Senate Daily Digest

Senate Daily Digest
April 14, 2015 4:00 pm Senate Chamber
Adjourned

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
	SR3	FRED MILLS	SENATE - Commends Tara MacInnes for her tireless works with Moyamoya disease and recognizes May 6, 2015, as Moyamoya Disease Awareness Day.
	SR4	MORRISH	SENATE - Designates the week of November 9 through 16, 2015, as "School Psychologist Week".
	SR5	PETERSON	COMMENDATIONS - Honors and recognizes the contributions made by McClurie Sampson Sr. to Washington Parish and the state of Louisiana.
	SR6	FRED MILLS	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Jacques Laviolette on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
	SR9	CROWE	SENATE - Commends the Republic of China, known as Taiwan, for positive economic relations and friendship with the state of Louisiana.
	SR10	PEACOCK	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Margaret Martin on her many extraordinary accomplishments.
	SR11	MORRELL	POSTSECONDARY ED - Creates task force to study the postsecondary education disciplinary process for campus rape and sexual assault.
	SR12	MORRELL	CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Extends the Pretrial Service Commission deadline until March 1, 2017.
	SR13	WALSWORTH	LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Recognizes Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as Eating Disorder Awareness and Prevention Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
	SR14	WALSWORTH	COMMENDATIONS - Congratulates Congressman Steve Scalise on being elected Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives.
	SR15	THOMPSON	COMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates the University of Louisiana at Monroe water ski team for its national championship win at the 26th National Collegiate Water Ski Association Conference.
	SR16	J.SMITH	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis upon the occasion of her one hundredth birthday.
	SR17	BROOME	COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission for its support of national service and volunteerism in Louisiana.
	SR18	MORRELL	SENATE - Designates the month of April 2015 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
	SCR8	ALARIO	CONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of Charles Tubre, an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities and the elderly.
	SCR9	ALARIO	CONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of former Louisiana State Senator Elwyn J. Nicholson of Marrero.
	SCR10	CORTEZ	CONGRESS - Designate May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month and memorializes Congress to provide additional funding for research for the treatment and cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
	SCR11	CROWE	COMMENDATIONS - Congratulates Willard and Inez LeBlanc Hunt on the celebration of seventy years of marriage.
	SCR12	ERDEY	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Arthur Perkins for his substantial legacy of service to his community, particularly his twenty-six years of service on the Denham Springs City Council.
	SCR13	THOMPSON	COMMENDATIONS - Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the Affordable Housing Program and the program's contributions to the citizens of Louisiana.
	SCR14	MORRISH	CHILDREN - Continues and provides for the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children until 2017.
	SCR15	MORRISH	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Milton Vanicor for his passion, devotion, and nearly eighty years of commitment to Cajun music.
	SCR16	FRED MILLS	LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to establish a working group to study laws relative to marijuana and make recommendations to protect public safety, hold offenders accountable, and control costs to the criminal justice system.
	SCR17	FRED MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on the health benefits and costs of adding Krabbe disease to the list of mandatory screenings performed on newborns under certain circumstances.
	SCR18	BODI WHITE	HEALTH SERVICES - Authorizes and directs the Louisiana Emergency Response Network (LERN) to organize and facilitate a working group of healthcare providers who deal with victims of trauma to develop recommendations for a Level III Trauma Center in Northeast Louisiana.
	SCR19	FRED MILLS	PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Directs the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board to create the Physical Therapy Patient Access Review Committee.
	SCR20	MURRAY	ETHICS - Requests the Louisiana Board of Ethics to issue an advisory opinion regarding whether persons working at a public school even if employed by a private company, or public employees.
	SCR21	BROOME	HEALTH CARE - Requests the Capital Area Human Services District develop a crisis stabilization unit for the Capital Region.
	SCR22	BROOME	COMMENDATIONS - Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission for its support of national service and volunteerism in Louisiana.
	SCR23	JOHNS	COMMENDATIONS - Commends the 2015 Division III St. Louis Catholic State Championship Soccer Team.
	SCR24	JOHNS	CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Deborah Lechtenberg Warshaw.
	SCR25	ERDEY	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Mayor James Durbin on his retirement as mayor of Denham Springs.
	SCR26	ERDEY	CONDOLENCES - Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Louis Charles Bartus.
	SCR27	ERDEY	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Dr. Milton Hughes on his retirement from the Livingston Parish School Board and on 44 years of dedicated public service.
	SCR28	CROWE	COMMENDATIONS - Commends NASA on its significant accomplishments, both technical and scientific, and the Michoud Assembly Facility for its contributions to these advances which have positively impacted both the nation and the state of Louisiana.
	SCR29	MORRELL	CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Extends the Capital Punishment Fiscal Impact Commission study and reporting deadline until January 1, 2018.
	SCR30	MORRELL	COMMENDATIONS - Designates April 28, 2015, as Purple and Teal Day and recognizes the efforts of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
	SCR31	ERDEY	COMMENDATIONS - Commends Keith Martin on his retirement from the Livingston Parish School Board.
	SCR32	CORTEZ	COMMENDATIONS - Commends posthumously law enforcement officers from the Acadiana region who died or were slain in the line of duty.