Senate Daily Digest
May 13, 2019
3:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR130W.BISHOPSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, May 15, 2019, as New Orleans Day at the state capitol and commends the city of New Orleans.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR96HEWITTBUDGET PROCEDURE - Urges and requests the Revenue Estimating Conference to consider including all dedicated funds and fees and self-generated revenues in the projection of money available for appropriation in the long-range forecast.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB43HARRISTAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to levy a tax on short term rentals of overnight lodging (EN +$10,500,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB181BRASSMTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Provides relative to safety belt use in certain vehicles
 HB196FALCONERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Exempts the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board and the State Board of Architectural Examiners from time limitations for disciplinary proceedings by professional and occupational boards and commissions
 HB203GREGORY MILLERPRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides relative to privileges on immovables
 HB223BRASSMTR VEHICLE/TOWING - Provides with respect to towing and storage licenses and fines (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB245HODGESPROCUREMENT - Authorizes a public entity to reject the lowest bid on a procurement contract when a vendor engages in a boycott of Israel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB248BROWNCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides for parenting coordinators in child custody proceedings
 HB299CARMODYREAL ESTATE/REALTORS - Provides relative to approval of certain continuing legal education courses by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission
 HB379HARRISMTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Provides with respect to applications of minors applying for driving privileges
 HB385SCHEXNAYDERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to purse distribution
 HB394CARMODYRAILROADS - Provides for the Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB522ABRAMSONTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Provides relative to the levy of sales and use taxes in the city of New Orleans (EN +$12,000,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB612ABRAHAMRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB617LEGERDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR9HOFFMANNCURRICULA - Requests a study relative to allowing Anatomy and Physiology to count in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, Biology II for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award qualification and high school graduation
 HCR66P.SMITHCONGRESS - Memorializes congress to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday
 HCR69BISHOPENERGY/OIL & GAS - Recognizes Tuesday, May 14, 2019, as the seventh annual Liquified Natural Gas Day at the Louisiana State Capitol

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR2MORRELLWOMEN - Provides for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
 SCR3MORRISHBESE - Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year. (EN +$145,214,142 GF EX See Note)
 SCR70BARROWHEALTH DEPARTMENT - Creates the Louisiana Community Health Worker Workforce Study Committee.
 SCR84APPELMEDICAID - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to take all steps necessary to approve peer support services as a Medicaid covered service.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB237COLOMBTAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to certain tax increment financing districts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)
 SB57WALSWORTHPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for certain records management services. (8/1/19)
 SB218BARROWHOUSING - Provides relative to rental housing. (gov sig)
 SB219BARROWHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Requires health insurance policies to adhere to certain standards. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 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)
 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)
 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)
 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)
 SB112CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Constitutional amendment to abolish the death penalty. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB118MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides right of an oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB136MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Provides with respect to wage secrecy and pay discrimination. (8/1/19)
 SB154WARDLIABILITY - Provides relative to certain civil liability damages and prescription. (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))
 SB161ERIC LAFLEURECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (see Act)
 SB166ERIC LAFLEURHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to physician assistants. (8/1/19)
 SB168ERIC LAFLEURMUNICIPALITIES - Provides for the appointment of the chief of police for the town of Basile. (8/1/19)
 SB177BODI WHITEPHYSICIANS - Provides relative to prohibited restraint of certain professions. (8/1/19)
 SB192CHABERTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to state symbols. (8/1/19)
 SB193MORRISHOBLIGATIONS - Enacts the Louisiana Structured Settlement Protection Act. (7/1/20)
 SB196MORRELLGAMING - Authorizes local governments to charge a fee on certain gaming winnings to fund local early childhood programs. (8/1/19)
 SB214BODI WHITEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the Department of Economic Development and the Board of Commerce and Industry. (gov sig)
 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)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR25HOLLISSEWERAGE - Urges and requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study sewer systems
 HCR7KENNY COXVETERANS - Memorializes congress to authorize the garnishment of veterans' disability benefits to fulfill child support obligations

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 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
 HB102SAM JONESHUMAN REMAINS - Provides relative to the disposition of the remains of a homicide victim
 HB111STEFANSKICRIME - Provides relative to the crime of disarming of a peace officer
 HB425JACKSON-ANDREWSABORTION - (Constitutional Amendment) Stipulates that no provision of the constitution protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion