Senate Daily Digest
June 4, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR237MILKOVICHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Tim Barfield on his many accomplishments.
 SR238MILKOVICHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Foster Campbell on his illustrious career of many years serving the people of Louisiana.
 SR239MILKOVICHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Ben W. Nevers Sr. for his years of distinguished public service.
 SR240TROY CARTERHEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to take immediate action to address racial disparity in maternal and child health outcomes and the alarming rate of mortality for African-American infants and mothers in Louisiana.
 SR242CLAITORCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Richard Gale Creed Sr.
 SR243GATTICOMMENDATIONS - Commends C.C. "Cat" Cox for his many years of pubic service and designates January 9 as C.C. "Cat" Cox Day every year in North Webster Parish.
 SR244JOHNSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church on its 60th anniversary.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR235DONAHUECOURTS - Creates a task force to study the advisability of creating a statewide business court.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR139ALARIOCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Danny Wilson upon his retirement from AT&T.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR62DUPLESSISSCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the feasibility of restructuring the MFP formula
 HCR67FOILCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Requests the Dept. of Economic Development to study cybersecurity issues faced by businesses in compliance with the Cybersecurity Framework Standards promulgated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
 HCR96FALCONERHIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Requests that the Board of Regents study and make recommendations relative to student debt relief measures
 HCR108SIMONSCHOOLS - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study school calendar options for public schools
 HCR109CARPENTERCRIMINAL/CONVICTIONS - Requests Voice of the Experienced to study the breadth and depth of information provided to defendants prior to pleading guilty in the state
 HCR118MIKE JOHNSONHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Urges the office of behavioral health to ensure access to substance use disorder treatment in central La. pursuant to the impending closure of four residential treatment facilities in the Pineville area
 HCR119GREGORY MILLERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Charles Museum and Historical Association for its creation of a website of the history of St. Charles Parish

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 HCR98GAROFALOCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Henry Joseph "Junior" Rodriguez, Jr.
 HCR99GAROFALOCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Mr. William E. "Bill" Crawford on his retirement from the Louisiana State Law Institute
 HCR100GAROFALOCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Charles DiGange on his retirement as headmaster of Holy Cross School in New Orleans

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB45TALBOTCRIME - Provides for fines associated with selling vapor products to persons under the age of 18 (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB268NORTONCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the time periods within which to institute prosecution for sex offenses
 HB359MIKE JOHNSONCRIME - Provides relative to the crime of looting (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB404SCHEXNAYDERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Abolishes certain boards, commissions, authorities, like entities, and related funds
 HB443N.LANDRYCRIME - Provides relative to hazing
 HB518GAINESCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders
 HB577NORTONCRIME - Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Reconsideration
 HB507ABRAMSONTAX - Levies a 7% tax on the gross sales of therapeutic marijuana and dedicates the avails into the Community and Family Support System Fund (RE1 INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB600TALBOTTAX/GAMING - Levies a state tax on the net gaming proceeds of fantasy sports contests, and authorizes a fee for issuance of certain licenses or permits (RE2 +$346,500 SD EX See Note)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Returned from House With Amendments
 SCR51MORRELLENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Creates the Louisiana Task Force on Lead-Free Water.
 SCR56LONGCHILDREN - Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to create the "Task Force on Protecting Children from Exposure to Pornography".

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB98PRICECRIMINAL RECORDS - Provides relative to expungement. (8/1/19)
 SB105LAMBERTSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the powers of all gravity drainage districts. (8/1/19)
 SB109BARROWCHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT - Provides relative to youth in the foster care program. (gov sig) (EN +$1,575,758 GF EX See Note)
 SB130PEACOCKLOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides for an exception to the use of electronic or audio recordings by court reporters in New Orleans Civil District Court to hearings regarding protection from abuse, assault, and stalking. (8/1/19)
 SB149LUNEAUPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Authorizes the state of Louisiana to sell or transfer certain state property. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB152THOMPSONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides for truth in labeling requirements of agricultural products. (10/1/20)
 SB158DONAHUESPECIAL EDUCATION - Provides for the creation of local special education advisory councils. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB172COLOMBMARRIAGE - Provides for parental consent and judicial limitations and authorization for a minimum age for marriage. (8/1/19)
 SB182HEWITTSUITS AGAINST STATE - Provides for the participation of a sexual harasser in a settlement or judgment in a sexual harassment claim. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
 SB185WALSWORTHCHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT - Provides relative to amendments of child support orders. (8/1/19)
 SB193MORRISHOBLIGATIONS - Enacts the Louisiana Structured Settlement Protection Act. (7/1/20)
 SB198PEACOCKTAX/SALES - Provides for administration, disposition, enforcement, and adjudication of state and local taxes and for the Board of Tax Appeals. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF 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)
 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)
 SB243MORRISHCURRICULA - Creates the Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR208PRICECRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Creates task force to study and make recommendations on income-based pretrial detention of a person.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR2MORRELLWOMEN - Provides for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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)
 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))
 SB177BODI WHITEPHYSICIANS - Provides relative to prohibited restraint of certain professions. (8/1/19)
 SB192CHABERTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides relative to state symbols. (8/1/19)
 SB195GATTILOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to promotional seniority in the Bossier City Police Department. (gov sig)
 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)
 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)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR106JAMESCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Requests the La. District Attorneys Association to study and evaluate the process and procedure for automatic criminal record-clearing for certain individuals

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB131COUSSANCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to interviewing crime victims and family members
 HB132CREWSTRAFFIC/ACCIDENTS - Modifies postaccident drug testing requirements
 HB168HODGESCRIME - Amends the crime of filing or maintaining false public records
 HB181BRASSMTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Provides relative to safety belt use in certain vehicles
 HB248BROWNCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides for parenting coordinators in child custody proceedings
 HB254LEGERCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides relative to an award of custody to a person other than a parent
 HB290PUGHMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to shippers of hazardous material
 HB352DUBUISSONINSURANCE - Authorizes health insurance issuers to establish healthcare costs and quality programs
 HB503EDMONDSLICENSING - Provides relative to licensing qualifications

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB5MORRELLTAX/SALES - Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from sales and use tax. (1/1/21) (RRF -$14,500,000 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)
 SB36FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to emergency departments. (8/1/19) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB146MORRELLDOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Limits the incarceration of victims of domestic violence and sex offenses who refuse to testify against their abusers. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB171HEWITTSTATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to reports required of boards or commissions authorized to issue a license, permit, or certificate. (6/30/19)
 SB190CHABERTCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Provides with respect to the membership of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board. (1/13/20)
 SB242BRET ALLAINMINERALS - Provides for a continuing security interest clause in mineral leases. (8/1/19)
 HB2ABRAMSONCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
 HB27SAM JONESRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to elected officials who are members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB82DEVILLIERELECTIONS/BOND & TAX - Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond, debt, and tax elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB105CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
 HB119BISHOPINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status
 HB127PIERRETRANSPORTATION DEPT - Updates the classifications within the state highway system
 HB133HOFFMANNABORTION - Revises the definition of abortion
 HB156PUGHMTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Provides relative to regulations for the construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses
 HB189JIM MORRISLOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides with respect to employment applications with political subdivisions
 HB243DUSTIN MILLERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to opioid data reporting
 HB250DAVISHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Requires residential treatment facilities to provide access to medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (REF NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB277LYONSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT - Requires the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control to suspend or revoke permits of certain alcoholic beverage dealers for failure to pay taxes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB286CAMERON HENRYFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB326HILLPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the transfer of state property in Rapides Parish
 HB331LEGERTAX CREDITS - Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB349CARMODYALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB390MALINDA WHITEMEDICAID - Relative to reimbursement rates paid to providers of disability services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB392CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018-2019
 HB425JACKSON-ANDREWSABORTION - (Constitutional Amendment) Stipulates that no provision of the constitution protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion
 HB493ABRAMSONTAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD - Authorizes the city of New Orleans to establish a homestead exemption audit program in Orleans Parish
 HB562EMERSONSCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY - Provides relative to proprietary schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB583DWIGHTTAX APPEALS/BOARD - Provides relative to jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals and appeals (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Conference Committee Report Received
 HB85BILLIOTCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to criteria for making awards to crime victims