Senate Daily Digest
April 13, 2016
2:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading
 SB470MORRISHTOPS - Provides relative to reduction of TOPS award amounts of TOPS recipients in the event of insufficient funding. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR59LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Chehardy family upon earning the Political Family of Officeholders Award.
 SCR60ALARIOCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louisiana Restaurant Association upon the celebration of its 70th anniversary.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB150TALBOTSUCCESSION/FORCED HEIRS - Provides relative to children conceived through gamete donation
 HB325ROBERT JOHNSONVITAL STATS/PATERNITY - Repeals the provision in the Vital Records Law regarding allegations of paternity for child support purposes
 HB330GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to the imputation of income when a parent is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed
 HB395GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to the calculation of adjusted gross income for child support
 HB396GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to the membership of the child support review committee
 HB426BROADWATERTAX RETURN - Establishes qualifications for the issuance of a Direct Payment Number for purposes of payment of sales and use taxes (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB484ROBERT JOHNSONCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for the provision of cash medical support when a family receives support enforcement services
 HB588ROBERT JOHNSONREVENUE/TAXATION DEPT - Reduces the fee charged to the Department of Children and Family Services and district public defender's offices for each tax offset claim (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB641GISCLAIRTRANSPORTATION - Exempts World War II veterans from payment of tolls at the Tomey J. Doucet Bridge (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR2BISHOPCOASTAL RESOURCES - Approves the Fiscal Year 2017 annual plan for integrated coastal protection and restoration
 HCR10GUINNHONORARY DESIGNATIONS - Designates the town of Welsh as the Home of the Cajun Dictionary

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB83GATTIPRESCRIPTION - Extends period within which to file delictual actions from one to two years. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB90JOHNSCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Expands crime of human trafficking to specific elements regarding trafficking of persons under the age of twenty-one engaged in commercial sexual activity. (8/1/16)
 SB102SMITHWEAPONS - Provides relative to firearm-free zones. (8/1/16)
 SB123CLAITORCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Revises and reorganizes Code of Criminal Procedure articles and Revised Statutes relative to bail. (1/1/17)
 SB136WARDJUSTICE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the employment of special attorneys or counsel. (gov sig) (REF DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB150PERRYCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to mandatory bail hearings for certain defendants. (8/1/16)
 SB171SMITHCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of infliction of serious injury or death on a public road user. (gov sig)
 SB180FRED MILLSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides exemption from prosecution for anyone lawfully in possession of medical marijuana. (8/1/16)
 SB220PEACOCKWILLS/TESTAMENTS - Provides for powers of the estate of a deceased or incompetent member of a limited liability company. (8/1/16)
 SB242MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides right of oral argument in contradictory hearings. (gov sig)
 SB289JOHNSSEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to malfeasance in office by law enforcement officers involving sexual conduct. (gov sig)
 SB301MORRELLJUVENILE JUSTICE - Creates the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2016. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB324MORRELLJUVENILE JUSTICE - Raises the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system and creates the Louisiana Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB368MORRISHCHILDREN - Provides relative to intrafamily adoptions. (gov sig)
 SB381MARTINYLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for appointment of ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department. (gov sig)
 SB382THOMPSONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Prohibits local governmental entities and other local governing authorities from regulating the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds. (gov sig)
 SB404PEACOCKSALES - Regulates unsolicited offers for the transfer and sale of mineral rights. (gov sig)
 SB413LUNEAUDISTRICT ATTORNEYS - Provides for two additional assistant district attorneys for the the Ninth Judicial District. (8/1/16) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB251CHANEYAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the state soil and water conservation commission
 HB515ANDERSAGRICULTURE/MEAT - Provides relative to the inspection of meat
 HB516ANDERSAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Aquatic Chelonian Research and Promotion Board
 HB523ROBBY CARTERAGRICULTURE/MILK - Provides relative to the Dairy Industry Promotion Law
 HB524ROBBY CARTERAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to penalties for failure to provide records of petroleum products sold
 HB592ANDERSAGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Provides with respect to the Agricultural Commodities Dealer and Warehouse Law
 HB867LEOPOLDAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the placement of advertisement signs on state-owned property

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR17JOHNSGAMING - Creates the Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Task Force.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR29CHABERTCOASTAL RESOURCES - Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Financing Corporation to study the feasibility of employing financing techniques to convert future BP settlement payments into current assets to be deposited in and credited to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB2PEACOCKRETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Authorizes payments funded by state systems' experience accounts to certain retirees and beneficiaries. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/16) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB28PERRYMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to the qualifications of the chief of police for the town of Gueydan. (8/1/16)
 SB40PERRYTAX/TAXATION - Re-creates the income tax checkoff donation for Friends of Palmetto Island State Park. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 SB48BRET ALLAINLOCAL AGENCIES - Authorizes the St. Mary Parish Council, the town of Berwick and Recreation District No. 3 to enter into a contract assigning to the town the obligation to provide service in the area of the district annexed by the town. (gov sig)
 SB54JOHNSLAW 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. (8/1/16) (RE1 INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB79MORRISHTOPS - Provides relative to TOPS awards amounts. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB101CLAITORFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for use of the economic damages proceeds received from the settlement of the BP Deepwater litigation. (gov sig) (RE +$53,333,333 GF RV See Note)
 SB111BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 SB142GATTIPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain state property in Webster Parish. (gov sig)
 SB158CORTEZBOATS/BOATING - Provides relative to marine products. (8/1/16)
 SB165BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Requires landowner notification when an operator transfers an oil or gas well and provides for orphaned oilfield sites. (8/1/16)
 SB174DONAHUETOPS - Provides relative to the minimum ACT score for TOPS eligibility and TOPS award amounts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB253PEACOCKFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for a limitation relative to certain appropriations for hospitals asssociated with the LSU Health Sciences Center of Shreveport, the LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, and the LSU Health Care Services Division. (7/1/17) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB267MORRELLENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY - Provides relative to certain entities or organizations receiving capital outlay funding. (1/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 SB272DONAHUEFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the deposit and use of certain proceeds of the Deepwater Horizon economic damages settlement. (gov sig) (EG +$53,333,333 GF RV See Note)
 SB288APPELPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Prohibits a political subdivision from adopting more restrictive requirements and provides for state preemption. (8/1/16) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB307MORRISHPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission and the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority. (gov sig) (RE DECREASE FF EX See Note)
 SB319PERRYLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to advanced police and service dog training programs. (8/1/16)
 SB329CLAITORTOPS - Increases the minimum GPA required for the Performance and Honors Awards. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB351MORRISHPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB357TROY CARTERTRAFFIC - Requires posting of notification of red light camera locations. (8/1/16)
 SB365MIZELLLOCAL OFFICIALS - Removes the Bogalusa Chief of Police from civil service. (gov sig)
 SB425BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Dedicates the annual assessment on an operator who chooses not to plug an inactive well. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 SB433MORRELLBONDS - Provides for the activities and responsibilities of the State Bond Commission. (8/1/16) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

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)
 SB21BOUDREAUXHEALTH CARE - Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission. (8/1/16)
 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)
 SB122BARROWADVERTISING - Prohibits certain forms of untrue or misleading advertisements. (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)
 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)
 SB322MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to revocation of a video draw poker device license for certain violations. (8/1/16)
 SB337MARTINYANIMALS - Provides relative to the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores. (gov sig)
 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)