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 |
11. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over |
| | | SCR121 | SMITH | COMMENDATIONS - Commends former Destrehan High School football player Ed Reed on his outstanding high school, college, and professional career and congratulates him on the occasion of his retirement from the NFL. |
| | | SCR122 | CORTEZ | COMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Coach Robert "Ted" Davidson and the Acadiana Wreckin' Rams football team assistant coaches on winning four state championships out of six state championship appearances since 2005. |
| | | SCR123 | DORSEY-COLOMB | ATTORNEY GENERAL - Authorizes the office of the attorney general to act as the fiduciary agent to accept donations of monies collected to erect a commemorative memorial marker at Gilbert Memorial Park. |
| | | SCR124 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Morris Lawrence East. |
| | | SCR125 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III. |
| | | SCR126 | E.GUILLORY | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Leodrey Williams for his contributions and service to the state of Louisiana. |
13. Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee |
| | | SB163 | FRED MILLS | MEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid managed care. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) |
| | | SB247 | J.SMITH | VETERANS - Provides for in-state tuition and fee rates for veterans and qualified dependents enrolling in public postsecondary educational institutions. (1/1/16) (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau |
| | | SB58 | APPEL | SPECIAL EDUCATION - Provides relative to the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB61 | BUFFINGTON | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to hospital service districts. (gov sig) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB113 | GALLOT | PSYCHOLOGISTS - Provides relative to membership of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, qualifications of certain licensees, and maintenance of board documents and records. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB239 | ERIC LAFLEUR | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for content of financial statements of local auditees. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB250 | JOHNS | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Creates a pilot program (Statewide Motor Vehicle Theft and Uninsured Motorists Identification Program) involving the use of license plate recognition devices for certain purposes. (8/1/15) |
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY |
1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/7/2015 |
| | | HCR165 | HUNTER | HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Directs Department of Health and Hospitals to consider requiring by rule that obstetricians be on the premises of or on call for all free-standing birthing centers during the operating hours of those centers |
| | | HCR170 | P.SMITH | HEALTH SERVICES - Creates a study committee to evaluate and make recommendations concerning Louisiana's system of healthcare delivery |
| | | HCR174 | MORENO | EDUCATION - Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education identify funding sources for early childhood care and education and submit a report relative to the implementation of its funding model for early childhood care and education |
| | | HCR178 | JAMES | HEALTH - Expresses the intention and commitment of the legislature to renew the state's focus on implementation of the State Alzheimer's Plan recommended by the Louisiana Alzheimer's Disease Task Force |
| | | HCR182 | W.BISHOP | STUDENT/HOME STUDY - Requests the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the establishment of a student resource center for students in approved home study programs and the use of surplus space in state-owned immovable property for such programs |
| | | HCR200 | W.BISHOP | HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Requests the Board of Regents to review and consider revising its master plan relative to the plan's goal of increasing postsecondary educational attainment |
| | | HCR201 | OURSO | SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Creates a task force to study the feasibility of establishing independent school districts in Louisiana |
| | | HCR206 | PUGH | ELECTIONS - Provides for a study of certain election and voter registration procedures and activities |
| | | HCR218 | GAROFALO | NOTARIES - Requests that the Louisiana State Law Institute study and make recommendations regarding the adoption of an electronic notary law |
| | | HCR220 | CROMER | INSURERS/TAXES - Urges a study of the insurance premium tax and retaliatory tax issues affecting insurance companies doing business 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 |
| | | HR79 | P.SMITH | REGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Creates a special subcommittee to study certain matters relative to registrars of voters (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HR110 | T.BURNS | HOUSE/RULES - Provides relative to the Committee on Appropriations |
| | | HR117 | TALBOT | HOUSE/RULES - Provides relative to the passage of the Capital Outlay Bill |
| | | HR136 | LORUSSO | CORPORATIONS - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations with respect to the implementation of laws relative to minority shareholders in closely held corporations |
| | | HR123 | ORTEGO | HIGHWAYS - Directs the Department of Transportation and Development to conduct a study relative to constructing roundabouts and changing frontage roads adjacent to certain interchanges with interstate highways and urban arterial roads |
| | | HR127 | BISHOP | JUDGES - Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court to make financial disclosure reports available for viewing on the internet |
| | | HR132 | GAINES | VOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for a study of automatic voter registration |
| | | HR148 | M.JOHNSON(DISTRICT 8) | CRIME/BATTERY - Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the issue of adding assault on a school teacher and battery of a school teacher to the list of crimes of violence |
| | | HR151 | STOKES | HEALTH/DHH - Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to update La. Administrative Code provisions as necessary to comport with federal regulations relative to dietitian nutritionists |
2. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading Final Consideration |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/4/2015 |
| | | SCR102 | BROOME | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding whether an assignment or transfer of a mortgage loan on residential real property should be required to be recorded in the appropriate mortgage or conveyance records in order to be effective as to third parties. |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/7/2015 |
| | | 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. |
| | | SCR100 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the impact on reducing the delays in carrying out a capital punishment sentence. |
| | | SCR105 | GALLOT | MINERALS - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute study and make recommendations regarding whether the Constitution of Louisiana should be amended to provide that mineral interests of the state, school boards, or levee districts should be subject to loss by prescription or other means. |
| | | SCR117 | CROWE | INTERGOVERN RELATIONS - Extends the Louisiana Balance of Powers Study Commission which was created pursuant to SCR No. 113 of the 2013 Regular Session. |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
Scheduled for concurrence on 6/4/2015 |
| | | HB195 | JIM MORRIS | CORONERS - Provides with respect to the office of coroner (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB196 | SCHEXNAYDER | PROPERTY/SERVITUDES - Provides relative to utility servitudes |
| | | HB233 | B.ADAMS | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Authorizes the permitting and operation of microdistilleries in Louisiana (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB485 | H.BURNS | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the designation of a public postsecondary education institution as a "Governor's Military and Veteran Friendly Campus" |
| | | HB526 | OURSO | DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Woodlawn Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$116,616 LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB593 | T.LANDRY | MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - To provide for automation of the motor vehicle inspection process (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB645 | CONNICK | HIGHWAYS - Restricts the use of toll credits on certain highways (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB742 | LEGER | TRANSPORTATION - Revises factors and processes by which projects are selected to be included within the Highway Priority Program |
| | | HB743 | FOIL | CORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the Business Corporation Act |
| | | HB830 | LANCE HARRIS | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Creates the Central Louisiana Regional Port |
Scheduled for concurrence on 6/8/2015 |
| | | HB149 | BADON | CRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Amends certain criminal penalties for possession of marijuana (EN -$1,727,056 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB161 | T.LANDRY | PAROLE - Provides with respect to technical parole violations |
| | | HB241 | BARRAS | PUBLIC PRINTING - Provides relative to the distribution and sale of certain public documents (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB261 | HODGES | CHILDREN/FOSTER CARE - Enacts the Quality Parenting for Children in Foster Care Act (EN +$3,080 GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB275 | GUINN | PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES - Provides with respect to the use of pest control products in certain school classrooms |
| | | HB295 | TERRY BROWN | AGRICULTURE - Provides for a forest protection assessment and the transfer of monies received from the assessment to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | HB310 | SHERMAN MACK | AGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the regulation of seed dealers (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | HB331 | BERTHELOT | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Transfers the labeling review authority for alcoholic beverages |
| | | HB335 | H.BURNS | MALPRACTICE/MEDICAL - Adds licensed dietitians/licensed nutritionists under the medical malpractice act |
| | | HB368 | BADON | FAMILY VIOLENCE - Establishes family justice centers to assist victims of certain offenses (EN LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB369 | BARROW | DOMESTIC ABUSE - Provides due process measures for members of the state domestic violence coalition |
| | | HB462 | KENNY COX | STUDENTS - Provides relative to eligibility requirements for receipt of certain TOPS awards and a career diploma (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB497 | CAMERON HENRY | CIVIL/ACTIONS - Provides for the recovery of damages for injuries arising out of an act of terror |
| | | HB511 | SEABAUGH | INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides for appointment of counsel in matters related to rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of insurers, and for the distribution of receivership assets by the commissioner of insurance |
| | | HB694 | ABRAMSON | PUBLIC PROPERTY - Provides relative to the sale of certain immovable property by and to the Orleans Parish School Board |
| | | HB695 | ABRAMSON | SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the loading and unloading of students on to and off of school buses |
| | | HB728 | GAROFALO | COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE - Provides relative to justice of the peace courts |
| | | HB836 | HODGES | MARRIAGE/LICENSE - Provides for documentation and verification of certain information submitted by applicants for marriage licenses |
| | | HB837 | PRICE | CRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides with respect to expungement |
5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/4/2015 |
| | | HB435 | JEFFERSON | REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the electronic filing and payment of tax returns (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB725 | LEGER | TAX CREDITS - Increases the qualified equity investment authority for the La. New Markets Jobs Act tax credits (EG -$29,250,000 GF RV See Note) |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/4/2015 |
| | | SB21 | LONG | PARISHES - Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for Natchitoches Parish government. (8/1/15) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB42 | WALSWORTH | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for the procedure for notification for certain contracts. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB76 | MORRISH | ASSESSORS - Authorizes the Jefferson Davis Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor. (gov sig) (EN +$22,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB79 | BRET ALLAIN | MINERALS - Provides for alternative dispute resolution for disputes relating to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB134 | PEACOCK | FAMILY LAW - Provides for parental authority of married persons, obligations of children, parents, and other ascendants, and provisional custody by mandate. (1/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB248 | MURRAY | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to authority to invest monies in certain investment grade commercial paper. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB257 | THOMPSON | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Authorizes certain additional tax increment finance authority for certain Tax Increment Development Corporations. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF See Note) |
| | | SB272 | ERDEY | TAX/SALES - Exempts from local sales tax prosthetic devices prescribed by physicians for personal consumption or use, when the patient is covered by Medicaid or a Medicaid program administered by a third party on behalf of the state. (7/1/15) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB28 | TROY BROWN | SCHOOLS - Requires public school governing authorities to inform students and parents of the homework assistance services offered through the State Library of Louisiana. (gov sig) |
| | | SB36 | J.AMEDEE | SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to sexual assault protective orders. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB39 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana Board of Drug and Device Distributors. (gov sig) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB115 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH CARE - Provides with respect to the practice of physician assistants. (gov sig) |
| | | SB132 | NEVERS | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides for the reverse transfer of academic credits and the award of certain credits to veterans and their spouses. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB143 | FRED MILLS | PHARMACISTS - Enacts Alison Neustrom Act and provides relative to prescribed marijuana for therapeutic uses and the development of rules and regulations by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig) |
| | | SB171 | MORRISH | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for self-insured trust health insurance plans. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB217 | GALLOT | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Rapides and East Baton Rouge Parishes. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB255 | MORRELL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to sexual assault on college campuses. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB283 | CORTEZ | CURRICULA - Provides relative to the content of certain Civics courses. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/7/2015 |
| | | SB11 | LONG | TAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the Sabine Parish Tourist and Recreation Commission to levy additional occupancy taxes on hotel rooms, motel rooms, and camping facilities if approved by parish voters. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB22 | ERIC LAFLEUR | HOUSING - Authorizes coverage risk which may be pooled by local housing authority members of the interlocal risk management agency. (gov sig) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB25 | PETERSON | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB29 | CORTEZ | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to the city of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service system. (8/1/16) |
| | | SB38 | JOHNS | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to the city of Lake Charles municipal fire and police civil service system. (gov sig) |
| | | SB49 | MURRAY | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to credits and deposits into the "Water Help Program Fund" of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB50 | MURRAY | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to release of obligations of indebtedness by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig) |
| | | SB53 | MORRELL | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans to levy and collect a parcel fee. (gov sig) |
| | | SB55 | RISER | AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Forestry Commission and tree seedling nurseries. (gov sig) |
Scheduled for floor debate on 6/8/2015 |
| | | SB62 | WARD | CLERKS OF COURT - Authorizes the clerks of district court in East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes to charge an additional fee for issuing birth and death certificates. (8/1/15) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB107 | PEACOCK | WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Eliminates the benefit deadline in the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB114 | FRED MILLS | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides for police service classification and discretionary standards of the deputy chief of police position in the city of St. Martinville. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB122 | ADLEY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for an increase in the base amount of mineral revenues state receives prior to annual deposit into the Budget Stabilization Fund. (2/3-CA7s10.3(A)(2)(b)) (EN +$4,400,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB149 | MORRELL | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates and provides relative to the Law Enforcement Management District of Orleans Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB153 | MARTINY | MUSEUMS - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Museum. (1/12/16) |
| | | SB157 | MARTINY | COURTS - Provides for the increase of certain fees for the courts of appeal. (7/1/15) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB169 | MARTINY | TOURISM - Authorizes a levy of an optional hotel assessment by a tourism organization upon its hotel members of facilities located in Jefferson Parish and provides for treating such assessment as a surcharge to hotel guests. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB174 | BROOME | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Provides certain accommodations upon reasonable documentation presented by domestic abuse victims who lease residential dwellings. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB178 | J.AMEDEE | AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Provides relative to meat and poultry inspection. (gov sig) |
| | | SB192 | JOHNS | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the special taxing district within the city of Lake Charles. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB193 | THOMPSON | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Authorizes the Walnut Street Special District as a tax increment finance district in the city of Monroe. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF See Note) |
| | | SB202 | ADLEY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Constitutional amendment to rename the Budget Stabilization Fund to the Budget and Transportation Stabilization Trust and to provide for use of monies in the fund. (2/3s CA 13s 1 (A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB207 | RISER | REGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides for election costs paid by secretary of state; governing authorities; reimbursement. (See Act) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB208 | RISER | CORONERS - Provides for disposition of human remains. (7/1/15) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB211 | JOHNS | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to lease or sale of certain lakefront property in the city of Lake Charles. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB221 | ADLEY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the dedications and uses on the deposit of certain monies derived from certain general fund revenues attributable to an increase in the base amount of mineral revenues received by the state as certified by the Revenue Estimating Conference for various Transportation Trust Fund and other transportation uses. (See Act) (EN -$4,400,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB235 | MURRAY | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the regulation of alcoholic beverages. (1/1/16) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB242 | MORRELL | SEX OFFENSES - Requires criminal justice agencies to annually report certain information concerning sexual assault kits and sexually-oriented criminal offenses. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB244 | ADLEY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Increases the available monies expended from the Motor Fuel Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars. (8/1/15) (EN +$575,000 SD EX See Note) |
| | | SB259 | ADLEY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the creation of the Budget and Transportation Stabilization Trust from the Budget Stabilization Fund and provides for use of monies in the fund. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB260 | BROOME | GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides for the organization of the Office of Group Benefits. (1/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB263 | THOMPSON | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to agriculture, forestry, and industrial equipment and certain dealer agreements. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB271 | BODI WHITE | TAX/TAXATION - Provides for equivalency of the special fuels tax with the gasoline tax on motor vehicles that operate on the highways using liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or compressed natural gas. (7/1/15) (EN +$6,000,000 SD RV See Note) |
| | | SB273 | PERRY | LIBRARIES - Repeals requirement that the one additional Vermilion Parish Library Board of Control member be subject to Senate confirmation. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB274 | MORRISH | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to compensation for the board of commissioners of ambulance service districts in Cameron Parish. (8/1/15) |
| | | SB278 | TROY BROWN | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates and provides for the North Lafourche Recreation Enhancement District. (1/1/16) |
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) |
| | | HCR134 | LOPINTO | FUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the Criminal Justice Funding Commission |
4. House Bills Amended by Senate to be Concurred in by the House |
| | | HB39 | T.BURNS | RETIREMENT/CONTRIBUTIONS - Provides relative to retirement contributions for employees of the city of Mandeville to the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV) |
| | | HB696 | ABRAMSON | CIVIL/MOTIONS - Provides relative to civil procedure |
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) |
| | | 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 |
| | | HB326 | W.BISHOP | STUDENTS - Authorizes surveys of public school students in Orleans Parish regarding risk behaviors |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | HB817 | BROADWATER | TAX CREDITS - Provides relative to solar energy systems tax credit (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) |
6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage |
| | | 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) |
| | | 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) |
| | | SB179 | J.AMEDEE | PUBLIC PRINTING - Creates a statewide website for the publication of statutorily required notices. (8/1/15) |
| | | 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) |
INSTRUMENTS PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE |
Not yet scheduled for floor debate |
| | | HCR86 | SIMON | HEALTH/HOME CARE - Creates a study committee on family caregiving and long-term supports |
| | | HB7 | THIBAUT | CRIME - Amends provisions of law regarding unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure |
| | | HB33 | BERTHELOT | ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING - Provides with respect to fines for the offense of littering (EN INCREASE RV See Note) (EN SEE ANALYSIS) |
| | | HB204 | FOIL | CHILDREN/CARE - Provides relative to adult children with disabilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB394 | GREGORY MILLER | TRADEMARKS/TRADE NAMES - Provides relative to names of business entities, trade names, trademarks, and service marks (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB451 | SCHEXNAYDER | BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to boards, commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB518 | STOKES | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for matters which may be considered in a regular session convening in an odd-numbered year (REC NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB86 | PERRY | ETHICS - Provides relative to nepotism relating to school employees. (8/1/15) |