Senate Daily Digest
April 11, 2016
3:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR51LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Natchitoches Central High School boys basketball team on winning the 5A state championship.
 SCR52CLAITORCONSTITUTION CONVENTION - Calls for convention to amend United States Constitution.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB7PRICECRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides with respect to expungement
 HB188BISHOPFISHING - Adds alligator in the Louisiana Catch and Cook Program
 HB197PYLANTCRIME - Creates crime of failure to properly operate a child day care center (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB304MAGEEWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to cost of concealed handgun permit for veterans (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB659JAMESCOURTS - Provides with respect to court costs (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB783ABRAMSONTAX/TAX REBATES - Relative to the Louisiana Quality Jobs Program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB794ABRAMSONTAX/TAX REBATES - Provides relative to the Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive Program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB804PUGHREAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS - Regulates real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies
 HB888PIERREMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Modifies the license plate notification requirements applicable to dealers who resell trade-in vehicles and extends such requirements to lease returns

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR57HODGESINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Expresses support for the people of Israel

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)
 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)
 SB188JOHNSGAMING - Provides relative to Charitable Gaming. (8/1/16)
 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)
 SB322MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to revocation of a video draw poker device license for certain violations. (8/1/16)
 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)
 SB360FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (LaPOST) form. (gov sig)
 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 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)
 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)
 SB187BARROWNURSES - Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (gov sig)
 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)
 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)