MORNING HOUR |
1. Roll Call |
2. Prayer |
3. Pledge of Allegiance |
4. Reading of Journal |
5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
6. Introduction of Resolutions |
7. Introduction of Bills |
8. Senate Bills on First Reading |
9. Reports of Committees |
10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | HR110 | T.BURNS | HOUSE/RULES - Provides relative to the Committee on Appropriations |
| | | HCR168 | BILLIOT | CHILDREN/FOSTER CARE - Creates the Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care to study public policy and financing options for youth aging out of foster care |
| | | HCR170 | P.SMITH | HEALTH SERVICES - Creates a study committee to evaluate and make recommendations concerning Louisiana's system of healthcare delivery |
| | | HCR172 | REYNOLDS | ENVIRONMENT/AIR - Directs the Louisiana National Guard not to accept certain waste at Camp Minden |
12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | HB845 | HUNTER | HOSPITALS - Requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to implement a methodology for reimbursing uncompensated care costs incurred by hospitals in certain areas (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB43 | APPEL | BESE - Provides relative to the adoption of BESE rules and the role of legislative committees and the governor for oversight purposes. (See Act) |
| | | SB54 | BROOME | STUDENTS - Prohibits suspension or expulsion of students in grades prekindergarten through five for certain uniform violations. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB61 | BUFFINGTON | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to hospital service districts. (gov sig) |
| | | SB206 | NEVERS | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides the option of a right of direct action against the insurer alone when the insured is a small business employing fifty or fewer full-time employees. (8/1/15) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB249 | WARD | SCHOOLS - Creates the School Choice Loan Fund. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX) |
16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | HB2 | ROBIDEAUX | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB3 | ALARIO | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Names the "Senator Chris Ullo Building". (gov sig) |
| | | SB27 | BROOME | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Prohibits expungement of domestic abuse battery convictions. (gov sig) |
| | | SB48 | DONAHUE | TOPS - Provides relative to the minimum ACT score for TOPS eligibility and TOPS award amounts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB52 | APPEL | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Re-creates the Department of Education. (6/30/15) |
| | | SB57 | DORSEY-COLOMB | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides for placement of a statue of the Reverend Theodore Judson Jemison Sr., better known as Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB86 | PERRY | ETHICS - Provides relative to nepotism relating to school employees. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB88 | ADLEY | CONSERVATION - Provides for drilling units and authorizes the permitting of cross-unit wells. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB117 | SMITH | SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to certain sex offenses. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB129 | NEVERS | SCHOOLS - Authorizes a local public school district to enter into an agreement with a higher-performing district to manage and operate one or more of its low-performing schools. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | | SB131 | JOHNS | GAMING - Provides that an elected public official can do business with gaming licensees as a non-key gaming employee. (gov sig) |
| | | SB133 | PEACOCK | PARISHES - Provides criteria for parish governing authorities to consider when determining a heavily populated area within the unincorporated area of the parish for purposes of prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the shooting of firearms. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB158 | HEITMEIER | MALPRACTICE - Requires the reporting of malpractice claims paid by insurers or self- insurers on behalf of certain health care providers in an annual report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare. (gov sig) |
| | | SB172 | MORRISH | LIABILITY INSURANCE - Provide with respect to the Transportation Network Company Motor Vehicle Responsibility Law. (See Act) |
| | | SB179 | J.AMEDEE | PUBLIC PRINTING - Creates a statewide website for the publication of statutorily required notices. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB184 | THOMPSON | SCHOOLS - Provides for the threshold allowed for small purchase procurements under food and nutrition programs. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB190 | CLAITOR | PUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to the records of the governor. (1/11/16) |
| | | SB198 | HEITMEIER | CHARITABLE GAMING - Provides relative to charitable bingo. (gov sig) |
| | | SB210 | RISER | WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Provides for the administration and uses of monies in the Hunters for the Hungry Account. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB212 | WARD | HUNTERS/HUNTING - Allows the carrying of certain firearms while hunting with a bow. (gov sig) |
| | | SB216 | MORRISH | INSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the reorganization of the Louisiana Department of Insurance. (gov sig) |
| | | SB245 | ERDEY | CHILDREN - Provides for the reasonable and prudent parent standard and for certain considerations in foster care case plans and licensing requirements. (gov sig) (EN +$3,080 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB246 | J.SMITH | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Vernon Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB267 | CLAITOR | STUDENTS - Provides relative to charter school funding and enrollment of at-risk students. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
18. Senate Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee |
| | | SB263 | THOMPSON | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to agriculture, forestry, and industrial equipment and certain dealer agreements. (8/1/15) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/26/2015 |
| | | HCR90 | FOIL | CONSTITUTION/CONVENTION - Creates a commission to study the feasibility of a constitutional convention and make recommendations relative thereto |
| | | HCR29 | HARRISON | ENVIRONMENT/AIR - Urges and requests the United States Environmental Protection Agency not to adopt the proposed guidelines on carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric units |
| | | HCR54 | HOFFMANN | PUBLIC HEALTH - Clarifies legislative intent regarding regulation of public water systems and directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to issue rules for drinking water disinfection that comply with Act No. 573 of the 2014 Regular Session |
| | | HCR77 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | CONGRESS - Memorializes congress to amend and reenact Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act |
| | | HCR117 | CHANEY | JUVENILE PROCEDURE - Authorizes and directs the La. State Law Institute to study the issue of restitution in delinquency cases and to report its findings to the La. Legislature |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/27/2015 |
| | | HCR74 | ARMES | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Requests professional licensing boards and commissions to ensure compliance with laws pertaining to licensure of military members and military spouses |
| | | HCR19 | STOKES | TAX RETURN - Urges and requests the secretary of the Department of Revenue to accept an individual taxpayer's federal income tax return extension as a taxpayer's extension of time to file his state income tax return |
| | | HCR141 | FOIL | CORPORATIONS - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding revision of the laws of limited liability companies, nonprofit corporations, and other business entities in the state of Louisiana |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HR30 | RICHARD | HOUSE/RULES - Provides relative to the Committee on Appropriations |
| | | HR47 | BROADWATER | ELECTIONS - Creates a special subcommittee to study certain matters relative to elections |
| | | HR69 | CARMODY | SEX EDUCATION - Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Health and Hospitals to report on the effectiveness of abstinence-emphasis sex education |
| | | HR74 | LANCE HARRIS | HOUSE/RULES - Provides relative to conference committees and conference committee reports |
| | | HR94 | DANAHAY | REGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides relative to a study regarding registrars of voters |
| | | HCR64 | BROADWATER | EDUCATION - Creates the Education in Alternative Settings Study Commission to study education in juvenile justice settings and in transitions between the community and juvenile justice settings |
| | | HCR81 | THIERRY | SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS - Creates the Task Force on Summer Hunger |
| | | HCR82 | LEGER | CORRECTIONS - Creates the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force to develop certain sentencing and corrections policy recommendations |
| | | HCR125 | HOFFMANN | CHILDREN/ABUSE - Requests a study on laws and policies relative to continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children in need of care |
| | | HCR126 | STEVE CARTER | TEACHERS - Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents and public school governing authorities, study certain issues relative to educator preparation programs |
| | | HCR134 | LOPINTO | FUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the Criminal Justice Funding Commission |
| | | HCR136 | W.BISHOP | STUDENT/HOME STUDY - Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents, study the feasibility and costs of using state funds to pay for students in approved home study programs to participate in certain dual enrollment programs |
| | | HCR162 | BARROW | CHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requests the Commission on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality to study and make recommendations concerning prevention and treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome |
2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | 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. |
| | | SCR46 | LONG | WATER QUALITY - Expresses the right of the state of Louisiana to manage its water resources. |
3. House Concurrent Resolutions Returned from the Senate with Amendments |
Scheduled for concurrence on 5/26/2015 |
| | | 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 |
| | | HCR130 | PRICE | RETIREMENT/SCHOOL EMPS - Requests the La. School Employees' Retirement System and the La. School Boards Association to develop and implement an appeals process for audits of privatized positions |
Not yet scheduled for concurrence |
| | | HCR92 | WILLMOTT | HEALTH/EMERG MED SERVICE - Authorizes and directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to issue administrative rules concerning transportation of patients with cardiac and stroke emergencies |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Not yet scheduled for concurrence |
| | | HB36 | SHADOIN | HIGHWAYS - Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 2 in Union Parish as the "Alvin Green Memorial Bridge" |
| | | HB128 | CHANEY | HIGHWAYS - Designates certain highways in the state highway system |
| | | HB139 | HODGES | CRIME/SEX OFFENSES - To amend references of "simple rape", "forcible rape", and "aggravated rape" to "first degree rape", "second degree rape", and "third degree rape" respectively |
| | | HB174 | LEBAS | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Provides with respect to the scheduling of controlled dangerous substances |
| | | HB214 | PIERRE | INSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE - Provides relative to the creation of domestic surplus lines insurers |
| | | HB269 | ANDERS | AGRICULTURE - Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to issue certifications and registrations |
| | | HB299 | CHANEY | COURTS - Provides with respect to surplus monies in the witness fee fund of the 6th Judicial District Court |
| | | HB305 | HARRISON | COURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides for an increase in fees that the office of marshal of Houma may charge in civil matters (EN +$218,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB357 | RITCHIE | BANKS/BANKING - Provides with respect to banks and financial institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB592 | RITCHIE | CEMETERY/BOARD - Provides relative to regulatory rates for certain cemetery board matters (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB699 | ABRAMSON | MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "300th Anniversary of the City of New Orleans" specialty license plate |
| | | HB28 | MONTOUCET | HIGHWAYS - Designates portions of certain highways |
| | | HB94 | SAM JONES | LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the powers and duties of the St. Mary Levee District |
| | | HB140 | JEFFERSON | HIGHWAYS - Dedicates the interchange of I-20 and LA Hwy. 149 in Lincoln Parish in memory of former State Representative Pinkie Wilkerson |
| | | HB193 | GUINN | PROPERTY - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish |
| | | HB303 | GISCLAIR | FISHING/FINFISH - Provides relative to the method of determination of a stock assessment for black drum, sheepshead, and flounder |
| | | 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 |
| | | HB338 | DANAHAY | TAX APPEALS/BOARD - Provides with respect to the enforcement and adjudication of state and local taxes and the Board of Tax Appeals (EN +$60,000 SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB344 | HAZEL | GAMING - Provides with respect to the regulation of video draw poker employee permits |
| | | HB529 | GREGORY MILLER | LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Lafourche Basin Levee District |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/26/2015 |
| | | HB841 | LOPINTO | BAIL - Provides relative to a contradictory hearing prior to release on bail in certain cases involving domestic abuse |
| | | HB842 | MORENO | DOMESTIC ABUSE - Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB843 | HAZEL | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides for the investigation and adjudication of violations by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | HB844 | THIERRY | EDUCATION - Provides relative to the implementation of the assessment and accountability system for publicly funded early childhood education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB34 | DOVE | DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST - Provides relative to the annual salary of certain assistant district attorneys |
| | | HB42 | SAM JONES | RETIREMENT/COLAS - Authorizes payments funded by state retirement system experience accounts to certain retirees and beneficiaries of such systems (REF INCREASE APV) |
| | | HB114 | BURFORD | CIVIL/ACTIONS - Authorizes the award of attorney fees relative to contempt of court |
| | | HB176 | SHADOIN | LOCAL FINANCE - Provides relative to investments by political subdivisions |
| | | HB207 | LANCE HARRIS | TAX/SALES-USE, STATE - Specifies the types of bakery products exempt from state sales and use tax (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB209 | T.LANDRY | CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the assessment of certain court costs and fees in parishes that participate in a criminalistics laboratory commission or a sheriff's criminalistics laboratory (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB234 | FOIL | TAX/INCOME TAX - Excludes qualified deposits in ABLE Accounts from "tax table income" for purposes of calculating individual income tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB244 | FOIL | TAX CREDITS - Extends the sunset of the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB249 | LEGER | TAX/TOBACCO TAX - Extends the excise tax exemption for cigars or pipe tobacco products sampled during the Convention of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB259 | THIERRY | TAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM - Levies a tax on the annual gross premiums for surplus lines of insurance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB281 | HILL | INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Provides relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired on or after July 1, 2015, for Allen Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB321 | WOODRUFF | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the La. Egg Commission |
| | | HB356 | PYLANT | FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN - Provides relative to wage and hours regulations for fire departments |
| | | HB364 | HALL | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the governing board of the Alexandria Central Economic Development District |
| | | HB380 | HOLLIS | SALES/TOBACCO DEALERS - Provides relative to requirements for stamping cigarettes (REF INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB392 | LOPINTO | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Creates a database for certain training and hiring information for all law enforcement officers (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) |
| | | HB447 | MONTOUCET | CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the start of the working test period for entry level firefighters in certain municipalities |
| | | HB464 | TALBOT | LABOR - Provides relative to franchise relationships |
| | | HB467 | LANCE HARRIS | TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Provides relative to the payment and purchase of tobacco products |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/27/2015 |
| | | HB477 | MONTOUCET | TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Provides for minimum pricing of cigarettes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB508 | FOIL | TAX/INCOME TAX - Authorizes an income tax deduction for taxpayers who employ certain qualified disabled individuals (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB528 | LEGER | MUNICIPALITIES/NO - Authorizes the city of New Orleans to create a municipal revenue amnesty program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB542 | SCHRODER | STUDENT/ASSESSMENT - Provides relative to contracts by the state Dept. of Education for English language arts and math assessments for the 2015-2016 school year (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB577 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | MUNICIPAL - Provides relative to extension or contraction of corporate limits of municipalities by means of petition and ordinance |
| | | HB623 | REYNOLDS | DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Creates a special taxing district in Webster Parish to fund the coroner's office (EN +$2,069,220 LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB693 | LEGER | DISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Creates the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB715 | HALL | DISTRICTS/DOWNTOWN DEVEL - Provides relative to the Pineville Downtown Development District |
| | | HB717 | P.SMITH | LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Prohibits parishes and municipalities from enacting certain ordinances with respect to emergency services provided to victims of domestic abuse and other crimes |
| | | HB741 | A.WILLIAMS | LABOR - Provides relative to workforce development |
| | | HB744 | ARNOLD | LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Provides for the incorporation of the fifteenth ward of the parish of Orleans as a municipality within the parish of Orleans (RE +$50,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB760 | FANNIN | AGRICULTURE/BEEF - Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Beef Industry Council |
| | | HB808 | BARRAS | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Iberia Economic Development Authority |
| | | HB823 | BARROW | DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the Greenwell Springs-Airline Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish |
| | | HB62 | FOIL | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB360 | CHANEY | TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - (Constitutional Amendment) Specifies that the exemption from ad valorem taxation on public property shall not apply to land or property owned by another state or a political subdivision of another state (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB387 | LEGER | TAX/INCOME-CREDIT - Extends the sunset of the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures for nonresidential property and provides eligibility requirements (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB411 | JAMES | COLLEGES/ADMISSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the authority to set admission standards at public postsecondary education institutions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB471 | STOKES | TAX/SALES & USE - Establishes the Sales Tax Streamlining and Modernization Commission to perform a comprehensive study of Louisiana's state and local sales and use tax systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB604 | STOKES | TAX CREDITS - Requires verification of qualified expenditures for certification of certain tax credits by the Dept. of Economic Development (EN +$4,762,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB638 | IVEY | STATE AGENCIES - Provides for the collection of fees associated with payments to state agencies by credit cards, debit cards, or other forms of electronic payments (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB664 | STOKES | TAX/INCOME-CREDIT - Defines" inventory" for purposes of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB678 | STOKES | TAX CREDITS - Requirements for inclusion of a Louisiana promotional graphic or activity for productions eligible for certain entertainment industry tax credits (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB681 | KLECKLEY | BONDS - Changes the description of a capital improvement project for the SOWELA Technical Community College to be financed through the sale of bonds (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/28/2015 |
| | | HB721 | IVEY | REVENUE SECRETARY - Provides relative to penalties collected by the Department of Revenue (EN +$5,900,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB735 | STOKES | TAX/INCOME TAX - Requires the withholding of individual income taxes from income earned by certain individuals for purposes of the motion picture investor tax credit (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB748 | STOKES | TAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the motion picture investor tax credit and the motion picture infrastructure investor tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB749 | BURRELL | TAX CREDITS - Requires the review of tax credits (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB774 | THIERRY | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to fees charged by the Department of Revenue (EN +$3,500,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB778 | ST.GERMAIN | TAX/SALES-USE, STATE - Imposes a one cent state sales and use tax for ten years dedicated to the construction of highways and bridges constituting major economic development corridors and capitalization of the Louisiana State Transportation Infrastructure Bank (EG +$792,000,000 SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB791 | KLECKLEY | LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES - Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for FY 2015-2016 |
| | | HB826 | IVEY | TAX/SALES & USE - Establish the fee to be charged by the Department of Revenue for the collection and enforcement of collection of sales and use taxes of other taxing authorities (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB828 | CAMERON HENRY | TAX/CORP FRANCHISE - Phases out corporation franchise tax (RE -$36,500,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB846 | ORTEGO | WATERWAYS - Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note) |
| | | HB245 | CAMERON HENRY | STUDENTS - Prohibits the use of state content standards, test questions, or other methods to measure certain noncognitive skills of students |
| | | HB390 | LEOPOLD | TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides relative to the sale of excess immovable property by the Department of Transportation and Development |
| | | HB690 | LORUSSO | HOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides with respect to the Housing Authority of New Orleans |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/26/2015 |
| | | SB59 | WARD | INSURERS - Provides relative to the withdrawal of deposits by domestic insurers. (gov sig) |
| | | SB144 | DORSEY-COLOMB | INSURANCE PREMIUMS - Requires insurance premium finance companies to cooperate with the Department of Insurance when insurance premiums are paid by an insurance premium finance company. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB154 | SMITH | INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provide for the authority of the commissioner of insurance to require fingerprints of applicants for licenses and certificates of authority. (gov sig) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/27/2015 |
| | | SB30 | KOSTELKA | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of illegal possession of stolen property. (gov sig) |
| | | SB60 | KOSTELKA | FRAUD - Provides relative to Medicaid fraud. (gov sig) |
| | | SB68 | BUFFINGTON | NURSING HOMES - Extends moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (gov sig) |
| | | SB109 | JOHNS | MEDICAID - Provides for reporting measures for the Medicaid managed care program and the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership program. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/28/2015 |
| | | SB264 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Increases penalties for the illegal use of a tracking device. (gov sig) |
| | | SB2 | CLAITOR | STATE POLICE RET FUND - Repeals provisions for payment to certain DROP participants of a retirement benefit calculated as if the persons had not participated in DROP. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT APV) |
| | | SB16 | E.GUILLORY | RETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for application of excess investment earnings of the state retirement systems. (2/3 - CA10s29) (6/30/15) (REF INCREASE APV) |
| | | SB17 | E.GUILLORY | SHERIFFS PEN/RELIEF FUND - Provides relative to benefits and funding. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/15) (EN INCREASE APV) |
| | | SB20 | LONG | TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Allows certain retirees to collect benefits during reemployment. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/15) (EN +$322,581 APV) |
| | | SB37 | MORRELL | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Requires the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and continuously update certain training programs for peace officers and college or university police officers. (gov sig) |
| | | SB183 | THOMPSON | AIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Provides for the regulation of unmanned aerial systems in agricultural commercial operations. (gov sig) |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | SB26 | J.SMITH | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides for a per diem for members of the Board of Commissioners of the West Calcasieu Port. (8/1/15) (EN +$6,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB64 | MARTINY | BANKS/BANKING - Provides for to the sale and purchase of excess reserves by banks. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB66 | SMITH | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Extends time for ports to use the design-build method on certain construction projects. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB83 | BODI WHITE | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides to exceptions from the issuance of provisional licenses to ex-offenders of certain crimes in order to work in certain professional fields. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB130 | JOHNS | LOCAL FINANCE - Authorizes the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish to use a portion of the monies allocated from the Parish Transportation Fund to perform additional work within Calcasieu Parish. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB152 | LONG | CONTRACTORS - Moves the regulation of home service contract providers from the Department of Insurance to the secretary of state. (See Act) |
| | | SB162 | SMITH | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes construction management at risk pilot program. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB176 | APPEL | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for traffic and parking ordinances for speeding for which the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans prescribes fines. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB182 | THOMPSON | TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Enacts the Kelsey Smith Act to require commercial mobile service device providers to provide device location information to law enforcement agencies in certain circumstances. (gov sig) |
| | | SB222 | DONAHUE | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for an incentive expenditure forecast to be established. (7/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB243 | J.SMITH | WARRANTIES - Provides relative to warranty repairs of motor vehicles. (8/1/15) |
NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/26/2015 |
| | | HCR15 | MONTOUCET | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends annual state sales tax holidays until 60 days after adjournment of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature (EG1 +$3,300,000 GF RV See Note) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/26/2015 |
| | | HB168 | STEVE CARTER | STUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to tuition and fees for postbaccalaureate programs at public colleges and universities (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB316 | PONTI | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to licensing fees for money transmitters (EN +$58,900 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB466 | BARRAS | TAX CREDITS - Provides for the eligibility of businesses to participate in the Enterprise Zone Program (EN +$7,200,000 GF RV See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 5/27/2015 |
| | | HB373 | GEYMANN | STUDENT/STANDARDS - Provides for the review, development, and implementation of state content standards for public school students |
| | | HB777 | ST.GERMAIN | TAX/GASOLINE TAX - Increases the state excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels for ten years (EG +$300,000,000 SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB29 | REYNOLDS | CIVIL/JURY TRIALS - Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts |
RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR |
Morning Hour |
12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | HB797 | ARNOLD | REVENUE SECRETARY - Provides relative to the collection of taxes, penalties, or interest |
| | | HB820 | SAM JONES | TAX/TAX REBATES - Limits the amount of rebates allowed each year for donations to school tuition organizations |
Regular Order |
1. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
| | | HCR7 | HUNTER | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends the income tax deduction for net operating loss (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HCR9 | P.SMITH | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends the state sales and use tax exemption for business utilities (EG +$103,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HCR14 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends exemptions to the state sales and use tax (EG +$177,400,000 GF RV See Note) |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | HB45 | PEARSON | RETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS - Provides relative to implementation of new age sixty-two retirement eligibility for new hires in state systems (EG INCREASE APV) |
| | | HB110 | WHITNEY | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Repeals provisions for the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center Commission |
| | | HB142 | A.WILLIAMS | CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Authorizes the use of certain summary proceedings in small claims court |
| | | HB160 | HUVAL | INSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to insurance producers |
| | | HB165 | ANDERS | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (EG +$1,042,400 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB272 | BILLIOT | VETERANS - Amends eligibility requirements to participate in the Veterans Court program (REF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB276 | LANCE HARRIS | TAX CREDITS - Limits the amount of motion picture investor tax credit applications certified by the office each year (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV) |
| | | HB289 | GISCLAIR | HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Provides relative to the collection of certain evidence from victims of rape offenses |
| | | HB306 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | HUNTING/LICENSES - Provides that a hunting license is not required when hunting outlaw quadrupeds |
| | | HB315 | PONTI | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to licensing fees for check-cashers (EG +$138,200 SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB326 | W.BISHOP | STUDENTS - Authorizes surveys of public school students in Orleans Parish regarding risk behaviors |
| | | HB353 | PONTI | BUILDING CODES - Provides for the review of state uniform construction code enforcement |
| | | HB383 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | TAX/CORP INCOME - Removes the carryback provisions for the net operating loss deduction for purposes of the corporate income tax (EG +$29,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB412 | MORRIS | FUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Dedicates the avails of the existing one percent state sales and use taxes for the support of public elementary through post-secondary education (RE +$113,000,000 SD RV See Note) |
| | | HB418 | BISHOP | PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - Provides with respect to authorized payroll withholdings for public employees (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB426 | HUNTER | TAX/CORP INCOME - Provides with respect to the net operating loss deduction for purposes of the corporate income tax (EG +$3,200,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB457 | TALBOT | SCHOOLS - Provides relative to school membership in associations that prescribe eligibility to participate in athletics |
| | | HB478 | MIGUEZ | MTR VEHICLE/REPAIRS - Provides relative to warranty repairs |
| | | HB506 | JAMES | TAX/CORP INCOME - Requires pro forma income tax returns relative to the potential for the use of a combined unitary reporting system as a method of income apportionment (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB509 | P.SMITH | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends the state sales and use tax exemption for business utilities (EG +$103,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB510 | JAMES | TAX CREDITS - Accelerates the sunset of the solar energy systems tax credit (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB531 | STOKES | TAX/CORP INCOME - Requires that certain deductible items be added-back on certain corporate income tax returns (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB532 | STOKES | TAX CREDITS - Provides for the carryforward rather than the refund of a certain portion of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory (EG +$13,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB536 | P.WILLIAMS | TAX/SALES-USE, STATE - Provides for the definition of a dealer for purposes of collection of sales and use taxes due on sales made in Louisiana by a remote dealer (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB565 | LEGER | TAX/SALES & USE - Suspends a certain portion of state sales and use tax exemptions (EG +$165,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB628 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | TAX/CORP INCOME - Requires that certain deductible items be added-back on certain corporate income tax returns (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB682 | KLECKLEY | TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Establishes guidelines for the valuation of affordable rental housing for purposes of ad valorem property tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB704 | THIERRY | TAX CREDITS - Establishes an annual cap on the amount of motion picture investor tax credits that can be certified annually (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB719 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | TAX CREDITS - Limits eligibility for incentives available through the enterprise zone program and establishes a dedication of savings associated therewith for deposit into the Go Grants Fund (EG +$1,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB720 | B.ADAMS | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the Community and Technical College System to enter into contracts with private nonprofit corporations for certain services |
| | | HB768 | MORRIS | TAX/SALES-USE, STATE - Dedicates the avails of the existing one percent state sales and use tax for the support of public elementary through post-secondary education (EG +$231,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB775 | STOKES | TAX/CORP INCOME - Provides for methods of determining income subject to the corporation income tax (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB817 | BROADWATER | TAX CREDITS - Provides relative to solar energy systems tax credit (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |