Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs
April 23, 2014
9:30 a.m.
Room F
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 15, 2014
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR64
PERRY
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
- Designates the city of Scott as the Cajun Art Capital of Louisiana.
SB1
CLAITOR
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Enacts the "Legislative Scholarship Fairness Act" (gov sig)
SB300
MARTINY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- Provides relative to the inspector general. (8/1/14)
SB322
MURRAY
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides relative to the "Equal Pay for Women Act". (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB334
PETERSON
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act be applicable to men, private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB443
MURRAY
EMPLOYMENT
- Requires the "Equal Pay for Women Act" to apply to local governments and political subdivisions. (8/1/14)
SB535
ADLEY
LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES
- Establishes the Chief Legislative Security Officer and the Joint Legislative Security Council. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB206
DANAHAY
SUNSET LAW
- Re-creates the Department of State Civil Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB226
DANAHAY
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES
- Removes the requirement to reopen qualifying when no candidate qualified for an office or when the number of candidates who qualified for an office is less than the number of positions to be filled
HB246
HARRISON
ELDERLY
- Provides relative to the Department of Elderly Affairs, including provisions for officers and employees, rulemaking, and funding (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
HB324
LEGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
- Authorizes secretary of state to disclose certain electronic mail addresses or short message service numbers to other governmental entities, agencies, officials, and employees
HB365
MORENO
VOTING/REGISTRATION
- Provides with respect to voter registration information and data
HB383
T.BURNS
ELECTION CODE
- Makes revisions to the La. Election Code (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
HB428
BARRAS
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES
- Repeals provisions of law that allow for a refund of qualifying fees under certain circumstances when a candidate files multiple notices of candidacy (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG See Note)
HB432
T.BURNS
SUNSET LAW
- Re-creates the Department of State and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law
HB500
BERTHELOT
ETHICS/CODE
- Allows a public employee employed by a prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school to accept gifts valued at twenty-five dollars or less, up to an aggregate value of seventy-five dollars in a calendar year from or on behalf of a student or former student
HB501
W.BISHOP
VOTING/REGISTRATION
- Provides for voter registration at age sixteen (EN +$54,388 GF EX See Note)
HB874
BISHOP
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
- Requires annual and quarterly reports to the legislature regarding litigation instituted by a state agency
HB1013
SCHEXNAYDER
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
- Provides relative to boards and commissions
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE