Senate Daily Digest
June 5, 2019
10:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR245BARROWSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates June 9 through 15, 2019, as Flag Week in Louisiana.
 SR246LAMBERTCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Laine Hardy on becoming the Season 17 American Idol winner.
 SR247WALSWORTHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends James D. Madden on his numerous contributions and accomplishments.
 SR253ERDEYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Bill Porche upon his retirement as chief of the Central Fire Department.
 SR254WALSWORTHLEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a review and study of Louisiana's in forma pauperis and related statutes as applied by Louisiana courts in civil judicial proceedings.
 SR255BARROWHEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, and Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to study and make recommendations relative to certain provisions of Louisiana law on medical marijuana.
 SR256WALSWORTHEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requests the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of collecting and reporting certain information related to school employees.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR120LEGERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louisiana State University Golden Girls on the sixtieth anniversary of the danceline program

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Returned from House With Amendments
 SCR107MIZELLCOUNSELING/GUIDANCE - Creates the Task Force on Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
 SCR114HEWITTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Re-establishes the Lower Pearl River Basin task force.
 SCR123MARTINYTELECOMMUNICATIONS - Creates a task force to develop and plan a tabletop exercise that tests and strengthens the infrastructure required to combat cyber threats.
 SCR129BODI WHITETAX/AD VALOREM - Requests the Department of Economic Development to develop uniform local review and approval standards for the Industrial Tax Exemption Program.
 SCR138CLAITORLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the necessity of advising crime victims and witnesses of certain rights.

Senate Bills Returned from House Subject to Call
 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)

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 Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB3ABRAMSONCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
 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)

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
 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)
 SB109BARROWCHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT - Provides relative to youth in the foster care program. (gov sig) (EN +$1,575,758 GF 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)
 SB171HEWITTSTATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to reports required of boards or commissions authorized to issue a license, permit, or certificate. (6/30/19)
 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)
 SB190CHABERTCOASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH - Provides with respect to the membership of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board. (1/13/20)
 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)
 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
 HB127PIERRETRANSPORTATION DEPT - Updates the classifications within the state highway system
 HB148CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
 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
 HB208BRASSDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to educational facilities improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB218MARCELLECOURTS/CITY - Provides relative to Baton Rouge City Court probation officers (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB225EDMONDSSCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to the sale or transfer of charter school facilities financed through tax exempt bonds
 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)
 HB325BISHOPELECTION CODE - Prohibits the registrar of voters, clerk of court, and Dept. of State from disclosing specified computer system information
 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
 HB454ZERINGUEANIMALS - Provides relative to animal shelters
 HB459TALBOTGAMING - Provides relative to fantasy sports contests (EN +$94,000 SG EX See Note)
 HB466DAVISPROPERTY/RIGHTS - Provides relative to notice requirements for property that is subject to tax sales (REC SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 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)
 HB596STEFANSKITAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT - Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Conference Committee Report Received
 HB119BISHOPINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status
 HB133HOFFMANNABORTION - Revises the definition of abortion