Senate Daily Digest
May 1, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR100DONAHUECOMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Scholastica Academy girls soccer team upon winning the 2019 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division I state championship.
 SR101MARTINYSENATE - Commends Ronnie Mains for service to his community.
 SR102MARTINYSENATE - Commends Seth Bode for his numerous accomplishments.
 SR103GATTIDWI - Requests the Governor's Task Force on DWI to study issues related to enforcement actions by a drug recognition expert relative to the operation of a motor vehicle when impaired by drugs.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR79LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Raymond Blanco on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Political Hall of Fame induction class.
 SCR80LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Roger Cador on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB9MARINOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to costs of expungement of a record (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB11BACALAJUVENILE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the taking into custody of a seventeen-year-old who commits a misdemeanor-grade delinquent act
 HB25MCMAHENCRIME - Provides a universal definition of "serious bodily injury" for purposes of Title 14 of the La. Revised Statutes
 HB82DEVILLIERELECTIONS/BOND & TAX - Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond, debt, and tax elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB85BILLIOTCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to criteria for making awards to crime victims
 HB123HILLPUBLIC RECORDS - Exempts from the Public Records Law information relative to certain activities associated with stocking and breeding of alligators
 HB128ANDERSINSURANCE - Provides relative to the applications for licenses filed with the commissioner of insurance
 HB131COUSSANCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to interviewing crime victims and family members
 HB188JIM MORRISTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides with respect to the exemption from severance tax on oil produced from stripper wells (RE2 -$7,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB256JIM MORRISTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides with respect to the rate and exemption for the severance tax on oil produced from incapable wells (RE2 -$2,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB265DEVILLIERREVENUE/TAXATION DEPT - Authorizes the payment of refunds for the overpayment of taxes as a result of an unconstitutional law, invalid rule, or misinterpretation of a law, rule, or regulation (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB331LEGERTAX CREDITS - Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB340HOLLISREAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS - Provides relative to real estate appraisers
 HB396ANDERSBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to bank operating subsidiaries
 HB413MIGUEZBANKS/BANKING - Provides that it shall be unlawful discrimination for a financial institution to refuse to provide services to any party because of the party's lawful engagement in commerce of firearms and ammunition (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 HB423EMERSONLICENSING - Repeals the ability of a professional board or commission to revoke an occupational or professional license for failure to pay student loans (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB561ABRAHAMTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Creates and provides relative to the Calcasieu Parish Tolling Authority (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB569STOKESTAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT - Establishes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain antique motor vehicles and increases the fee for issuance of certain license plates for antique motor vehicles (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB575MAGEETRANSPORTATION - Establishes requirements for transportation network companies (EN +$115,000 SG EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR43BACALAHEALTH/LDH - Urges the secretary of La. Dept. of Health to reconsider the department's policy of excluding the majority of Medicaid enrollees from quarterly income verification

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB22JOHNSFUNDS/FUNDING - Dedicates funds from certain litigation filed by the state to recover damages. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB25WARDSHERIFFS - Provides for insurance benefits for retirees of the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office. (7/1/19)
 SB27MARTINYJUDGES - Provides relative to salaries for judges as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission. (gov sig) (EN +$1,802,964 OF EX See Note)
 SB33THOMPSONSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Authorizes expansion of scope of projects and extension of use of state sales tax for certain tax increment financing districts. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB49FANNINTRUSTS - Provides relative to activities of out-of-state trust companies. (gov sig)
 SB55RISERAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides for an exemption to the Louisiana Weights and Measures Law. (8/1/19)
 SB61BOUDREAUXAGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Creates the Louisiana Commission on Medicinal Plants. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB112CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Constitutional amendment to abolish the death penalty. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB154WARDLIABILITY - Provides relative to certain civil liability damages and prescription. (8/1/19)
 SB156RISERDOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Provides for access to criminal history information in civil cases of domestic abuse, dating violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB159DONAHUELEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Provides for review and reports on cost recovery budget request forms completed by certain budget units. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB181HEWITTFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the classification, revision, dedication, or repeal of certain funds in the state treasury. (7/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 SB184MILKOVICHABORTION - Prohibits the abortion of an unborn human being with a detectable heartbeat. (See Act)
 SB193MORRISHOBLIGATIONS - Enacts the Louisiana Structured Settlement Protection Act. (7/1/20)
 SB217WALSWORTHSEIZURES/SALES - Exempts the refundable portion of the child tax credit from seizure. (gov sig)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR37LONGATTORNEYS - Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association review rules governing solicitation advertising by attorneys.
 SCR41BODI WHITELAW ENFORCEMENT - Creates the Law Enforcement Officer PTSD Study Commission.
 SCR51MORRELLENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Creates the Louisiana Task Force on Lead-Free Water.

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
 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)
 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)

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)
 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)
 SB192CHABERTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to state symbols. (8/1/19)
 SB196MORRELLGAMING - Authorizes local governments to charge a fee on certain gaming winnings to fund local early childhood programs. (8/1/19)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR25HOLLISSEWERAGE - Urges and requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study sewer systems