Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SR96 | RISER | COMMENDATIONS - Designates May 10-16, 2015, as Police Week in the state of Louisiana. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SCR78 | BUFFINGTON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the North DeSoto High School Lady Griffins Softball Team upon winning the 2015 Class 4-A State Championship. |
| | | SCR79 | CLAITOR | STUDENTS - Requests each local public school board to provide for high school student interaction with the board in an informative, advisory, and nonvoting capacity. |
| | | SCR80 | PETERSON | CONGRESS - Memorialize Congress to support the America's College Promise proposal. |
| | | SCR81 | NEVERS | TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Directs the DOTD to require the Canadian National Railway Company to open all railroad crossings in Tangipahoa Parish between Kentwood and Ponchatoula. |
| | | SCR82 | MURRAY | PRIVATE SECURITY - Encourages business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all measures to ensure the safety of their property, including considering the installation of security cameras at their businesses and residences. |
| | | SCR83 | THOMPSON | WILD REFUGES/PRESERVES - Requests the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to change the name of the Sicily Island Hills Wildlife Management Area to the J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area. |
| | | SCR84 | CORTEZ | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the students and faculty of the Lafayette Parish School System for their first-overall placement in the Louisiana Governor's Games 23rd Annual Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet. |
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | | HB33 | BERTHELOT | ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING - Provides with respect to fines for the offense of littering (EN INCREASE RV See Note) (EN SEE ANALYSIS) |
| | | HB35 | HOLLIS | MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal" specialty license plate |
| | | HB76 | A.WILLIAMS | REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES - Provides for the election sections for the City Court of Baton Rouge and for the number of judges elected from such sections |
| | | HB85 | GREGORY MILLER | COLLEGES/COMMUNITY - Provides relative to the name of the technical college in St. John the Baptist Parish |
| | | HB122 | PONTI | REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES - Provides relative to the election of judges for the City Court of Baton Rouge |
| | | HB129 | JEFFERSON | STUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to nonresident tuition and fees for certain public institutions of higher education (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB212 | MORRIS | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Requires the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay to approve line of credit recommendations for state and nonstate entity projects (RE NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB228 | REYNOLDS | MINERALS/RIGHTS-ROYALTY - Dedicates a certain amount of mineral revenues from oil and gas production in and around Lake Bistineau to weevil production for control of giant salvinia in the lake (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX) |
| | | HB248 | LAMBERT | MOTOR VEHICLES - Authorizes the use of "golf carts" on certain roads (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB257 | SEABAUGH | INSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to healthcare provider credentialing |
| | | HB270 | ARMES | MEDICAID - Provides relative to filing of Medicaid claims (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB273 | BURRELL | CIVIL/LAW - Provides for the repeal of civil code articles relative to respite |
| | | HB296 | T.BURNS | ETHICS - Provides relative to records related to enforcement of provisions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics |
| | | HB303 | GISCLAIR | FISHING/FINFISH - Provides relative to the method of determination of a stock assessment for black drum, sheepshead, and flounder |
| | | HB327 | DOVE | LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides for the membership of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District |
| | | HB332 | BILLIOT | FISHING/CRABS - Expands eligibility for a commercial crab trap gear license to holders of a seafood dealer's license who can document appropriate crab landings |
| | | HB335 | H.BURNS | MALPRACTICE/MEDICAL - Adds licensed dietitians/licensed nutritionists under the medical malpractice act |
| | | HB339 | DOVE | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for the functions and responsibilities of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority relative to certain projects |
| | | HB345 | HOFFMANN | TEACHERS/EVALUATION - Provides relative to the teacher evaluation advisory subcommittee |
| | | HB439 | N.LANDRY | TRUSTS - Provides for revisions to the Trust Code |
| | | HB456 | THIERRY | TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Requires commercial mobile service providers and telecommunications carriers to disclose call location information to law enforcement agencies during emergency situations (RE1 NO IMPACT SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB529 | GREGORY MILLER | LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Lafourche Basin Levee District |
| | | HB533 | PRICE | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to the regulation of used motor vehicles |
| | | HB656 | HARRISON | TRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the composition of state planning and development districts |
| | | HB709 | HARRISON | LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides relative to per diem for members and board of commissioners of levee districts and levee and drainage districts (EN +$55,527 LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB833 | CAMERON HENRY | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides with respect to the distribution and sale of vehicles (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | HCR2 | GAROFALO | U.S. CONSTITUTION - Applies to congress under U.S. Const. Art. V to call a convention of the states to propose U.S. constitutional amendments to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit federal government power, and provide for term limits for federal officials and members of congress |
| | | HCR4 | SIMON | HEALTH SERVICES - Expresses the intent of the legislature regarding the standard of care prescribed by law for the practice of telemedicine |
| | | HCR35 | HUNTER | U.S. - Requests that the U.S. Postal Service consider assigning a new zip code to the town of Richwood in Ouachita Parish |
| | | HCR39 | HOLLIS | ELECTIONS/RECALL - Requests the House and Governmental Affairs and Senate and Governmental Affairs committees to meet and function as a joint committee to study the advisability of reducing the number of signatures required to have a recall election |
| | | HCR44 | FOIL | STATE AGENCIES - Requests all state agencies in the executive branch of state government to provide for a crisis leave pool and requests the Department of State Civil Service to report progress to the legislature |
| | | HCR66 | HODGES | TRANSPORTATION - To continue the Comite River Diversion Canal Task Force to study and make recommendations on the actions necessary to complete the Comite River Diversion Canal Project |
| | | HCR114 | JEFFERSON | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Eula Woodard upon her 100th birthday |
| | | HCR115 | J.EDWARDS | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 4 through May 8, 2015, as Teacher Appreciation Week at the state capitol |
| | | HCR118 | JAMES | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as School Board Member and School Superintendent Recognition Day at the state capitol |
Senate Bills Reported by Committee |
| | | SB3 | ALARIO | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Names the "Senator Chris Ullo Building". (gov sig) |
| | | SB33 | WALSWORTH | ADMINISTRATION DIVISION - Places the office of telecommunications management within the office of technology services. (8/1/15) (EN -$585,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB56 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CHIROPRACTORS - Provides for the practice of chiropractic. (gov sig) |
| | | SB61 | BUFFINGTON | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to hospital service districts. (gov sig) |
| | | SB131 | JOHNS | GAMING - Provides that an elected public official can do business with gaming licensees as a non-key gaming employee. (gov sig) |
| | | SB163 | FRED MILLS | MEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid managed care. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB167 | BUFFINGTON | MEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Program. (8/1/15) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB219 | MURRAY | EMPLOYMENT - Provides for equal pay regardless of sex and prohibits discrimination based upon sex. (8/1/15) (RE SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR34 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH CARE - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Department of Education, the Medicaid managed care organizations, and representatives of the Whole Child Initiative to work together to develop a plan to implement the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model developed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB23 | WARD | SHERIFFS - Provides relative to payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB27 | BROOME | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Prohibits expungement of domestic abuse battery convictions. (gov sig) |
| | | SB73 | MORRISH | CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Defines a judicial agency for purposes of referring certain persons arrested for commission of a crime in housing or a temporary residence which is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB93 | ADLEY | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Prohibits the $25 credit for educational expenses for each child attending nonpublic elementary and secondary school if the tax deduction for payment of tuition and fees is taken and establishes the Student Assessment for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Credit Program. (gov sig) (EN -$347,700,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB98 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Requires sellers of motion picture investor tax credits to qualify for and be included in a Public Registry of Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit Brokers. (1/1/16) (EN +$60,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB100 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Requires: LED to engage independent auditors to prepare production expenditure verification reports for motion picture investor tax credits; sworn affidavits of those submitting information for the reports; regulates and limits expenditures between related parties and subjects them to review by the state inspector general. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV) |
| | | SB101 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Requires the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide information to LED and LDR to verify payroll and employment of Louisiana residents for purposes of the motion picture investor tax credit. (7/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB102 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Limits expenditures for ATL services eligible for motion picture investor tax credits to 40% of total production expenditures in the state. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB103 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Excludes certain expenditures as eligible for motion picture investor tax credits. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB105 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Authorizes the recapture of disallowed tax credits from owners of entities created or organized for the primary purpose of receiving or selling motion picture investor tax credits. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB106 | MORRELL | TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to motion picture investor tax credits. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB155 | DONAHUE | TUITION - Constitutional amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management. (2/3-CA13sl(A)) (RR INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB181 | ADLEY | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Repeals an income tax deduction for the net capital gains on the sale of a nonpublicly traded business commercially domiciled in Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG +$3,700,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB187 | CLAITOR | TAX/TAXATION - Limits the alternative fuel tax credit for qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property and qualified clean-burning motor vehicles (gov sig) (RE +$100,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB198 | HEITMEIER | CHARITABLE GAMING - Provides relative to charitable bingo. (gov sig) |
| | | SB234 | DONAHUE | TAX/TAXATION - Makes certain food businesses and any retail business except grocery stores and pharmacies with a certain number of employees ineligible for Enterprise Zone contracts. (gov sig) (EG +$1,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB235 | MURRAY | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the regulation of alcoholic beverages. (1/1/16) |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call |
| | | SB66 | SMITH | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Extends time for ports to use the design-build method on certain construction projects. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB87 | PERRY | ETHICS - Provides exception from financial disclosure requirements for members of certain boards and commissions that do not earn compensation or per diem and provides exception to post service restrictions for certain contracts. (See Act) |
| | | SB146 | CLAITOR | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Budget Stabilization Fund. (See Act) (EG +$25,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB162 | SMITH | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes construction management at risk pilot program. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB177 | ADLEY | TAX/AD VALOREM - Constitutional amendment to add certain property tax exemptions and reductions and to provide with respect to tax credits associated with them; to dedicate the net state revenue increase to a Tax Credit Reduction Fund and provide for allocations from the fund; and to provide for appropriations to local tax authorities. (2/3-CA 13sl(A)) (EG -$597,000,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB217 | GALLOT | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Rapides and East Baton Rouge Parishes. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB218 | MURRAY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Establishes a program to attract major events to the state and dedicates funds therefor. (7/1/15) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB237 | MURRAY | COURTS - Provides for the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts and the authority of constables of the First and Second City Court of New Orleans and their deputies and provides for judicial building fund for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF) |
| | | SB240 | ERIC LAFLEUR | PUBLIC LANDS - Provides for the exchange of school lands by the Avoyelles Parish School Board. (gov sig) |