Senate Daily Digest
April 25, 2016
3:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading
 SB471MARTINYDENTISTRY - Provides relative to Louisiana State Board of Dentistry. (8/1/16)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR74PETERSONCOMMENDATIONS - Recognizes the 2016 Elks Grand Lodge Convention Local Committee of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World 117th Elks Grand Lodge and 113th Grand Temple Daughters of Elks International Convention.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB19DWIGHTCRIME - Prohibits use of an unmanned aircraft system to conduct surveillance or collect information about a school, school premises, or correctional facilities
 HB198PYLANTLEGISLATIVE AGCY/LAW INST - Adds two ex officio members affiliated with the La. District Attorneys Association to the council of the Louisiana State Law Institute
 HB223T.LANDRYWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to illegal carrying of weapons
 HB424BISHOPWATER/RESOURCES - Extends the cooperative endeavor program for use of the state's surface water resources
 HB490LEBASINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides for the submission of a remittance advice by health insurers to pharmacists
 HB570SCHRODERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the practice of telemedicine
 HB579ROBERT JOHNSONDIETITIANS - Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services
 HB585BROADWATERLOBBYING - Requires lobbyists to report certain information (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB595ROBERT JOHNSONDIETITIANS - Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services through telehealth
 HB640LEGERCOASTAL COMMISSION - Authorizes the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to develop a natural resource damages restoration bank program and oil spill compensation schedule
 HB758PUGHMTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Provides relative to school bus inspection fees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB805BROADWATERDISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS - Provides relative to communication districts (EN +$14,300,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB809SCHRODERCHILDREN/WELFARE SVCS - Provides with respect to representation of indigent or absent parents
 HB844JAMESMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for an extension of driving privileges pending hearing by a court
 HB853ROBERT JOHNSONPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Changes the composition of the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
 HB856HUVALLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability for landowners who grant a right of passage to cemeteries
 HB924COUSSANMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Louisiana The Energy State" prestige license plate
 HB933GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
 HB978DANAHAYTAX/TAXATION - Provides for administration, disposition, enforcement, and adjudication of state and local taxes under the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals (EN -$32,000 LF RV See Note)

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.
 SCR32COLOMBLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Requires closed captioning of legislative proceedings that are broadcast.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB320MORRELLDOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Provides for designated seating in a courtroom. (8/1/16)
 SB428BRET ALLAINTAX/ENERGY - Dedicates certain funds to oilfield site-specific trust accounts in order to provide for oilfield site restoration. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE OF RV See Note)
 SB451WARDCOURTS - Provides relative to judicial treatment of certain arbitration awards. (gov sig)
 SB453BODI WHITECRIME/PUNISHMENT - Adds Medicaid fraud to crimes governed by racketeering laws. (gov sig)
 SB57W.BISHOPGOVERNOR - Prohibits the increase in salary of unclassified employees in the executive branch of state government for a period commencing on the gubernatorial election day and concluding on inauguration day. (gov sig)
 SB217W.BISHOPINSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Provides for the confidentiality of records disclosed to or by the commissioner of insurance during the course of an insurance receivership. (8/1/16)
 SB223CLAITORSPEECH/PATH/AUDIO - Provides relative the La. Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. (8/1/16)
 SB338MARTINYSECURITIES - Provides for the protection of vulnerable adults from financial exploitation. (1/1/17)
 SB385WALSWORTHMENTAL HEALTH - Adds certain legislators to the governing board of the Northeast Delta Human Services Authority. (8/1/16)

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)
 SB122BARROWADVERTISING - Prohibits certain forms of untrue or misleading advertisements. (8/1/16)
 SB146GATTICAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for institutions of higher education to first use capital outlay funding for deferred maintenance projects. (8/1/16) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB150PERRYCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to mandatory bail hearings for certain defendants. (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)
 SB242MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides right of oral argument in contradictory hearings. (gov sig)
 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)
 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)
 SB370THOMPSONPARISHES - Provides for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Madison Parish. (gov sig)
 SB371BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Provides relative to the recovery of site restoration costs expended from the oilfield site restoration fund. (See Act)
 SB397JOHNSFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to the Specialized Provider Licensing Act. (See Act) (EN SG RV See Note)
 SB415GATTIWATER/WATERWAYS - Creates Lake Bistineau Recreation and Water Conservation District. (8/1/16)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB251CHANEYAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the state soil and water conservation commission
 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
 HB867LEOPOLDAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the placement of advertisement signs on state-owned property
 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)
 HB179MALINDA WHITEHUNTING - Adds "blaze pink" as an alternative to the hunter orange requirements
 HB236THIBAUTMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides grace period in order to pay certain taxes and fees related to motor vehicles for persons separating from active duty military service (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 HB194JAMESCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for exemption of expungement fees in certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB385HAZELCRIME - Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB688LEBASCONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Adds substances to Schedules II and IV of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)