Senate Daily Digest
May 25, 2016
2:00 pm
Senate Chamber

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR155PETERSONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Veronica "Ms. V" Downs-Dorsey on 25 years of teaching vocal music at McDonogh 35 Senior High School and on 35 years as an educator in the Orleans Parish school system.
 SR156THOMPSONCOMMENDATIONS - Designates June 1, 2016, as "4-H Day" at the legislature and commends the state 4-H officers.
 SR157JOHNSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Willie Landry Mount on being conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by McNeese State University.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR129LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Jim Hawthorne upon receiving the 2016 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and for being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
 SCR130LONGCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Dr. Julian Bailes Jr. on receiving the 2016 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award and being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
 SCR131COLOMBCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Catholic High School of Baton Rouge football team on winning the state championship.
 SCR132PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Gary Loftin, Clerk of Court for the parish of Caddo, on his well-deserved retirement.
 SCR133COLOMBCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Parkview Baptist High School football team on winning the state championship.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB722MORENOREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to registration of certain online hotel marketplaces with the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB887STEVE CARTERSCHOOLS - Creates a residential school for certain at-risk students in grades six through twelve (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR102LEGERJUVENILES - Creates the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership Collaborative
 HCR108HOFFMANNMEDICAID - Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to create a Medicaid transformation plan

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB120MARTINYJUDGES - Provides relative to Ascension Parish Court. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB241MILKOVICHPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides right of access to autopsy records, coroner's reports and similar documents. (gov sig)
 SB403MORRISHCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to facilities providing housing to individuals referred by judicial agencies. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB19DWIGHTCRIME - Prohibits use of an unmanned aircraft system to conduct surveillance or collect information about a school, school premises, or correctional facilities
 HB78PEARSONETHICS/FINANCIAL DISCLOS - Requires the executive director of each of the state and statewide retirement systems to file annual financial disclosure statements
 HB135T.LANDRYWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides for the reporting of information concerning persons prohibited from possessing firearms
 HB144GREGORY MILLERETHICS/FINANCIAL DISCLOS - Removes requirement of an affidavit and instead requires a certification to accompany Tier 1 and Tier 2 personal financial disclosure statements
 HB146MORENOLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides a limitation of liability for certain persons mentoring an offender on probation
 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
 HB264SHERMAN MACKJUVENILES/DELINQUENTS - Provides with respect to sentencing of juvenile offenders sentenced to life imprisonment for certain offenses
 HB283EMERSONCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requires screening of newborns for Krabbe disease (EN +$798,907 GF EX See Note)
 HB459DANAHAYREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides that the manner of appointment and qualifications of the registrar are to be provided by law
 HB471DANAHAYREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides qualifications for the office of registrar of voters (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB518BROADWATERPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides an exemption for certain information concerning the fitness of a person to be certified by the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters
 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
 HB600LEGERCOURTS - Provides for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans (EN +$56,500 LF EX See Note)
 HB631MIGUEZENVIRONMENT/WASTE TIRES - Provides for types of tires and penalties for failure to comply with the Waste Tire Program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB635HUNTERCRIME - Adds the use of unmanned aircraft systems as elements of certain crimes involving the invasion of privacy (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB642ROBERT JOHNSONDIETITIANS - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition
 HB689SAM JONESCOURTS/CITY - Provides relative to indigent defense services in certain city courts
 HB710HOLLISSALES/TOBACCO DEALERS - Changes the time period in which cigarettes must be stamped
 HB711SHADOINLEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Provides relative to release of legislative audits
 HB727GREGORY MILLERLOBBYING - Specifies that the filing of certain supplemental lobbyist disclosure reports is not required during the registration renewal period (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)
 HB792B.ADAMSMASSAGE THERAPISTS - Provides relative to the regulation of massage therapists
 HB815STOKESHUMAN REMAINS - Prohibits post-abortion harvesting of fetal remains and requires burial or cremation of such remains
 HB898GREGORY MILLERCAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS - Changes the definition of motor vehicles relative to the prohibition on purchasing motor vehicles with campaign funds to provide that such prohibition does not apply to trailers
 HB922HENSGENSNURSING HOMES - Revises provider fees assessed on nursing homes by the Department of Health and Hospitals (EN +$16,928,449 SD RV See Note)
 HB947POPESTATE DEPARTMENTS - Requires certain state entities to report to the legislature information concerning administration of the entities
 HB992CONNICKCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Amends certain definitions for purposes of sex offender registration and notification requirements
 HB1008CONNICKCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Amends the sex offender registration and notification form used by courts
 HB1019EDMONDSABORTION - Prohibits abortion based on genetic abnormality
 HB1155HODGESWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides with respect to temporary concealed carry permits for certain victims of domestic violence (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB1157STOKESMEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medicaid provider claims review process (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB1161DUSTIN MILLERNURSES - Provides relative to the composition of the La. State Board of Nursing (EG NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)
 HB1163GAROFALOCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to clerks of court as ex officio recorders

Reconsideration
 SB436TROY CARTERDISCRIMINATION - Provides with respect to discrimination regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. (gov sig)
 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)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Returned from House With Amendments
 SCR15CLAITORJOINT RULES - Amends Joint Rules of Order relative to conference committee reports.

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 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)
 SB165BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Requires landowner notification when an operator transfers an oil or gas well and provides for orphaned oilfield sites. (8/1/16)
 SB180FRED MILLSCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Provides exemption from prosecution for anyone lawfully in possession of medical marijuana. (8/1/16)
 SB329CLAITORTOPS - Increases the minimum GPA required for the Performance and Honors Awards. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB335CLAITORSTUDENTS - Prohibits charter schools from requiring disclosure of certain student information and provides for the submission of petitions by certain students with exceptionalities. (gov sig)
 SB376COLOMBHEALTH CARE - Creates the Louisiana Family Caregiver Act. (8/1/16)
 SB377PEACOCKCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Requires National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline information to be posted at hotels. (8/1/16)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR132BARROWCOMMITTEE STUDIES - Requests a special committee to study the feasibility of requiring two-way cameras with captioning for hearing impaired and hard of hearing individuals at Louisiana businesses with drive-thru windows.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR100W.BISHOPLEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Requests Louisiana State Law Institute study the award of child support for adult children with disabilities.
 SCR101WALSWORTHENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT - Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the removal of certain Reid vapor pressure requirements in certain parishes.
 SCR102WALSWORTHENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT - Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study including above ground bulk storage facilities in the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 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
 SB325CLAITORFUNDS/FUNDING - Makes changes to judicial building fund as it relates to juvenile court matters and certain child welfare proceedings. (7/1/16) (RE +$45,800 LF RV See Note)
 SB407MILKOVICHPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Requires publication of certain contracts and reports on the Internet and and creates task force which is authorized to study and make annual assessments of state contracts. (7/1/16) (EN INCREASE 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)
 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)
 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)
 SB465BARROWHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to freestanding emergency medical care facilities. (8/1/16)
 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
 HCR69LEGERCORRECTIONS - Continues the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force to develop certain sentencing and corrections policy recommendations
 HCR93IVEYSNAP/FOOD STAMPS - Requests a feasibility study of a prospective program to limit uses of SNAP benefits by Medicaid enrollees with certain health conditions
 HCR94BILLIOTCHILDREN/FOSTER CARE - Extends the Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care to study public policy and financing options for youth aging out of foster care
 HCR107WILLMOTTCHILDREN/DCFS - Establishes a consortium of emergency care facilities designated in the Safe Haven Law and provides for a registry of such facilities
 HCR113LEBASDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Establishes the Commission on Preventing Opioid Abuse
 HCR118REYNOLDSENVIRONMENT/AIR - Provides for environmental study of conditions present when munitions are burned for destruction

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB625T.LANDRYMTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Provides relative to transporters of hazardous material
 HB632JIM MORRISCONSERVATION - Provides for financial security required by applicants for drilling permits
 HB751LEGERMTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Increases penalties for noncompliance with the compulsory seat belt law
 HB819JIM MORRISCONSERVATION - Provides for the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
 HB858MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board
 HB859MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the appointment and removal of employees of the municipal fire and police civil service
 HB861MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to defined terms within the provisions governing the municipal fire and police civil service
 HB873MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to officers and employees of the municipal fire and police civil service
 HB964P.SMITHSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to the treatment and care of students with diabetes
 HB989SHADOINHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to tuition and fees applicable to nonresident students
 HB1032STEVE CARTERDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Cypress Point Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB1042BAGLEYLOCAL AGENCIES - Authorizes certain local and private entities to accept electronic payments for local charges
 HB1056LEGERDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District
 HB1059DAVISFUELS/LIQ PETROLEUM GAS - Provides relative to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB1086LANCE HARRISPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to contract limits for certain public contracts
 HB1087GREGORY MILLERLEVEES - Provides relative to the Lafourche Basin Levee District
 HB1149LEGERLEVEES - Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank
 HB1150LANCE HARRISTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides relative to the disposition of land acquired by the Department of Transportation and Development
 HB1156N.LANDRYTEACHERS/SALARY - Provides relative to the reduction of teacher salaries under certain circumstances

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
 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)
 HB400REYNOLDSTEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS - Provides relative to the review of textbooks and other instructional materials by the state Dept. of Education (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 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)
 HB704HAVARDMTR VEHICLE/TRUCKS - Authorizes night movement of permitted vehicles on interstate highways
 HB714FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to the Business Corporation Act
 HB766BROADWATERDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to sustainable energy financing districts
 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
 HB832SEABAUGHINSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides for exemptions relative to the Department of Insurance and certain provisions applicable to employment and criminal records
 HB853ROBERT JOHNSONPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Changes the composition of the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
 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
 HB937HAVARDMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to background checks of certain persons who perform services relative to motor vehicles
 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)
 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)
 HB1057HAVARDTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for conditions that may be placed on the transfer of roads from the state highway system to a parish or municipality
 HB1145LOPINTOCOURTS/DISTRICT - Provides sanctions for violations of drug division probation programs (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB26BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)
 SB111BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
 SB123CLAITORCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Revises and reorganizes Code of Criminal Procedure articles and Revised Statutes relative to bail. (1/1/17)
 SB309CLAITORHEALTH CARE - Amends supervision requirements for certain addictive disorder practitioners in certain custodial environments. (8/1/16)
 HB40REYNOLDSRETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP - Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB81BROADWATERPUBLIC RECORDS - Requires public bodies to make certain information concerning the custodian of records publicly available
 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)
 HB218HOFFMANNHEALTH/SMOKING - Prohibits the use of tobacco products on school property
 HB340STOKESCONSUMERS/PROTECTION - Prohibits certain sales or offers for sale of extended service agreements for motor vehicles
 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)
 HB795STOKESTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to the organization of the Tax Exemption Budget (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)