHERIFFS - Provides relative to sheriffs appointing non-licensed appraisers. (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)
 SB299MORRISHLOANS - Provides relative to civil justice funding companies. (1/1/15)
 SB425CORTEZWATER/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)
 SB447MORRELLCONTRACTORS - Requires the State Licensing Board for Contractors to provide testing specifically for solar installers. (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)
 SB549GALLOTLOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14)
 SB560GALLOTMUNICIPALITIES - Establishes the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola. (gov sig)
 SB588PETERSONHOUSING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/14)
 HB2ROBIDEAUXCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
 HB94LEGERRETIREMENT/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)
 HB216SCHRODERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for preparation of pies in the home for public consumption (REF SEE FISC NOTE 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)
 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)
 HB422SHADOINMARRIAGE/LICENSE - Provides relative to the authority to perform a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB527PEARSONCOURTS - Relative to Family Court in the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 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
 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
 HB1036ARNOLDALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations
 HB1048PONTICOMMERCE - Requires the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council to adopt certain codes relative to plumbing
 HB1094FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Provides for supplemental appropriations
 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)
 HB1181SHADOINCIVIL/JURY TRIALS - Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts
 HB1195LORUSSOINSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to unfair trade practices in the business of insurance
 HB1206LEGERCOURTS - Provides for the consolidation of the New Orleans Traffic and Municipal Courts (EN SEE FISC 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)