Senate Daily Digest
April 7, 2016
9:00 am
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading
 SB468JOHNSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Prohibits establishments that sell alcoholic beverages from employing persons under twenty-one years of age for certain purposes. (8/1/16)
 SB469ERIC LAFLEURCLERKS OF COURT - Provides for cancellation of judgments in favor of the state. (8/1/16)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR40CLAITORCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana author James Lee Burke for his literary accomplishments.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR46COLOMBCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Southern Lab High School football team on winning the state championship.
 SCR47COLOMBPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Establishes and provides for the State Capitol Accessibility Advisory Commission.
 SCR48COLOMBPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Requests steps be taken to preserve the State Capitol Building.
 SCR49WALSWORTHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Donald Harrison Shows on being named to the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR50PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Chancellor Robert A. Barish, MD, for his extraordinary leadership at the LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport and for improvements in health care opportunities in the state of Louisiana.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB40REYNOLDSRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB97P.SMITHCHILDREN/ABUSE - Requires that the state child protection toll-free hotline number be posted on the website of every public school (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB109TERRY BROWNMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for issuance of multiple hang tags for persons with mobility impairments
 HB135T.LANDRYWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides for the reporting of information concerning persons prohibited from possessing firearms
 HB146MORENOLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability for certain persons mentoring an offender on probation
 HB147PIERRESCHOOLS - Requires high schools in certain parishes to keep automated external defibrillators on their premises (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB171HODGESCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requires birthing centers, hospitals, and licensed midwives to offer information to parents of newborns on shaken baby syndrome and sudden unexpected infant death
 HB217HOFFMANNTEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides for the granting of educational leadership certification by the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education
 HB227PYLANTCRIME - Provides relative to the crime of obstruction of justice
 HB230P.SMITHVOTERS/VOTING - Provides relative to early voting days interrupted by a holiday (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB248CARMODYMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Provides relative to a certain special prestige license plate for motorcycles
 HB267GREGORY MILLERCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Decreases criminal penalties for certain offenses involving drug paraphernalia
 HB275GREGORY MILLERCONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT - (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, a person convicted of a felony from holding elective or appointive office
 HB290GISCLAIRFISHING/OYSTERS - Changes the name of certain oyster harvest gear from "dredge" to "scraper" and provides for limitations on the dimensions of the scrapers
 HB303LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Requires successful completion of an oyster harvester education program prior to applying for an oyster harvester license
 HB381HAVARDPUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST - Renames East Louisiana State Hospital at Jackson as the Warren Taylor Price, Jr. State Hospital
 HB385HAZELCRIME - Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB386HOFFMANNABORTION - Extends the mandatory waiting period between certain required pre-abortion procedures and the performance of an abortion
 HB420ABRAHAMFISHING/COMMERCIAL - Expands the "Authentic Louisiana" wild seafood certification program criteria
 HB423BISHOPFISHING - Includes reptile and amphibian wholesale/retail dealers in the trip ticket program
 HB442ROBERT JOHNSONPUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST - Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to rename the correctional facility at Cottonport, Louisiana, the "Raymond Laborde Correctional Center"
 HB470DANAHAYREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides that an appeal of an evaluation of a registrar of voters is conducted by the State Board of Elections Supervisors
 HB480JACKSON-ANDREWSHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the practice of telemedicine in licensed healthcare facilities
 HB488JACKSON-ANDREWSABORTION - Provides relative to qualifications of physicians who perform elective abortions
 HB495MORENOPARDON - Establishes a fee for conducting pardon investigations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB498POPEHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Institutes a moratorium on new pediatric day health facility licenses
 HB582JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIME/ASSAULT - Provides for the crime of aggravated assault upon a peace officer (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB614MORENOVOTERS/VOTING - Provides for the electronic transmission of voting materials and procedures and requirements for voting absentee using such materials (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB637STOKESFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Authorizes the imposition of certain fees for rental of automobiles
 HB685MALINDA WHITEMTR VEHICLE/OFFICE - Requires certain test results to be submitted to OMV electronically
 HB714FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the Business Corporation Act

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR55N.LANDRYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Mary Nell Harper, the first female district chief in the Lafayette Fire Department
 HCR56PIERRESPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes Thursday, April 14, 2016, as Acadiana Day at the state capitol

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB21BOUDREAUXHEALTH CARE - Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission. (8/1/16)
 SB56JOHNSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides for retention, archiving, and destruction of records in the state prescription monitoring program. (8/1/16)
 SB112BARROWCOSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to the practice of cosmetology. (8/1/16)
 SB114ERIC LAFLEURHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requires approval by the governing board for any salary adjustments or cost of living adjustments for employees or board members of certain boards under the authority of the Department of Health and Hospitals and employees of certain human service districts. (gov sig)
 SB117FRED MILLSMEDICAID - Provides for the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee. (gov sig) (RE DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB122BARROWADVERTISING - Prohibits certain forms of untrue or misleading advertisements. (8/1/16)
 SB128MARTINYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to self-service storage facilities. (gov sig)
 SB189JOHNSPHARMACISTS - Provides for pharmacist dispensing exceptions. (gov sig)
 SB210BARROWHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to behavioral health services. (gov sig)
 SB309CLAITORHEALTH CARE - Amends supervision requirements for certain addictive disorder practitioners in certain custodial environments. (8/1/16)
 SB337MARTINYANIMALS - Provides relative to the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores. (gov sig)
 SB350LUNEAUVITAL STATISTICS - Increases the fee issuance of long-form birth certificates and death certificates. (8/1/16) (EN +$829,270 LF RV See Note)
 SB360FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (LaPOST) form. (gov sig)

Reconsideration
 SB187BARROWNURSES - Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (gov sig)

Special Order No. 1 for 04/12/2016.
 SB254MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/16)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB26BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)
 SB33GATTICRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits the sale, or transport of organs or body parts of aborted babies. (8/1/16) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB42RISERCOURTS - Abolishes the City Court of Winnsboro and establishes the Mayor's Court for the City of Winnsboro. (1/1/17)
 SB73BODI WHITECRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides for the crime of resisting an officer when one knowingly interferes with a police cordon. (8/1/16)
 SB91COLOMBTRAFFIC - Increases penalties for texting or using social media while driving. (gov sig)
 SB141CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes involving the use of unmanned aircraft systems. (gov sig)
 SB153CLAITORWEAPONS - Removes certain provisions regarding prosecution of the possession of a firearm with obliterated, removed, changed or altered number or mark which were declared unconstitutional. (8/1/16)
 SB162PETERSONDOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Provides relative to evidence admissible in certain civil actions involving domestic abuse and also provides relative to interspousal immunity. (8/1/16)
 SB179RISERCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Prohibits the trafficking in human remains. (gov sig)
 SB188JOHNSGAMING - Provides relative to Charitable Gaming. (8/1/16)
 SB205TROY CARTERCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to required sales of tobacco wholesale dealers. (gov sig)
 SB215TROY CARTERADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to appeals by tobacco permit holders. (gov sig)
 SB219CLAITORBONDS - Provides relative to the distribution of forfeitures of criminal bail bonds. (8/1/16)
 SB233JOHNSSEIZURES/SALES - Provides relative to additional default remedies by certain debtors under certain secured transactions. (8/1/16)
 SB234JOHNSSEIZURES/SALES - Provides relative to additional default remedies by certain debtors under certain secured transactions. (8/1/16)
 SB255MORRELLALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to sucessors of alcoholic beverage suppliers, importers, brokers, or wholesalers. (8/1/16)
 SB322MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to revocation of a video draw poker device license for certain violations. (8/1/16)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB3PEACOCKFIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT - Provides benefits for members hired on or after January 1, 2017. (6/30/16) (EG DECREASE APV)
 SB10PEACOCKSTATE POLICE RET FUND - Provides for the payment of certain system administrative expenses. (6/10/16) (EG NO IMPACT APV)
 SB18PEACOCKRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for actuarial determinations and application of funds. (6/30/16) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 SB25MORRELLLEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - Provides for duration and consideration of certain matters during regular sessions of the Legislature. (2/3 - CA3s2(A)) (EG -$1,500,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB163PETERSONLEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - Provides that general subject, tax, and fiscal matters shall be heard during each regular legislative session. (2/3-CA13s1(A))
 SB164PETERSONVOTERS/VOTING - Allows any person who is registered to vote to vote absentee by mail without rendering a reason for requesting an absentee ballot. (8/1/16) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB192JOHNSINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the confidential treatment of papers, documents, reports, or evidence related to an investigation by the division of insurance fraud within the Department of Insurance. (8/1/16)
 SB196CORTEZCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Limits the judge's discretion with regard to mandatory sentences for certain offenses involving the possession, use, or discharge of a firearm when the felony results in a fatality. (8/1/16)
 SB246ERIC LAFLEURMUSEUMS - Transfers the Eddie G. Robinson Museum from the jurisdiction of the Department of State to the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB250ERIC LAFLEURMUSEUMS - Removes the Germantown Colony Museum from the jurisdiction of the Department of State. (2/1/17) (EG -$13,345 GF EX See Note)
 SB258LUNEAUHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for coverage for refills for prescription eye drops. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)
 SB339MARTINYVIDEO POKER - Provides with respect to the closure of a restaurant at a qualified truck stop facility. (8/1/16)
 SB347TROY CARTEREMPLOYMENT - Repeals restrictions which bar local governmental subdivisions from enacting local labor ordinances which establish a minimum wage and a minimum number of vacation and sick leave days. (8/1/16)