Senate Daily Digest
April 10, 2017
12:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Introduction of Senate Bills
 SB1THOMPSONPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Renames the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts as the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB2MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB3BOUDREAUXREGISTRAR OF VOTERS RET - Provides for the treasurer and the secretary of state to be members of the board of trustees. (6/30/17) (EN +$48,572 APV)
 SB4MARTINYFINANCIAL PLANNING - Provides relative to the registration of investment adviser representatives. (gov sig)
 SB5LUNEAUSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to per diem for the Rapides Parish Sewerage District No. 2. (8/1/17) (EN +$6,480 LF RV See Note)
 SB6J.SMITHGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides for quorum requirements for the Office of Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB7PEACOCKSTATE POLICE RET FUND - Provides for benefits for survivors of members killed in the line of duty by an intentional act of violence. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/17) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB8PEACOCKRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for correction of membership and enrollment errors in the state and statewide retirement systems. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/17) (EN SEE BELOW)
 SB9BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)
 SB10FRED MILLSMUNICIPALITIES - Authorizes the St. Martin Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB11PEACOCKRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for the incorporation of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System into the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. (7/1/17) (EG SEE BELOW)
 SB12ALARIOSTATE AGENCIES - Re-creates the Department of the Treasury and its agencies. (6/30/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB13MORRISHSTUDENTS - Provides relative to student eligibility to participate in the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB14LUNEAUHEALTH CARE - Amends the definition of "auto-injector" for purposes of emergency medical services. (gov sig)
 SB15HEWITTLEVEES - Repeals provision that prohibits a commissioner of the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage and Conservation District, whose term is expired, from continuing to serve or vote. (gov sig)
 SB16CLAITORJUVENILE JUSTICE - Provides relative to certain juveniles sentenced to life without parole. (gov sig)
 SB17GATTITRAFFIC - Provides for driver education to include instruction on appropriate driver conduct when stopped by a law enforcement officer. (1/1/18)
 SB18PEACOCKTAX/TAXATION - Provides a tax credit for conversion of vehicles to alternative fuel for purchases before January 1, 2018. (gov sig) (OR +$1,800,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB19SMITHTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Designates the parallel bridges crossing the Reserve Relief Canal on Interstate 10 in St. John the Baptist Parish as the "Spencer Chauvin Memorial Bridge". (8/1/17)
 SB20WARDPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to meetings, election of officers, and per diem for members of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (8/1/17)
 SB21PEACOCKTAX/TAXATION - Provides for the reinstatement of the tax exemption on manufacturing machinery. (7/1/17) (OR -$22,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB22PEACOCKTAX/TAXATION - Provides for items eligible for the 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday. (8/1/17) (EG +$400,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB23ALARIOROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates the new bridge across Goose Bayou on LA 45 in Jefferson Parish as the "Jules Nunez Bridge". (8/1/17) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
 SB24MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from state and local sales and use tax. (See Act) (EG -$13,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB25MORRELLTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Sunsets the individual income tax education credit. (gov sig) (EN +$9,200,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB26MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to prohibit contracts under the industrial property tax exemption program from exempting millages related to school funding. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB27MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales and use tax. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB28MORRISHCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to facilities providing housing to individuals referred by judicial agencies. (8/1/17)
 SB29MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for antique airplanes. (7/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB30MORRELLTAX/SALES - Extends the Tax Free Shopping Program set to terminate on July 1, 2017. (gov sig) (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB31MORRELLTAX/SALES - Includes certain numismatic coins in the definition of tangible personal property subject to sales and use tax. (7/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB32MORRELLTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides for the sunset of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on natural gas. (gov sig) (OR +$4,800,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB33MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Eliminates sunset provision on credit for taxes paid in other states. (gov sig) (EG +$31,300,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB34BOUDREAUXHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to emergency ground ambulance service providers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 SB35COLOMBCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides exemptions from arrest and prosecution to persons lawfully in possession of medical marijuana. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 SB36MARTINYHOSPITALS - Provides relative to the use of employment contracts in hospital service districts. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB37MARTINYPSYCHOLOGISTS - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB38MORRELLCOUNSELING/GUIDANCE - Provides with respect to mental health counselors. (gov sig)
 SB39BOUDREAUXHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig)
 SB40LUNEAUTAX/TAXATION - Sunsets Motion Picture Production Tax Credit. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB41JOHNSSEX OFFENSES - Provides for the forfeiture of currency related to the commission of certain sex offenses. (gov sig)
 SB42JOHNSPUBLIC HEALTH - Creates the Louisiana Human Trafficking Prevention Commission and Advisory Board. (8/1/17)
 SB43MARTINYCOURTS - Provides relative to compensation and distribution of costs of justices of the peace and constables. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB44J.SMITHINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides relative to the sale of policies issued by the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. (8/1/17)
 SB45J.SMITHINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides relative to the definition of ocean marine insurance. (8/1/17)
 SB46GATTIENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Prohibits open burning of munitions and waste explosives. (8/1/17)
 SB47GATTITAX/TAXATION - Reduces income tax rate on oil and gas bonus payments and oil and gas royalty payments to zero. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB48MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides for the termination of the credit for purchase of qualified recycling equipment or service contracts. (gov sig) (EG +$100,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB49MORRELLTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides for termination of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid by certain telephone companies. (gov sig)
 SB50MORRISHROADS/HIGHWAYS - Provides relative to motor carriers and common carrier certificates or contract carrier permits by the LPSC. (gov sig)
 SB51PEACOCKTAX/TAXATION - Requires a credit to be given on income taxes for franchise taxes paid in another state. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB52LONGSHERIFFS - Provides relative to payment of group insurance for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/17)
 SB53LONGINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to license fees for viatical settlement providers and insurance claims adjusters. (8/1/17)
 SB54MIZELLCHILDREN - Provides relative to exploited children. (8/1/17) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB55FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to prescribers of controlled dangerous substances. (See Act) (EN +$78,781 SG EX See Note)
 SB56LONGINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the self-reporting of administrative actions against an insurance producer by nongovernmental regulatory authorities. (8/1/17)
 SB57CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Constitutional amendment to remove authority to fund state police for traffic control from the Transportation Trust Fund. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)
 SB58FRED MILLSHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the statewide human services districts and authorities. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB59FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to prescription drug price information. (gov sig)
 SB60WALSWORTHROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates portions of certain state highways in memory of certain police officers. (8/1/17) (EN +$4,400 SG EX See Note)
 SB61BRET ALLAINTAX/AD VALOREM - Constitutional amendment to authorize local economic development authorities or districts to enter into contracts to exempt offshore vessels from ad valorem taxation. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB62BRET ALLAINTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to phase out ad valorem taxes on inventory over ten years. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB63GATTIEMPLOYMENT - Provides for the classification of certain types of cancer as an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties of a firefighter. (8/1/17)
 SB64GATTIANIMALS - Provides for animal shelter operating procedures and training requirements and authorizes animal shelters to post pictures of animals on a social media account or website. (8/1/17)
 SB65COLOMBFIRE PROTECTION - Requires that at least one fire suppression employee in the rank of fire fighter or fighter/operator be assigned to and carried on each force during each shift. (gov sig)
 SB66BARROWCHILDREN - Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet and the Child Poverty Prevention Council of Louisiana. (8/1/17)
 SB67FANNINPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides contract restrictions on public entities that fail to comply with audit requirements. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB68FANNINSAFETY REGULATIONS - Provides for legislative oversight and adoption of proposed updates to the State Uniform Construction Code. (8/1/17) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB69TROY CARTERAIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Provides for the exclusive regulation of drones by the state. (gov sig)
 SB70DONAHUECONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Makes misbranding or adulteration of drugs under certain circumstances a felony. (8/1/17)
 SB71DONAHUETOPS - Provides relative to TOPS award amounts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB72MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides right of oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB73MILKOVICHSCHOOLS - Allows each public school governing authority to determine the education content standards and assessments to be used in the schools under its jurisdiction. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB74MILKOVICHLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides and clarifies the rights of law enforcement officers while under investigation. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB75FRED MILLSHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides relative to the health professional licensing boards created within the Louisiana Department of Health. (See Act) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 SB76LAMBERTCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides for venue in certain criminal cases. (gov sig)
 SB77LAMBERTWILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Allows the use of gill nets for taking of shad as bait fish with certain limitations. (gov sig)
 SB78LUNEAUTAX/TAXATION - Eliminates the film tax credit and permanently extends the fiscal year program cap on all allowances of the tax credits and transfers. (7/1/17) (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB79LUNEAUTAX/TAXATION - Removes the June 30, 2018, sunset provision and makes permanent reductions to certain income and corporation franchise tax credits. (gov sig) (EN +$12,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB80W.BISHOPTRAFFIC - Authorizes civilian traffic control officer to investigate certain traffic accidents in certain parishes. (8/1/17) (EG +$992,000 LF EX See Note)
 SB81W.BISHOPCURATORSHIP - Provides for curatorship. (8/1/17)
 SB82APPELEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Requires high school governing authorities to pay the cost of certain postsecondary remedial and developmental coursework required of public high school graduates. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB83BARROWPARISHES - Provides for a hotel occupancy tax in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 SB84PEACOCKVOTERS/VOTING - Provides for notice of voter list maintenance by the secretary of state. (gov sig)
 SB85COLOMBSTUDENTS - Authorizes the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions. (gov sig)
 SB86PERRYPARISHES - Permits the governing authorities of certain parishes to employ their own attorneys to represent them generally. (gov sig)
 SB87MORRISHBESE - Requires allocation of certain amounts of minimum foundation program formula funds to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB88LONGHEALTH CARE - Provides for a rural health clinic look-alike. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB89FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the limits of appropriations from state general fund and dedicated funds to ninety-eight percent of the official forecast unless certain conditions have been met. (7/1/17) (OR -$188,400,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB90ERDEYPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to scholarships for children of certain law enforcement officers and other investigative employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB91PETERSONSTUDENTS - Prohibits the use of corporal punishment for certain students with exceptionalities. (gov sig)
 SB92GREGORY TARVERLIABILITY - Provides relative to civil actions and remedies in matters involving domestic abuse. (8/1/17)
 SB93FRED MILLSTAX/TAXATION - Excludes from repairs to tangible personal property and fabrication certain preparation and painting of certain aircraft for purposes of sales and use tax aircraft having an FAA registration address outside the state. (7/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 SB94SMITHROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates portions of certain state highways. (8/1/17)
 SB95MORRISHTAX EXEMPTIONS - Changes the rebate for donations to certain school tuition organizations to a nonrefundable income tax credit. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB96JOHNSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides relative to the prescription monitoring program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 SB97FANNINTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for feed, seed, and fertilizer used by commercial farmers. (1/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB98DONAHUEFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for the appropriation of incentive expenditures. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB99DONAHUESPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (See Act)
 SB100DONAHUEFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for the requirement of the division of administration to produce a non-discretionary adjusted standstill budget. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB101RISERMOTOR VEHICLES - Authorizes issuance of a military honor license plate with an identical number for a motorcycle and boat trailer. (8/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB102JOHNSFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates and provides for Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund to provide opportunities for educational training in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB103RISERWATER/WATERWAYS - Provides for approval of rules and regulations of a game and fish commission. (8/1/17)
 SB104APPELCONTRACTORS - Provides relative to bid procedures for contractors. (8/1/17)
 SB105BRET ALLAINTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides an exemption from sales and use tax for fuel used for farming. (gov sig) (RE -$796,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB106W.BISHOPPOSTSECONDARY ED - Requires public postsecondary institutions to address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies among unmarried college students as a part of freshmen orientation. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB107BODI WHITELAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides licensing exception for specialty vehicle dealers who manufacture armored personnel carriers for sale to law enforcement agencies and modifies certain requirements regarding sales or offers to sell motor vehicles directly to a consumer. (gov sig)
 SB108BODI WHITEREAL ESTATE - Provides relative to licensing and registration of persons engaged in real estate activity. (8/1/17)
 SB109CLAITORPRESCRIPTION - Provides for the suspension and extension of prescription and peremption due to 2016 flooding disaster. (gov sig)
 SB110LUNEAUTOPS - Provides for residency requirements for TOPS recipients and for repayment of a TOPS award under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (OR +$213,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB111MIZELLABORTION - Requires proof of identification from parents for an unemancipated minor child to obtain an abortion based upon parental consent and requires court-ordered counseling if it is suspected that the minor is a victim of criminal sexual exploitation. (8/1/17) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB112BODI WHITEPROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to the execution of performance based energy efficiency contracts. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB113BARROWTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to entities that are exempt from the corporation franchise tax. (1/1/18) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB114APPELINTERNET - Provides for free broadband Internet at public airports. (8/1/17)
 SB115APPELSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates the University Neighborhood Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)
 SB116FRED MILLSLOCAL OFFICIALS - Provides for the Work Out Now: WON Louisiana Legislative Commission. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 SB117COLOMBLIABILITY INSURANCE - Requires certain insurance producers to maintain professional liability insurance. (8/1/17)
 SB118COLOMBPROPERTY INSURANCE - Authorizes a state tax credit for premiums paid for flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program. (1/1/18) (OR -$354,800,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB119WARDLANDS/WATERBOTTOM - Authorizes a surface lease between Williams, Inc. and the state land office. (gov sig)
 SB120WARDLEASES - Provides for security deposits and evictions involving residential leases. (1/1/18)
 SB121WARDCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to terminology of court-ordered and other mandatory examinations in civil and administrative matters and claims. (gov sig) (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB122WARDCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to cruelty to juveniles committed by an employee of a child day care center. (gov sig)
 SB123WARDTAX/INCOME/CORPORATE - Provides for the rate of corporate income tax. (See Act)
 SB124WARDTAX/INCOME/CORPORATE - Provides for the rate of corporate income tax. (See Act) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB125THOMPSONPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the sale of certain property in Tensas Parish. (gov sig)
 SB126THOMPSONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to produce safety. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE FF EX)
 SB127THOMPSONMOTOR VEHICLES - Prohibits certain coverings and devices from obstructing a license plate. (8/1/17)
 SB128MILKOVICHCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits cutting, resection, excision, harvesting, or removal of a body part, organ, or tissue of an aborted unborn child for sale, commerce, transport, research, or profit. (gov sig)
 SB129BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to indemnity for right and servitude of passage on certain waterways. (8/1/17)
 SB130BRET ALLAINTAX/AD VALOREM - Constitutional amendment to phase out the ad valorem tax on inventory and to reduce the industrial property tax exemption on millages related to school funding. (2/3 - CA13sl(A)) (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB131W.BISHOPCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides an enhanced penalty for armed robbery or attempted armed robbery of a drivers-sales worker. (gov sig)
 SB132BODI WHITEWATER/WATERWAYS - Provides an exception for portions of the Comite River, Pearl River, Tchefuncte River, Bogue Falaya River, Abita River, Amite River, and Bayou Manchac from provisions of the natural and scenic rivers program. (8/1/17)
 SB133MORRELLEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to immunizations required prior to enrolling in school. (gov sig)
 SB134BRET ALLAINPROPERTY INSURANCE - Provides for the Louisiana Citizens Home Strengthening Grant Pilot Program. (8/1/17)
 SB135LAMBERTMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the "Blue Star Mothers" special prestige license plate. (1/1/18)
 SB136WARDTAX/TAXATION - Provides for the elimination of the refundability of certain corporation income and franchise tax credits. (See Act)
 SB137JOHNSPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes a referendum election on the lease of certain lands owned by the city of Lake Charles. (gov sig)
 SB138RISERPROCUREMENT CODE - Reduces the threshold for consulting services contracts to be competitively bid or negotiated. (7/1/17) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB139MARTINYCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to criminal justice. (11/1/17) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB140WALSWORTHTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional Amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain property delivered to a construction site. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB141WALSWORTHWORKFORCE COMMISSION - Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB142CLAITORCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Eliminates the death penalty. (8/1/17)
 SB143CHABERTPUBLIC LANDS - Provides relative to sales, leases, and subleases of immovable property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (gov sig)
 SB144JOHNSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to holders to alcoholic retail dealer's permits for beverages of high and low alcoholic content. (gov sig)
 SB145CLAITORTOPS - Provides relative to Tulane Legislative Scholarships. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB146CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law. (11/1/17)
 SB147RISERMILITARY AFFAIRS - Provides relative to the Louisiana National Guard. (gov sig)
 SB148CHABERTPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Creates the Waterway Dredging and Deepening Priorty Program. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB149CHABERTTAX/TAXATION - Provides for investor tax credits for qualifying small projects performed at Louisiana ports. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB150CHABERTTAX/TAXATION - Provides for the Ports of Louisiana tax credits. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB151BODI WHITEHOMELAND SECURITY - Provides for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (gov sig)
 SB152TROY CARTERMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to a needs accommodation designation on a driver's license or special identification card regarding mental health. (8/1/17) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB153TROY CARTEREMPLOYMENT - Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3-CAs2.1)(8/1/17) (EG +$195,406 EX See Note)
 SB154TROY CARTERTRAFFIC - Requires posting notification of mobile speed camera location. (8/1/17) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB155TROY CARTERDISCRIMINATION - Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act)
 SB156LAMBERTJUVENILES - Provides relative to juvenile detention facilities. (gov sig)
 SB157HEWITTTOPS - Provides relative to TOPS award amounts. (gov sig)
 SB158MILKOVICHSTUDENTS - Provides relative to bullying. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB159LAMBERTCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides for payment of insurance proceeds jointly to the mortgagee and the mortgagor of damaged residential property. (8/1/17)
 SB160WALSWORTHENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Provides relative to the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. (8/1/17) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
 SB161WARDTAX/TAXATION - Eliminates the refundability of certain corporate income and franchise tax credits. (See Act) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB162APPELHOUSING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Inclusionary Zoning and Workforce Affordable Housing Act. (gov sig)
 SB163MIZELLCORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Provides an exemption from the requirement that state prisons purchase goods from Prison Enterprises, if the goods can be purchased for less in the parish in which the facility is located. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB164PEACOCKPUBLIC LANDS - Provides the procedures for the sale of certain school lands by a school board. (8/1/17)
 SB165BARROWCONTRACTORS - Provides for membership, qualifications and powers of the State Licensing Board for Contractors. (gov sig)
 SB166MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Terminates certain tax exemptions, exclusions, or deductions in 2021. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB167BARROWENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Requires certain violators of air permits to provide free public health screenings. (8/1/17)
 SB168BARROWTAX/LOCAL - Provides for occupancy tax proceeds on hotels/motels in Zachary. (gov sig)
 SB169BARROWCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Establishes the medical furlough program. (8/1/17) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB170BARROWEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides relative to the use of student assessment data for school accountability purposes for the 2016-17 school year for parishes in declared disaster areas. (gov sig)
 SB171BARROWTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Provides for an income tax credit for physicians who provide uncompensated care to indigent patients. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB172MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Terminates certain tax credits as of January 1, 2019. (gov sig) (EN +$27,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB173MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides for termination of income and corporation franchise tax credits. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 SB174MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides for a deduction for individual and corporate income tax for certain disaster payments. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB175MORRELLTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Provides for a deduction for certain casualty losses arising from a major disaster. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB176MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit. (gov sig)
 SB177MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the Motion Picture Tax Credit Program for the withholding of income tax for performance of services on a state-certified production. (7/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB178MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Establishes termination dates for certain tax credits and incentive programs administered by the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB179MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Terminates the tax credit for vessels in Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters. (gov sig) (OR +$52,700,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB180MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Restores the sales and use tax exemption for medical devices. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB181MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Terminates certain tax credit programs. (gov sig) (EG +$3,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB182MORRELLTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides for the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory by taxpayers included in one consolidated federal income tax return. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB183MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides termination dates for certain tax incentive and rebate programs. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB184LUNEAUAUTOMOBILE INSURANCE - Provides for the removal of an offset or credit against uninsured motorist coverage when the carrier is insolvent. (8/1/17)
 SB185LUNEAUCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to physical or mental examinations of certain persons. (8/1/17)
 SB186WARDTAX/TAXATION - Provides a flat rate for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability and eliminates certain tax credits. (See Act)
 SB187HEWITTFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for establishment of a pilot evidence-based budget proposal process for mental health programs administered by the Louisiana Department of Health. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB188HEWITTMEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid recipient work requirements. (8/1/17) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB189COLOMBETHICS - Provides for ethical standards for public servants. (gov sig)
 SB190THOMPSONCURRICULA - Provides relative to the provision of transition courses to high school seniors who are not college ready. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB191CHABERTCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Requires some form of shoreline protection when money is expended on the creation or restoration of barrier islands. (gov sig)
 SB192BRET ALLAINFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the deposit of certain license revenue and donations generated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries into funds in the state treasury. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
 SB193CORTEZEMBALMERS/FUNERAL DIRECT - Provides relative to certificate renewals by the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. (gov sig)
 SB194CORTEZHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides relative to regulation of advertising by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig)
 SB195CORTEZANIMALS - Provides relative to the suspension of racing privileges. (8/1/17)
 SB196CORTEZSEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to unlawful presence or contact of a sex offender. (1/1/18)
 SB197W.BISHOPCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides for harsher penalties for persons who knowingly allow the sale of illegal drugs and prostitution on their property. (gov sig)
 SB198MIZELLHISTORIC PRESERVATION - Provides for legislative approval prior to the removal of monuments by local or political subdivisions. (gov sig)
 SB199ERDEYPUBLIC PROPERTY - Allows the sharing of equipment between public entities. (gov sig)
 SB200ERDEYSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for an increase of members to the board of supervisors of the Livingston Parish Sewer District. (gov sig)
 SB201DONAHUEELECTION CODE - Provides that the election of members to Congress shall occur at the same time as other members of Congress. (3/1/18)
 SB202SMITHTAX/SALES - Exempts sales and purchases of gold, silver, or numismatic coins, or platinum, gold, or silver bullion from sales and use tax. (gov sig)
 SB203SMITHTAX/SALES - Provides for the reinstatement of the sales and use tax exemption for numismatic coins and bullion. (gov sig)
 SB204SMITHPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Authorizes St. John the Baptist Parish to name a library after Norris Butch Millet Sr. (8/1/17)
 SB205MORRELLCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to boards and commissions and disciplinary adjudications. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE OF EX See Note)
 SB206MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Terminates certain tax exemptions and deductions in 2021. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB207BRET ALLAINFISH/FISHING - Limits the permissible uses of monies in the Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB208WALSWORTHCONTRACTS - Provides relative to certain cooperative endeavor agreements. (gov sig)
 SB209WALSWORTHCURRICULA - Provides for the Louisiana Early College Opportunity Act. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB210ERDEYSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for an increase of commissioners to the board of Gravity Drainage District No. 2 of Livingston Parish. (gov sig)
 SB211SMITHCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of engaging in life safety and property protection contracting without authority. (8/1/17) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB212SMITHLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to peace officer training requirements. (8/1/17)
 SB213SMITHDISTRICT ATTORNEYS - Provides relative to health insurance for certain retired district attorneys. (8/1/17)
 SB214SMITHPROPERTY INSURANCE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Policy Take-Out Program. (8/1/17)
 SB215GREGORY TARVERSCHOOLS - Provides relative to the enrollment procedures of certain charter schools. (gov sig)
 SB216GREGORY TARVERHEALTH CARE - Provides for physician assistants executing emergency certificates relative to alleged mental illness or substance abuse. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB217ERDEYCHIROPRACTORS - Increases the number of continuing education hours for chiropractors. (8/1/17)
 SB218APPELLOCAL AGENCIES - Prohibits a governing authority from entering certain agreements without specific approval by ordinance of all affected governing authorities. (gov sig)
 SB219FANNINHOSPITALS - Provides relative to certain hospital service districts. (8/1/17)
 SB220ALARIOCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to penalties for certain offenses. (8/1/17)
 SB221ALARIOCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the cleansing period for certain crimes applicable to habitual offender penalty enhancements. (11/1/17)
 SB222ERDEYPUBLIC EMPLOYEES - Provides benefits for firemen and law enforcement officers who suffer a catastrophic injury resulting in permanent and total disability caused by an individual with the specific intent to kill an officer while the officer is engaged in the performance of his official duties. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB223RISERFUNDS/FUNDING - Prohibits investment fund managers from investing the state's special funds monies in companies and in nations that support terrorism. (7/1/17) (REF NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB224PETERSONHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the Health Education Authority of Louisiana. (gov sig)
 SB225HEWITTCURRICULA - Creates the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (LaSTEM). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB226HEWITTFUNDS/FUNDING - Eliminates certain statutory dedications and eliminates certain dedications of certain funds. (7/1/17) (OR +$839,887,403 GF RV See Note)
 SB227BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates and provides for the Bethany Convention Center Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 SB228BARROWPARISHES - Provides for uniform minimum standards for mobile home parks in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 SB229GREGORY TARVERFISCAL CONTROLS - Limits appropriations to 98% of the official forecast. (7/1/18)
 SB230ERIC LAFLEURMUSEUMS - Removes certain museums from the jurisdiction of the Department of State. (gov sig) (EN -$118,305 GF EX See Note)
 SB231ERIC LAFLEURTAX/TAXATION - Provides premium tax credits for certain investments made in rural growth funds. (gov sig)
 SB232ERIC LAFLEURFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to funds and state funds. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB233ERIC LAFLEUREDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Requires BESE to award points to the school performance score of a school that offers certain programs. (gov sig)
 SB234ERIC LAFLEURCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to conditions of providing a property bond for purposes of bail. (gov sig)
 SB235MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 SB236ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to clerks of court. (8/1/17) (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Introduction of Senate Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
 SR1MORRISHCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Approves the annual integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2018.
 SCR1MORRISHCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Approves the comprehensive master plan for integrated coastal protection.
 SCR2LAMBERTWATER/WATERWAYS - Approves the Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2017-2018, as adopted by the Atchafalaya Basin Research and Promotion Board and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.