Senate Daily Digest
April 30, 2019
4:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR82ERDEYCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Mr. Marvin A. Henderson.
 SR83CORTEZCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Thomas More High School Cougars boys basketball team and Coach Danny Broussard for winning the Division II State Championship.
 SR84CORTEZCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Thomas More High School Lady Cougars girls soccer team and Head Coach Daniel Underwood for repeating as Division II state champions back to back.
 SR86JOHNSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes May 13, 2019, as Rotary Day in Louisiana.
 SR87FRED MILLSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc. on 50 years of working for social and employment equality.
 SR89CHABERTSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, May 1, 2019, as Oil and Natural Gas Industry Day at the state capitol.
 SR90GATTICOMMENDATIONS - Commends R & V Works and its owners, Robert and Vicki Myers, for their many years in business as a Louisiana manufacturer.
 SR91BARROWCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Lynn Clark for her work on behalf of the community and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge.
 SR93BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Denise Boutte' on her many achievements as an actress and producer and extends appreciation and gratitude to her for serving as the keynote speaker at the 19th Annual Greater Southwest Black Chamber of Commerce Trailblazer & Scholarship Gala.
 SR94BOUDREAUXHEALTH DEPARTMENT - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to submit a report on the implementation of Act 582 of the 2018 Regular Session relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana Medicaid program.
 SR95PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Erin McCarty for radio broadcasting excellence in the Shreveport-Bossier City market.
 SR96LAMBERTSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 18-24, 2019, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.
 SR97THOMPSONSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 29, 2019, as 4-H Day at the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana and commends the state 4-H officers.
 SR99DONAHUECOMMENDATIONS - Commends Leadership St. Tammany and welcomes the 2019 class to the state capitol.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR60LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Dave Nitz upon receiving the 2019 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and for being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR61LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Danielle Scott upon being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR62LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Philip Timothy upon receiving the 2019 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR63LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Richard E. Zuschlag upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.
 SCR64LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Charles Smith on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR65LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Marie Gagnard upon being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR66LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Marion D. Edwards upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.
 SCR67LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Max Fugler upon being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR68LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
 SCR69LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends T.B. "T. Berry" Porter upon being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR70BARROWHEALTH DEPARTMENT - Creates the Louisiana Community Health Worker Workforce Study Committee.
 SCR71BODI WHITECOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Department of Transportation and Development to determine what monies, state or federal, are available for flood control projects in the coastal zone or coastal area, and in the area outside the coastal area.
 SCR72BODI WHITECOMMENDATIONS - Commends Layni LeBlanc on being the first woman from Louisiana to serve as a national officer of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
 SCR73PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Loyola College Prep Lady Flyers soccer team on its first state championship.
 SCR74CLAITORCOMMENDATIONS - Commends "The Advocate" on being awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the impact of Louisiana provisions allowing juries to convict defendants without a unanimous verdict.
 SCR75PEACOCKPOSTSECONDARY ED - Requests the Board of Regents to study the feasibility of establishing a law school in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
 SCR76PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends St. Joseph Catholic Church on its seventieth anniversary.
 SCR77W.BISHOPNURSES - Requests the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, Southern University School of Nursing, and Southern University at New Orleans to collaborate on the process and procedures required for the establishment of a nursing education program on the campus of Southern University at New Orleans.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SCR30BARROWSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes May 6-11, 2019, as National Economic Development Week.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB44BAGLEYNOTARIES - Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury
 HB67GREGORY MILLERPORTS/SOUTH LOUISIANA - Changes the title of certain board officer positions within the membership of the South Louisiana Port Commission
 HB117DEVILLIERHIGHWAYS - Authorizes golf carts to cross certain Louisiana highways within the town of Church Point
 HB134JENKINSNOTARIES - Provides relative to qualifications to be appointed a notary public
 HB145COUSSANBANKS/BANKING - Provides for the disclosure of certain financial records to law enforcement pursuant to a search warrant
 HB205HILFERTYLEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Renames the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority
 HB214JENKINSENVIRONMENT - Provides for the computation of time allowed to seek review of decisions by the Dept. of Environmental Quality
 HB217LEGERFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Increases certain special permit fees and dedicates the proceeds of the fee increase into the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN +$8,584,000 SD RV See Note)
 HB303COUSSANBANKS/BANKING - Provides for fingerprinting for criminal history background checks for employment in a financial institution
 HB318LEGERMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Team Gleason Foundation" specialty license plate
 HB348BOURRIAQUETRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides relative to public-private partnerships (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB417HILLCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to payments to a minor from a judgment or settlement
 HB567LARVADAINTRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to Louisiana Transportation Authority and Department of Transportation and Development toll violation enforcement

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR41FOILSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 30, 2019, as First Responders Appreciation Day at the state capitol and commends the service and contributions of our first responders

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB4MORRELLTAX/SALES - Constitutional amendment to exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales and use tax. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB5MORRELLTAX/SALES - Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from sales and use tax. (1/1/21) (RRF -$14,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB11MORRISHLOCAL AGENCIES - Authorizes an increase in the membership of the boards of commissioners of the consolidated gravity drainage districts of Calcasieu Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB12MORRISHMUNICIPALITIES - Provides for qualifications of the city of Jennings deputy chief of police. (gov sig)
 SB24PEACOCKLOCAL AGENCIES - Authorizes the assessor in Caddo Parish to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees from the assessor's office. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB37PEACOCKTAX/TAXATION - Authorizes the office of debt recovery to collect delinquent debts on behalf of local government subdivisions. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB43APPELSCHOOLS - Provides for student input in the annual review of high school crisis management and response plans. (gov sig)
 SB45JOHNSTAX/SALES - Provides for a state sales tax exemption for certain purchases of motor vehicles for the use or transportation of persons with permanent orthopedic disabilities. (10/1/19) (EG -$60,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB50FANNINMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to the petition for incorporation. (gov sig)
 SB62MORRISHLOCAL AGENCIES - Requires the board of commissioners for the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District to meet once a quarter. (8/1/19)
 SB65LAMBERTWILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Provides for the size and location of escape rings on crab traps. (gov sig)
 SB72TROY CARTERSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for an additional member to the board of commissioners of the Ernest N. Morial - New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority. (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB78MARTINYSCHOOLS - Provides relative to behavioral health services provided to students. (8/1/19)
 SB79TROY CARTERTAX/AD VALOREM - Constitutional amendment to authorize ad valorem tax exemptions in Orleans Parish to promote affordable housing. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB80TROY CARTERTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption in Orleans Parish for affordable housing. (See Act) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB82LAMBERTUTILITIES - Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. (8/1/19)
 SB84ERDEYTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Authorizes designation of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on state highways. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB85BARROWTAX EXEMPTIONS - Exempts from sales and use tax textbooks required for a course offered by a public or nonpublic postsecondary educational institution. (7/1/19) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB102ERDEYCOURTS - Authorizes an increase in court costs in the mayor's court of the town of Livingston. (gov sig)
 SB104ERDEYSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for an increase of commissioners to the board of Gravity Drainage District No. 5 of Livingston Parish. (gov sig)
 SB107GATTIPUBLIC EMPLOYEES - Adds post traumatic stress disorder to the list of injuries which are compensable for injured public employees. (8/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 SB110PETERSONMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to the collection cost that the city of New Orleans can charge each tax recipient for reimbursement of expenses. (8/1/19) (EG NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 SB111CLAITORCOURTS - Provides relative to court costs in suits involving the state and state agencies in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. (8/1/19) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB115WARDMINERALS - Provides relative to exercise of rights and conducting of operations arising from co-ownership of land and mineral rights. (8/1/19)
 SB134W.BISHOPROADS/HIGHWAYS - Provides for addition of "Home of the Who Dat Nation Highway" signs on Interstate 10 in Louisiana and designates U.S. Hwy 90 from its intersection with I-10 in Lafayette to its intersection with La. Hwy 308 in Raceland as the "Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Highway". (8/1/19) (EN +$4,400 SG EX See Note)
 SB136MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Provides with respect to wage secrecy and pay discrimination. (8/1/19)
 SB155TROY CARTEREMPLOYMENT - Constitutional amendment to establish a state minimum hourly wage of nine dollars, effective July 1, 2020, and authorize the legislature to increase the minimum wage by law. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB163CORTEZTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Provides relative to special permits for the operation of vehicles issued by the Department of Transportation and Development. (8/1/19)
 SB180BRET ALLAINMINERALS - Provides relative to the recovery of certain monies expended from the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB190CHABERTCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Provides with respect to the membership of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board. (1/13/20)
 SB216CHABERTFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the State Land Office Reforestation Fund. (8/1/19) (EN +$60,000 SD RV See Note)
 SB223BRET ALLAINTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to state income taxation of Subchapter S corporations and other flow through entities. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB226BARROWTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides for tax exemptions for special districts created to finance capital improvements. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 SB228CLAITORTAX/TAXATION - Provides individual income tax credits for the purchase and installation of residential water saving equipment. (gov sig) (EG -$2,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB231LAMBERTCONSERVATION - Adds Ascension Parish to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District. (8/1/19)
 SB233SMITHPUBLIC WORKS - Increases "contract limit" that requires public bid for public work related to drainage projects done by regular maintenance employees in St. Charles Parish. (8/1/19)
 SB235MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Repeals unused tax credits. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 SB236MORRISHTAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the governing authority of Consolidated School District Number 1 of Jefferson Davis Parish to hold an election to levy and collect a parcel fee. (gov sig)
 SB237COLOMBTAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to certain tax increment financing districts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)

Reconsideration
 SB196MORRELLGAMING - Authorizes local governments to charge a fee on certain gaming winnings to fund local early childhood programs. (8/1/19)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR11W.BISHOPCIVIC EDUCATION - Requests the secretary of state and the state Department of Education to work together to develop age-appropriate, nonpartisan voter education materials to be used by all students in grades 3-12.
 SR35BOUDREAUXGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Requests the Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board within the office of group benefits to study and prepare a cost benefit analysis for the provision of anti-obesity treatments and services for plan participants.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR2MORRELLWOMEN - Provides for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
 SCR8TROY CARTERCONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to take actions to pass the Disability Integration Act of 2019.
 SCR31BARROWLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates a lead agency over the Interagency Heroin and Opioid Coordination Plan.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB238MIZELLLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides for abortion clinic employees to be mandatory reporters of human trafficking and certain sexual based crimes to law enforcement and provides for the additional postings of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline information. (8/1/19)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB9PETERSONSTATE EMPLOYEE RET - Removes certain future employees of the Regional Transit Authority from the system and state civil service. (6/30/19) (EN DECREASE APV)
 SB23PRICECRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to temporary detention of a person in custody pending a bail hearing. (8/1/19)
 SB30WARDPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Adds Pointe Coupee Parish to the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (2/3 - CA6s43(2)) (1/1/20)
 SB41FRED MILLSPHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB58TROY CARTERVOTERS/VOTING - Provides for automatic voter registration by making an application for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or state identification card. (1/1/20) (EG +$90,842 GF EX See Note)
 SB118MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides right of an oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB146MORRELLDOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Limits the incarceration of victims of domestic violence and sex offenses who refuse to testify against their abusers. (gov sig)
 SB153MARTINYGAMING - Provides relative to sports wagering. (See Act) (RE1 +$1,225,000 SD EX See Note)
 SB192CHABERTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to state symbols. (8/1/19)