Senate Daily Digest
May 9, 2016
3:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading
 SB475BODI WHITEHEALTH CARE - Creates the Ambulance Transfer Alternatives Task Force. (gov sig)

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB149TALBOTETHICS/CODE - Prohibits public servants from engaging in certain activities with public funds and assets
 HB182FOILALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides with respect to the possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of 21 years
 HB280BROADWATERWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides with respect to group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation
 HB432FOILPURCHASING/PUB BID LAW - Authorizes inclusion of installation with purchases made through a school district purchasing cooperatives
 HB453MORRISALIENS/ILLEGAL - Provides relative to the role of local governments with respect to immigration enforcement
 HB830SEABAUGHCHILDREN/CARE - Provides relative to criminal background checks for owners, employees, volunteers, and inspectors of early learning centers (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
 HB990PYLANTCORRECTIONS - Provides with respect to correctional facilities
 HB991FOILEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Provides that the La. Tuition Trust Authority shall administer the ABLE account program, which supports persons with disabilities
 HB994PYLANTCORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Provides relative to contracts for additional housing for individuals in the custody of the DPS&C
 HB1007MORENODRUGS - Provides relative to the storing and dispensing of naloxone and other opioid antagonists
 HB1031BROWNINSURERS - Provides relative to certain investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts by domestic insurers
 HB1102BISHOPCHILDREN - Provides relative to gestational carriers
 HB1148HODGESALIENS/ILLEGAL - Prohibits sanctuary policies

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB132MARTINYHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Requires health insurance coverage for temporal mandibular joint disorders. (8/1/16) (OR +$154,000 GF EX See Note)

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB128MARTINYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to self-service storage facilities. (gov sig)
 SB235TROY CARTERSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the status of private entities that contract with the Algiers Development District. (8/1/16)
 SB261LUNEAUWILD REFUGES/PRESERVES - Authorizes two or more parishes to create a game and fish preserve when the preserve is located in multiple parishes. (8/1/16)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR87MARTINYSENATE - Provides relative to public employees who are designated to appear and testify before committees on behalf of an elected official.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR52CLAITORCONSTITUTION CONVENTION - Calls for convention to amend United States Constitution.

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.
 SCR78MILKOVICHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the legislative intent regarding Act 379 of the Regular Session of 2014.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB435MORRELLTHEFT - Provides relative to the theft of animals. (8/1/16)
 SB462WARDCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the state or a state agency as a party plaintiff. (gov sig)

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)
 SB137BARROWECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides for boundaries, board membership and tax authority of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District and a hotel occupancy tax in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB148GATTISTATE AGENCIES - Abolishes boards and commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities that are inactive. (8/1/16)
 SB157CORTEZCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to scrap metal recyclers. (gov sig)
 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)
 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)
 SB327LUNEAUCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for Louisiana False Claims Act. (8/1/16) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB338MARTINYSECURITIES - Provides for the protection of vulnerable adults from financial exploitation. (1/1/17)
 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)
 SB385WALSWORTHMENTAL HEALTH - Adds certain legislators to the governing board of the Northeast Delta Human Services Authority. (8/1/16)
 SB424MARTINYPROBATION/PAROLE - Provides relative to parole eligibility. (8/1/16) (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB436TROY CARTERDISCRIMINATION - Provides with respect to discrimination regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. (gov sig)
 SB443HEWITTFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for mandatory meetings of the Health and Social Services Estimating Conference for purposes of developing budget recommendations for the Medicaid program. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB472CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes involving the use of an unmanned aircraft system. (gov sig)
 SB473JOHNSMEDICAID - Provides for the Louisiana Health Insurance Premium Payment Program. (gov sig) (EGF DECREASE GF EX See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB92JAMESCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Repeals the warrant recall fees collected to fund a misdemeanor jail in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN -$722,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB216HENSGENSPUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST - Limits the amount required to be spent per project under the Percent for Art Program (EN DECREASE OF EX See Note)
 HB270POPEBESE - Provides relative to the notification of and special elections to fill vacancies in elective positions on the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
 HB303LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Requires successful completion of an oyster harvester education program prior to applying for an oyster harvester license
 HB423BISHOPFISHING - Includes reptile and amphibian wholesale/retail dealers in the trip ticket program
 HB562LEGERSCHOOLS/CHARTER - Permits local public school boards to assign students to charter schools under certain circumstances
 HB636LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Amends the public oyster seed ground vessel permit (EN +$247,220 SD RV See Note)
 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)
 HB842BROADWATERHIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Provides for the consolidation of certain boards and commissions into the Board of Regents (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB79TERRY BROWNCOURTS/DISTRICT - Provides relative to the use of certain court funds in the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District
 HB93GREGORY MILLERCIVIL/LAW - Revises language in the tutorship articles of the Civil Code
 HB130BROADWATERCOURTS/CITY - Provides for the disposal of certain misdemeanor records
 HB140HOWARDWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Adds current and retired attorney generals and designated assistant attorneys general to list of officials who can carry concealed weapons
 HB142MIGUEZWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to eligibility requirement for concealed carry permits
 HB189BROWNGAMBLING/VIDEO POKER - Provides with respect to the closure of a restaurant at a qualified truck stop facility
 HB193HUNTERCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides with respect to legislative continuance in civil cases
 HB195JENKINSMALPRACTICE/MEDICAL - Provides relative to transmittal of certain notices required pursuant to medical malpractice law
 HB227PYLANTCRIME - Provides relative to the crime of obstruction of justice
 HB246B.ADAMSTRAFFIC/ACCIDENTS - Provides relative to an extension of the time period for coroners to report traffic fatalities
 HB313GAROFALOPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides for disclosure of information to property owners whose property is subject to expropriation
 HB331GREGORY MILLERCOURTS - Provides with respect to facsimile filings
 HB332MONTOUCETAGRICULTURE - Modifies the composition of the La. Crawfish Promotion and Research Board
 HB335SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides for the establishment of an unmanned aerial system registration and licensing fees
 HB336SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Adds certain prohibitions relative to fraud by vendors or by the purchaser in the sale of certain food
 HB350HILFERTYFAMILY LAW - Prohibits certain persons from preventing or limiting communication, visitation, or interaction with others
 HB366B.ADAMSCORRECTIONS - Provides with respect to parole supervision fees (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB389SAM JONESCOURTS/CITY - Extends the territorial jurisdiction of the City Court of the town of Franklin
 HB427BROADWATERCOURTS/CITY - Provides with respect to the use of the judicial building fund for city courts
 HB447GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/TUTORSHIP - Provides for changes to procedures for continuing tutorships
 HB456SHADOINNOTARIES - Provides with respect to the revocation of notarial commissions
 HB530DWIGHTINSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS - Amends provisions relative to group insurance premiums for retirees of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB539HAZELHUMAN REMAINS - Authorizes the use of human biological matter for purposes of training cadaver dogs
 HB569SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to designated authorities for federal and state cooperation with provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act
 HB574GREGORY MILLERJUDGMENTS/CIVIL - Provides for the inclusion of certain information in a judgment of interdiction
 HB602SHADOINNOTARIES - Provides relative to notary exam and study material fees
 HB624MORENOWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to the reporting of certain judicial proceedings regarding the possession of firearms
 HB894THIBAUTCORRECTIONS - Provides with respect to reporting for Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB286GAROFALOTRUSTS - Provides for revisions to the Trust Code
 HB446LEBASFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Establishes an application fee for a new marijuana pharmacy permit and limits eligibility for the permit
 HB832SEABAUGHINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for exemptions relative to the Department of Insurance and certain provisions applicable to employment and criminal records

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 HB385HAZELCRIME - Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (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)
 HCR9THIBAUTHUNTING - Creates the Feral Hog Management Advisory Task Force