Senate Daily Digest
May 23, 2016
4:00 pm
Senate Chamber

Adjourned		 

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House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB987M.JOHNSON(DISTRICT 8)CIVIL/ACTIONS - Authorizes a qui tam action for persons who disclose certain cases of fraud
 HB1120SCHRODERTAX/TAXATION - Creates the Louisiana Tax Institute within the Dept. of Revenue as an advisory body on tax related matters (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB1160DAVISHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to construction projects undertaken by nonprofit corporations that support the Louisiana Community and Technical College System

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR113LEBASDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Establishes the Commission on Preventing Opioid Abuse

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB7PEACOCKSCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides relative to certain purchases of service credit. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/16) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB72PEACOCKEMPLOYMENT - Authorizes private employers to provide employment preferences for veterans. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 SB222CLAITORPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides that certain records in the custody of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors are exempt from the Public Records Law. (8/1/16)
 SB309CLAITORHEALTH CARE - Amends supervision requirements for certain addictive disorder practitioners in certain custodial environments. (8/1/16)
 SB334CLAITORCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Repeals certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure declared unconstitutional. (8/1/16)
 SB468JOHNSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Prohibits establishments that sell alcoholic beverages from employing persons under twenty-one years of age for certain purposes. (8/1/16)

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

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 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)
 SB36GATTIMALPRACTICE - Provides exclusion from coverage for medical malpractice by doctor practicing outside his specialty or hospital privileges. (8/1/16) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB78GATTIMALPRACTICE - Increases medical malpractice cap for certain child brain injuries. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT 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)
 SB157CORTEZCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to scrap metal recyclers. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB332MORRELLDISCRIMINATION - Provides relative to gender identification discrimination. (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)
 SB385WALSWORTHMENTAL HEALTH - Adds certain legislators to the governing board of the Northeast Delta Human Services Authority. (8/1/16)
 SB387CORTEZMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to collection of payments due to the office of motor vehicles and the office of debt recovery. (gov sig)
 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)
 SB465BARROWHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to freestanding emergency medical care facilities. (8/1/16)
 SB466HEWITTHOSPITALS - Provides a procedure for the LSU Board of Supervisors and the commissioner of administration to seek approval from the JLCB and the legislature to proceed with the sale of a hospital. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB472CLAITORCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to crimes involving the use of an unmanned aircraft system. (gov sig)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR37CONNICKCOMMERCE - Provides relative to the promotion of trade relations between Louisiana and Cuba
 HCR87HOFFMANNABORTION - Requests a study and report by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals concerning the possibility of reversing the effects of an abortion induced with drugs or chemicals

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB171HODGESCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requires birthing centers, hospitals, and licensed midwives to offer information to parents of newborns on shaken baby syndrome and sudden unexpected infant death
 HB606HOFFMANNFUNDS/FUNDING - Prohibits entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding for any purpose (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB719HODGESCHILDREN/FOSTER CARE - Provides relative to transportation of children to be admitted to a treatment facility under a physician's emergency commitment certificate
 HB1133BERTHELOTAMUSEMENT PARKS - Provides relative to revisions of the Amusement Rides Safety Law (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB187BISHOPASSESSORS - Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Lafayette Parish (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB204LYONSPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides an exception for Jefferson Parish from certain time limitations on submission of information with public bids
 HB241ZERINGUECOASTAL COMMISSION - Relative to administrative and budgetary services for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
 HB245MARCELLEMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for methods of payment for debts owed to the office of motor vehicles (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB293HAVARDDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Increases the maximum per diem authorized to be paid to members of the board of commissioners of gas utility districts located in certain parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB361PYLANTCHILDREN/CARE - Provides penalties for persons operating early learning centers without a valid license (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB383HAVARDDISTRICTS/WATERWORKS - Provides relative to the per diem paid to members of the board of commissioners of waterworks districts located in certain parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB481JAMESMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to the issuance and possession of drivers' licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 HB627JACKSON-ANDREWSCOURTS/MAYORS - Provides relative to court costs in Mayor's Courts (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB640LEGERCOASTAL COMMISSION - Authorizes the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board to develop a natural resource damages restoration bank program and oil spill compensation schedule
 HB702HARRISMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for the issuance of REAL ID compliant special identification cards (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB704HAVARDMTR VEHICLE/TRUCKS - Authorizes night movement of permitted vehicles on interstate highways
 HB758PUGHMTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Provides relative to school bus inspection fees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB766BROADWATERDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to sustainable energy financing districts
 HB773MARCELLECOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides for court costs collected in criminal cases (EN +$427,610 LF RV See Note)
 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
 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
 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
 HB948STEVE CARTERHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to facilities of public postsecondary education institutions
 HB1009HAVARDPROCUREMENT - Requires certain public entities to provide a secure electronic interactive system for submission of competitive sealed bids and proposals as an alternative bidding option (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB1016GISCLAIRWEIGHTS/MEASURES - Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the maximum permissible gross vehicle weight, under certain conditions, until 2018
 HB1044ZERINGUEPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides an exception to the prohibition on closed specification of products for construction of certain integrated coastal protection projects
 HB1057HAVARDTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for conditions that may be placed on the transfer of roads from the state highway system to a parish or municipality
 HB1126BROWNRISK MANAGEMENT - Clarifies that the Office of Risk Management and certain other insurance providers are exempt from the Louisiana Insurance Code (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB1134HAZELMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to issue an economic hardship license under certain circumstances
 HB1147P.SMITHMUNICIPAL/INCORPORATION - Provides relative to incorporation petitions
 HB42DWIGHTCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for time limitations for prosecution of video voyeurism
 HB68BACALAFAMILY LAW - Authorizes the use of electronic signatures on temporary restraining orders and protective orders
 HB141LEGERLEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Provides for the content of actuarial notes
 HB145MORENOLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides for the issuance of a certificate of employability by a reentry division of court under certain circumstances
 HB150TALBOTSUCCESSION/FORCED HEIRS - Provides relative to children conceived through gamete donation
 HB182FOILALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides with respect to the possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of 21 years
 HB197PYLANTCRIME - Creates crime of failure to properly operate a child day care center (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB209BROWNCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Repeals the sunset provision applicable to the Louisiana Scrap Metal Recyclers Law
 HB223T.LANDRYWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to illegal carrying of weapons
 HB232STOKESHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Adds limitation of liability provisions to the Right To Try Act
 HB292HALLCEMETERIES - Regulates the operation of abandoned cemeteries (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB398MORENOEVIDENCE - Provides relative to the application of certain limitations on the admissibility of character evidence in civil cases
 HB440JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Provides relative to parole for persons convicted of crimes of violence and provides for the creation and administration of the Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB470DANAHAYREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides that an appeal of an evaluation of a registrar of voters is conducted by the State Board of Elections Supervisors
 HB556MORENOPRESCRIPTION - Provides a three-year liberative prescriptive period for actions arising from cases of rape
 HB557MORRISACUPUNCTURISTS - Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists
 HB590LEOPOLDCRIME - Provides with respect to prior bad acts in domestic violence and cruelty to juveniles cases
 HB593DANAHAYREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides relative to the appointment of registrars of voters (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB709HUNTERNOTARIES - Authorizes the insurance commissioner to appoint employees of the Department of Insurance as ex officio notaries
 HB729MONTOUCETUTILITIES - Provides relative to nonprofit water utility cooperatives wholly owned by water users
 HB802JACKSON-ANDREWSCRIMINAL/SENTENCING - Creates a procedure for designating certain crimes in the court minutes as a crime of violence and provides relative to the benefits and restrictions based on such designation
 HB856HUVALLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability for landowners who grant a right of passage to cemeteries
 HB870STOKESACCOUNTANTS/CPA - Provides for revisions relative to the Louisiana Accountancy Act
 HB876LEGERSECRETARY OF STATE - Provides for certain commercial filings to be submitted electronically
 HB915HUVALINSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to the sale of policies issued by the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
 HB918WILLMOTTNURSES/PRACTICAL - Provides relative to background checks for persons applying for licensure by the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners
 HB935HOLLISINSURANCE/POLICIES - Provides relative to notice to policyholders of policy changes at renewal
 HB994PYLANTCORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - Provides relative to contracts for additional housing for individuals in the custody of the DPS&C
 HB1002MONTOUCETMILITARY AFFAIRS - Authorizes certain honorably discharged active-duty military personnel to receive benefits through the La. Military Family Assistance Fund
 HB1007MORENODRUGS - Provides relative to the storing and dispensing of naloxone and other opioid antagonists
 HB1022EDMONDSCOURTS/DISTRICT - Provides for the suspension of certain sentences upon completion of reentry court
 HB1031BROWNINSURERS - Provides relative to certain investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts by domestic insurers
 HB1052CAMERON HENRYPROBATION - Creates the Swift And Certain Probation Pilot Program
 HB1118HUNTERTELECOMMUNICATIONS - Authorizes certain fiduciaries to exercise control respecting the digital property of decedents and other certain persons
 HB1135MORENOCHILDREN/PARENTAL RIGHTS - Provides for the termination of parental rights in certain circumstances
 HB1137SHERMAN MACKCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides with respect to indigent defense
 HB1145LOPINTOCOURTS/DISTRICT - Provides sanctions for violations of drug division probation programs (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB1146CAMERON HENRYSEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY - Provides relative to the registration information required to be provided by sex offenders and the authority to disclose this information
 HB1151ROBERT JOHNSONINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to notice and appeal of a change in coverage of medically necessary prescription drugs and intravenous infusions

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 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)
 HB158MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Lafayette
 HB206THIBAUTASSESSORS - Provides for an automobile expense allowance for the assessors in Assumption, Iberville, and Pointe Coupee parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB266MARCELLECIVIL SERVICE - Prohibits certain questions regarding criminal history during the employment process for certain positions
 HB286GAROFALOTRUSTS - Provides for revisions to the Trust Code
 HB335SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides for the establishment of an unmanned aerial system registration and licensing fees
 HB410GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides relative to the calculation of child support when the parents have shared or split custody
 HB446LEBASFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Establishes an application fee for a new marijuana pharmacy permit and limits eligibility for the permit
 HB449GREGORY MILLERVITAL STATISTICS - Provides for the completion of a birth certificate
 HB537GAROFALOCIVIL/DISCOVERY - Provides relative to applicable fees and costs incurred for the production of records
 HB538GAROFALOCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to court reporter fees on appeal matters and transcript contracts (EN LF RV See Note)
 HB539HAZELHUMAN REMAINS - Authorizes the use of human biological matter for purposes of training cadaver dogs
 HB546HUNTERCRIME - Creates the crime of homestead exemption fraud (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB602SHADOINNOTARIES - Provides relative to notary exam and study material fees
 HB667REYNOLDSALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to distribution of alcoholic beverages (EN +$150,000 SG RV See Note)
 HB714FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the Business Corporation Act
 HB832SEABAUGHINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for exemptions relative to the Department of Insurance and certain provisions applicable to employment and criminal records
 HB886GAINESPORTS/SOUTH LOUISIANA - Increases the membership of the Port of South Louisiana Commission
 HB931MALINDA WHITECRIME - Amends provisions of law regarding domestic abuse battery (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB933GREGORY MILLERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
 HB1005WILLMOTTPURCHASING - Requires prior approval of certain purchases made by state agencies in the last two months of the fiscal year (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB111BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 HB40REYNOLDSRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB111PYLANTHIGHWAYS - Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 4 as the "Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Henderson Memorial Bridge" (EN +$3,360 SD EX See Note)
 HB140HOWARDWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Adds current and retired attorney generals and designated assistant attorneys general to list of officials who can carry concealed weapons
 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)
 HB385HAZELCRIME - Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB570SCHRODERHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the practice of telemedicine
 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)