Senate Bills on Second Reading |
| | | SB558 | BARROW | CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Provides relative to incarcerated women. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB559 | MORRISH | GAMING - Authorizes public institutions of higher education, when licensed, to conduct raffles. (8/1/18) |
Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SR68 | BARROW | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its 11th annual "Fest for Life" health event on Saturday, April 14, 2018. |
| | | SR69 | THOMPSON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Delhi High School Bears boys basketball team upon being the Class 1A runner-up at the 2018 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Tournament. |
| | | SR70 | THOMPSON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Delhi High School Lady Bears basketball team upon winning the 2018 Class 1A State Championship. |
| | | SR71 | PERRY | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the American Legion and its Auxiliary for hosting the 55th annual Vermilion Parish Government Day program. |
| | | SR73 | RISER | ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Requests the Department of Economic Development to encourage further economic ties between the state of Louisiana and Taiwan. |
| | | SR74 | PERRY | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Thomas More Catholic High School Lady Cougars soccer team on winning the LHSAA Division II state championship. |
Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call |
| | | SR33 | MILKOVICH | COMMENDATIONS - Commends former Louisiana state Senator Bill Keith upon his support and endorsement of teaching creationism in public schools. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SCR57 | FRED MILLS | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates July 2018 as Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month in Louisiana. |
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | | HB87 | JAMES | STUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to the definition of institution of postsecondary education for purposes of the La. Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (START) Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB140 | LEGER | PROBATION - Provides for the use of supervision fees paid by offenders placed on probation or parole (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB145 | KENNY COX | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides limitations on diagnosing of the disorder commonly known as "Munchausen syndrome by proxy", and on initiation of child welfare proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB147 | DWIGHT | FAMILY LAW - Provides for the filiation of a child |
| | | HB166 | SHERMAN MACK | CRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides for the formal ratification of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act |
| | | HB186 | MARINO | DRUGS/CONTROLLED - Provides relative to the attempt or conspiracy to commit violations of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB194 | HOWARD | INSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides a time period after payment of a claim during which an insurer may dispute and recoup the amount paid |
| | | HB224 | MARINO | DRUGS - Reduces criminal penalties for certain offenses involving legend drugs |
| | | HB260 | LEGER | CRIME/DNA - Provides relative to DNA collection for certain offenses |
| | | HB308 | HAVARD | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to vehicle platooning |
| | | HB419 | EDMONDS | FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to inspections of life safety systems and equipment |
| | | HB455 | GAROFALO | FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides with respect to short-term rental dwellings (EG1 INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB490 | GREGORY MILLER | CHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for healthcare coverage relative to child support |
| | | HB532 | SHERMAN MACK | FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB617 | HILFERTY | REAL ESTATE - Modifies relative to transfers of interest and property disclosure forms |
| | | HB735 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | PUBLIC ASSISTANCE - Establishes a workforce training pilot initiative to serve public assistance recipients in certain regions (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | HCR30 | HOFFMANN | COMMENDATIONS - Commends David Scotton and his family upon the release of the documentary film "I Lived on Parker Avenue" |
Senate Bills Reported by Committee |
| | | SB62 | MARTINY | GOVERNOR - Re-creates entities transferred to or placed within the office of the governor. (6/30/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB66 | CLAITOR | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to admission to treatment facility for mental illness pursuant to emergency certificate. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB74 | GATTI | INSURANCE MANDATES - Requires insurance for persons handling explosives. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB108 | JOHNS | MEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medicaid managed care annual report. (gov sig) |
| | | SB127 | HEWITT | CREDIT - Prohibits credit reporting agencies from charging a fee to place, reinstate, temporarily lift, or revoke a security freeze. (gov sig) |
| | | SB153 | MORRISH | INSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. (7/1/18) |
| | | SB260 | MILKOVICH | STATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to disciplinary hearings by professional and occupational licensing boards and commissions. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB277 | CLAITOR | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB286 | MILKOVICH | PHYSICIANS - Provides relative to the Physician's Bill of Rights. (8/1/18) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB297 | CLAITOR | STUDENTS - Authorizes the state Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Health to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB365 | WARD | LOANS - Creates the Louisiana Credit Access Loan Act. (8/1/19) |
| | | SB404 | HEWITT | EMPLOYMENT - Provides relative to sexual harassment prevention policies and training for public servants. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB435 | FRED MILLS | NURSES - Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB445 | HEWITT | STATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to reports required of the executive branch by statute or resolution. (7/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB447 | BARROW | PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - Requires annual sexual harassment training for all public servants. (gov sig) |
| | | SB480 | JOHNS | GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides with respect to the Office of Group Benefits. (8/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB482 | RISER | CONTRACTORS - Provides relative to licensed mechanical contractors. (gov sig) |
House Bills Reported by Committee |
| | | HB524 | CARPENTER | PUBLIC OFFLS/EMPS - Requires policies prohibiting sexual harassment and annual training on preventing sexual harassment (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR38 | PETERSON | LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Creates a legislative task force to study sexual harassment issues regarding legislators, lobbyists, and other persons interacting with the legislature. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call |
| | | SCR7 | MORRELL | JOINT RULES - Requires that all legislative instruments creating tax preferences include a sunset date. |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB442 | MORRELL | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Requires companies who sell DNA testing kits to inform a purchaser of certain information. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB459 | BARROW | CHILDREN - Provides relative to child welfare information. (gov sig) |
| | | SB477 | ERIC LAFLEUR | PHARMACEUTICALS - Provides for electronic prescribing of noncontrolled legend drugs. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB49 | MORRELL | CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Provides for family member visitation with offenders who have sustained serious injuries while in custody. (gov sig) |
| | | SB60 | MARTINY | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Provides relative to civil actions for domestic abuse. (gov sig) |
| | | SB72 | MARTINY | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to the execution of an order for protective custody and examination. (gov sig) |
| | | SB81 | CLAITOR | CORONERS - Authorizes the coroner to obtain blood, urine, or other biological fluids or samples relevant to an investigation. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB97 | MORRELL | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Extends the prescriptive period for instituting certain claims. (gov sig) |
| | | SB156 | TROY CARTER | LIABILITY - Provides immunity from liability for person providing gratuitous emergency care to a minor or domestic animal. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB163 | PERRY | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to extend special assessment for, and exemptions for disabled veterans and their spouses, and for surviving spouses of military personnel, law enforcement and fire protection officers, and first responders from, ad valorem tax purposes on homesteads to apply to persons with usufruct when naked ownership is in trust. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB177 | WALSWORTH | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Authorizes the legislative auditor to obtain certain information about employees with access to federal tax records of auditees. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB178 | WALSWORTH | STUDENTS - Allows students to wear bulletproof backpacks. (gov sig) |
| | | SB236 | MORRELL | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of sexual abuse of an animal. (gov sig) |
| | | SB253 | MILKOVICH | SCHOOLS - Provides relative to school employee participation in student-initiated prayer. (gov sig) |
| | | SB254 | APPEL | BESE - Require BESE to establish criteria whereby a teacher may be issued a dyslexia practitioner or dyslexia therapist ancillary certificate. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB257 | MILKOVICH | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to appellate records. (gov sig) |
| | | SB289 | PERRY | TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the special assessment level for, and exemptions for disabled veterans and their spouses, and for surviving spouses of military personnel, law enforcement and fire protection officers, and first responders from, ad valorem tax purposes on homesteads when naked ownership is in trust. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB308 | MIZELL | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the creation of a volunteer and employee criminal history system. (1/1/19) |
| | | SB372 | CORTEZ | FLOOD PROTECTION AUTH - Provides for Rural Grant Opportunity Program in the Statewide Flood Control Program. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB377 | BRET ALLAIN | MINERALS - Establishes procedures for review of future utility of well sites that have been inactive for more than ten years. (8/1/18) (RE INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB378 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Requires public school governing authorities to share certain student data with the Board of Regents. (gov sig) |
| | | SB402 | RISER | WEAPONS - Clarifies that both volunteer and paid security guards may serve churches or houses of worship and provides for tactical training requirements for certain concealed handgun permittees. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB425 | ERIC LAFLEUR | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the creation of special service districts by parishes and municipalities, and for the raising of revenues by such special service districts. (gov sig) (REF NO IMPACT LF See Note) |
| | | SB470 | BARROW | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for an increase of commissioners to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge. (gov sig) |
| | | SB144 | FRED MILLS | HOSPITALS - Provides for the repeal of the hospital prospective reimbursement methodology. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB146 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to health care emergency visit alternative treatment reimbursement. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB168 | THOMPSON | PUBLIC RECORDS - Exempts certain Department of Agriculture and Forestry records from the Public Records Law. (gov sig) |
| | | SB194 | W.BISHOP | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for an exception relative to contracts in which public entities are participants. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB209 | BARROW | EMPLOYMENT - Requires advance notice of mass layoffs and closure of certain businesses. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB278 | CLAITOR | JUDGES - Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) |
| | | SB375 | BARROW | SANITARY CODE - Requires retail food establishments to maintain and promote community hygiene as part of standardized business practices. (8/1/18) (RE +$75,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB380 | W.BISHOP | TOPS - Creates the TOPS Second Chance Award. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB394 | BODI WHITE | TOPS - Creates the TOPS-Tech 2Plus2 Award. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB414 | BODI WHITE | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to emergency medical services transporting patients to alternative destinations. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB462 | MARTINY | PLANNING/ZONING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Inclusionary Zoning and Workforce Affordable Housing Act. (gov sig) |
| | | SB469 | WARD | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to towable equipment. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB475 | RISER | MILITARY AFFAIRS - Provides for military educational training to be used in lieu of college educational training in the licensure of physicians assistants. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB489 | MORRISH | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB488 | MORRELL | FUNDS/FUNDING - Limits expenditure of motor vehicle license tax proceeds dedicated to State Highway Fund No. 2. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB54 | MARTINY | ARSON - Creates the crime of negligent arson. (gov sig) |
| | | SB160 | TROY CARTER | ANIMALS - Prohibits tying or tethering a dog or cat in extreme weather conditions. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB274 | TROY CARTER | WEAPONS - Prohibits sale of assault weapons to any person under the age of twenty-one. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB288 | PERRY | CHILDREN - Provides relative to child support orders. (10/1/18) |
| | | SB313 | ERIC LAFLEUR | GAMING - Provides relative to the designated gaming area at live horse racing facilities. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB330 | COLOMB | FAMILY LAW - Provides for the modification of support orders when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services. (gov sig) |
| | | SB337 | RISER | AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides for an exemption to the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB358 | LUNEAU | NOTARIES - Authorizes and provides relative to certain electronic notarial acts. (8/1/19) |
| | | SB361 | WALSWORTH | ATTORNEY GENERAL - Provides relative to the protection of computerized data that contains personal information and requires notification of data breaches. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB366 | WARD | CHILDREN - Provides relative to visitation rights of grandparents and siblings. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB384 | CLAITOR | CRIMINAL RECORDS - Prohibits the publication of certain criminal information or juvenile record information. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB410 | BODI WHITE | SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to early release of offenders for "good time" and parole. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB458 | GATTI | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits medical treatment furlough to any offender serving a sentence for a conviction of first degree murder. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB476 | LONG | LOCAL OFFICIALS - Increases the salary of the marshal of the City Court of Natchitoches. (gov sig) |
| | | SB481 | WALSWORTH | CEMETERIES - Provides for authorization to move human remains. (gov sig) |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call |
| | | SB68 | CLAITOR | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to careless operation of a motor vehicle during flood conditions. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB94 | APPEL | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides that public entities are liable for interest due for failure to pay progressive stage or final payments on public contracts under certain conditions. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB99 | MORRELL | HEALTH CARE - Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (7/1/18) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB103 | MORRELL | CHILDREN'S CODE - Provides for use of restraints in juvenile court proceedings. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB106 | MORRELL | CHILDREN'S CODE - Provides relative to the duration of a disposition on a felony-grade adjudication. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB111 | CORTEZ | AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS - Provides relative to the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB117 | MORRELL | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Requires that any contractor who enters into a contract with a state entity comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB120 | PERRY | SHERIFFS - Provides relative to premium costs for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office. (7/1/18) |
| | | SB122 | PERRY | MUNICIPALITIES - Repeals provision authorizing the city of Kaplan's elected police chief to manage police personnel. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB142 | PETERSON | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of State Civil Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law. (6/30/18) |
| | | SB148 | MORRELL | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to require local government approval of the industrial property tax exemption. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB149 | MORRELL | EMPLOYMENT - Prohibits employers from requiring prospective employees to disclose wage information. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB158 | COLOMB | EMPLOYMENT - Requires employers who receive economic development incentives from the state to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for a new construction project or the expansion of an existing construction project. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB162 | TROY CARTER | EMPLOYMENT - Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3 - CAs2.1)(8/1/18) |
| | | SB219 | TROY CARTER | DISCRIMINATION - Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act) |
| | | SB221 | TROY CARTER | WORKFORCE COMMISSION - Changes the name of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to the Louisiana Department of Labor. (gov sig) (EG FF EX See Note) |
| | | SB229 | MORRELL | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB230 | MORRELL | VIDEO POKER - Provides relative to qualified truck stop facility amenities. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB232 | MORRELL | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to contracts for projects by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB234 | COLOMB | EMPLOYMENT - Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB242 | MORRELL | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - Constitutional amendment to provide for consideration of certain matters during regular sessions in even-numbered years. (2/3 - CA3s2(A)) |
| | | SB262 | GATTI | GOVERNOR - Provides relative to powers of the governor during times of a disaster or emergency. (gov sig) |
| | | SB265 | MORRELL | COURTS - Provides for minimum standards for elevator access to multistory courthouses for the disabled community. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB316 | JOHNS | RIVERBOAT GAMING - Provides relative to riverboat gaming. (gov sig) |
| | | SB318 | MARTINY | GAMING - Provides relative to riverboat gaming. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB319 | GATTI | STATE AGENCIES - Abolishes boards and commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities that are inactive. (8/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB321 | MARTINY | GAMING - Provides relative to the relocation of the gaming operations of a riverboat licensee. (8/1/18) |
| | | SB390 | CLAITOR | SUITS AGAINST STATE - Provides for the order of payment of judgments and compromises against the state, subject to funding. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB417 | BODI WHITE | GAMING - Provides for a referendum election in Tangipahoa Parish regarding riverboat gaming. (gov sig) |
| | | SB419 | PETERSON | ETHICS - Repeals provision for recusal for members of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and changes provisions permitting certain persons to serve on the board. (8/1/18) |