Senate Daily Digest
April 14, 2016
9:00 am
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB31SHADOINHOLIDAYS - Establishes a legal holiday in Union Parish
 HB136SHERMAN MACKINDIGENT DEFENSE - Extends the collection of the special cost assessed in criminal cases for the district indigent defender fund (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB212DAVISCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Requires employers to report pending lump-sum payments to employees to appropriate enforcement agencies
 HB250CARMODYUTILITIES - Provides relative to the administration and regulation of underground utilities and facilities
 HB252DAVISLICENSING - Provides relative to the Provisional Licenses for Ex-Offenders Act
 HB310CONNICKPUBLIC SERVICE COMN - Provides relative to the authority of the Public Service Commission regarding pass-through charges (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB340STOKESCONSUMERS/PROTECTION - Prohibits certain sales or offers for sale of extended service agreements for motor vehicles
 HB388JEFFERSONCHILDREN - Provides for the filiation of children
 HB410GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides relative to the calculation of child support when the parents have shared or split custody
 HB447GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/TUTORSHIP - Provides for changes to procedures for continuing tutorships
 HB513GARY CARTERDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the audit of certain contracts with the Algiers Development District
 HB549JACKSON-ANDREWSCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to clerks of courts of district courts as ex officio recorders (RE LF RV See Note)
 HB583BROADWATERELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Provides relative to withdrawal of candidates (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB627JACKSON-ANDREWSCOURTS/MAYORS - Provides relative to court costs in Mayor's Courts (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB663THIBAUTINSURERS/AGENTS - Requires notice to a non-captive insurance producer prior to an insurance company terminating the producer's appointment
 HB672DAVISHUMAN REMAINS - Provides relative to rights and requirements of certain persons authorized to arrange the disposition of human remains
 HB747MALINDA WHITEMTR VEHICLE/OFFICE - Allows cease and desist orders to be issued to persons contracted or licensed by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, to administer skills tests
 HB834BERTHELOTJUDGMENTS - Authorizes temporary deferral of court costs by certain governmental parties and agents and provides for the collection of such deferred costs (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB855HUVALPARKS/STATE - Authorizes the operation of golf carts on roadways within Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
 HB868HUNTERATHLETICS/TRAINERS - Authorizes public school governing authorities to require at least one coach for each sport offered by a public school to be certified in CPR, first aid, and use of an automated external defibrillator
 HB886GAINESPORTS/SOUTH LOUISIANA - Increases the membership of the Port of South Louisiana Commission
 HB936MARCELLEMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to entities authorized to provide services related to motor vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB937HAVARDMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to background checks of certain persons who perform services relative to motor vehicles

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB29ERIC LAFLEURAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to the sale of raw milk by a farmer to a consumer. (8/1/16) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB35GATTIINSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurance for persons handling explosives. (8/1/16) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB58MARTINYCONTRACTS - Repeals certain requirements relative to home service contract providers. (8/1/16)
 SB84GATTICIVIL SERVICE - Provides relative to the sanctions for engaging in political activities for municipal fire and police civil service classified employees. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB104J.SMITHINSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides relative to credit for reinsurance for certain health, life, and annuity products. (8/1/16)
 SB108THOMPSONLOANS - Provides relative to a deferred presentment or small loan transaction. (8/1/16)
 SB126MARTINYBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to payable on death accounts. (8/1/16)
 SB183BODI WHITECOSMETOLOGY - Provides relative to the State Board of Cosmetology. (8/1/16)
 SB238THOMPSONNURSING HOMES - Establishes procedure if immediate jeopardy violation is identified in a nursing home survey. (8/1/16)
 SB251ERIC LAFLEURCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Prohibits certain Wi-Fi "hotspot" blocking. (8/1/16)
 SB259BODI WHITEREAL ESTATE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate License Law. (8/1/16)
 SB271FRED MILLSPHARMACISTS - Provides for medical marijuana. (See Act) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB283HEWITTMILITARY AFFAIRS - Provides for application by certain military personnel to be certified as a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana. (8/1/16)
 SB328CLAITORHEALTH CARE - Provides for telehealth access. (8/1/16)
 SB375J.SMITHPUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides relative to enforcement of provisions prohibiting certain fraudulent insurance acts. (See Act)
 SB397JOHNSFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to the Specialized Provider Licensing Act. (See Act) (EN SG RV See Note)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB273TALBOTSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Insurance
 HB341TALBOTINSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides relative to registration of discount medical plan organizations with the commissioner of insurance
 HB363TALBOTINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides that making certain false statements to the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana is a fraudulent insurance act
 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)
 HB803TALBOTINSURANCE - Corrects certain citations in the Insurance Code

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
 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)
 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)
 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)
 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 Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 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)
 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)
 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)
 SB165BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Requires landowner notification when an operator transfers an oil or gas well and provides for orphaned oilfield sites. (8/1/16)
 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)
 SB267MORRELLENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY - Provides relative to certain entities or organizations receiving capital outlay funding. (1/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 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)
 SB322MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to revocation of a video draw poker device license for certain violations. (8/1/16)
 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)