Senate Daily Digest
June 1, 2016
10:00 am
Senate Chamber

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR173RISERSENATE - Proposes response to federal directive on Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 related to gender identity by the state and local school boards.
 SR174BARROWHEALTH CARE - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study and make a recommendation for a freestanding emergency department pilot program in North Baton Rouge.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR140RISERLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Proposes response to federal directive on Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 related to gender identity by the state and local school boards.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB1153HOFFMANNFIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL - Provides relative to certain regulations affecting boilers (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR114ROBBY CARTERCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Requests that the Louisiana State Law Institute examine the rules of discovery in the Code of Civil Procedure
 HCR129ZERINGUELEVEES - Urges and requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the issue of preferences for Louisiana contractors for public works contracts
 HCR145STOKESSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Tuesday, May 31, 2016, as abstinence day in the state of Louisiana
 HCR146T.LANDRYSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Thursday, June 2, 2016, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day
 HCR147LEGERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Edgar "Dooky" Chase, Jr., and Leah Chase upon the seventy-fifth anniversary of their Dooky Chase Restaurant and recognizes Leah Chase upon her receipt of the 2016 James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award

Special Order No. 1 for 06/01.
 HB1CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Special Order No. 2 for 06/01.
 HB2ABRAMSONCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Special Order No. 3 for 06/01.
 HB3ABRAMSONCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB64LUNEAUETHICS - Provides an exception for an attorney serving on a civil service commission. (8/1/16)
 SB195CORTEZTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Authorizes DOTD to solicit and enter into public-private partnership contracts. (gov sig)
 SB207COLOMBLOCAL FINANCE - Provides for legislation relative to the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act. (8/1/16)
 SB257WALSWORTHENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Provides relative to underground storage tanks and the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. (8/1/16) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 SB317DONAHUESTUDENTS - Provides relative to student behavior and discipline, including the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB353W.BISHOPSCHOOLS - Provides for the Louisiana Expectant and Parenting Students Act. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB388CORTEZMINERALS - Provides relative to agreements for drilling units. (gov sig)
 SB398JOHNSPUBLIC RECORDS - Exempts video or audio recordings generated by law enforcement body-worn cameras from Public Records Law. (8/1/16)
 SB412TROY BROWNLOCAL FINANCE - Authorizes creation of special districts within certain cities and provides for the governance and the powers and duties of the district, including tax increment finance authority. (gov sig)
 SB427BRET ALLAINCONSERVATION - Provides for powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (gov sig)

Senate Bills Returned from House Subject to Call
 SB277W.BISHOPCULT/REC/TOUR DEPARTMENT - Requires POST certification of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism security officers. (1/1/17) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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 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)
 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)
 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
 HCR102LEGERJUVENILES - Creates the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership Collaborative
 HCR123HENSGENSHIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that the Board of Regents study the compensation of public postsecondary education system presidents and other system officers and board members

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 HCR93IVEYSNAP/FOOD STAMPS - Requests a feasibility study of a prospective program to limit uses of SNAP benefits by Medicaid enrollees with certain health conditions

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB32SAM JONESRETIREMENT/COLAS - Authorizes payment of a benefit increase, funded by state retirement system experience accounts, to certain retirees and beneficiaries of such systems (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB61HOFFMANNRETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Provides relative to the reemployment of retired school psychologists in positions covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (REF INCREASE APV)
 HB215CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS/ANCILLARY - Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government
 HB409CAMERON HENRYFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB616CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2016-2017
 HB722MORENOREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to registration of certain online hotel marketplaces with the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB880RICHARDTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Authorizes the Lafourche Parish School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (EN +$13,000,000 LF RV See Note)
 HB882ARMESPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides for the percentage of total evaluation points awarded to certain veterans in requests for proposals for state procurements and public contracts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB907LEBASRETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Increases the earnings allowed in the Teachers' Retirement System of La. for retirees who are reemployed as substitute classroom teachers to fill certain vacancies (EGF INCREASE APV)
 HB922HENSGENSNURSING HOMES - Revises provider fees assessed on nursing homes by the Department of Health and Hospitals (EN +$16,928,449 SD RV See Note)
 HB940GAINESHIGHER EDUCATION - Requires that student identification cards issued by public postsecondary education institutions meet certain requirements (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB984CAMERON HENRYREVENUE SHARING - Provides for revenue sharing distribution for Fiscal Year 2016-2017
 HB1047CAMERON HENRYAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015-2016
 HB1049BARRASLEGISLATIVE EXPENSES - Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for FY 2016-2017
 HB1080GAROFALOLOCAL GOVT/ORDINANCES - Authorizes certain parish governing authorities to enact ordinances relative to the removal of deleterious growths, trash, debris, and other noxious matter
 HB1099THIBAUTAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the assessment of a license fee imposed by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the production of marijuana for therapeutic use (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 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)
 HB1121LEGERTAX/SALES & USE - Establish notification and reporting requirements relative to retail sales made in Louisiana by remote retailers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB1129STOKESTAX/SALES & USE - Establishes a procedure for coordinated audits of certain dealers who collect state and local sales and use taxes in multiple parishes (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB1160DAVISHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to construction projects undertaken by nonprofit corporations that support the Louisiana Community and Technical College System

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB56LEGERRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to retirement eligibility and benefits for new hires in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB57LEGERRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to the assessment and remittal of employee contributions to the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB58LEGERRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB59LEGERRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides relative to conversion of sick and annual leave to retirement credit in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB280BROADWATERWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides with respect to group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation
 HB286GAROFALOTRUSTS - Provides for revisions to the Trust Code
 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)
 HB538GAROFALOCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to court reporter fees on appeal matters and transcript contracts (EN LF RV See Note)
 HB717STOKESREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the funding of the operations of the Department of Revenue (RE +$110,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB735ABRAMSONTAX RETURN - Provides relative to the deadlines for the payment of certain taxes and the time and place for the filing of certain income tax returns (RE1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB772ABRAMSONTAX/TAX REBATES - Provides relative to contracts for procurement processing company rebates (EG1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB858MONTOUCETCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board
 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
 HB902LEOPOLDFISHING/OYSTERS - Provides a process by which the oyster lease moratorium can be lifted
 HB992CONNICKCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Amends certain definitions for purposes of sex offender registration and notification requirements
 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)
 HB1008CONNICKCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Amends the sex offender registration and notification form used by courts
 HB1019EDMONDSABORTION - Prohibits abortion based on genetic abnormality
 HB1032STEVE CARTERDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Cypress Point Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB1058THIBAUTTRANSPORTATION - Creates annual permits for ready-mix concrete trucks (RE1 INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB1130GAROFALOFISHING/OYSTERS - Allows for dual leasing of water bottoms for oyster cultivation and harvest
 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

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB26BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (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)
 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)
 SB395WARDLEGISLATIVE AGENCIES - Provides relative to the Louisiana State Law Institute. (1/1/17) (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB473JOHNSMEDICAID - Provides for the Louisiana Health Insurance Premium Payment Program. (gov sig) (EGF DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 SCR15CLAITORJOINT RULES - Amends Joint Rules of Order relative to conference committee reports.
 HB81BROADWATERPUBLIC RECORDS - Requires public bodies to make certain information concerning the custodian of records publicly available
 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
 HB795STOKESTAX EXEMPTIONS - Provides relative to the organization of the Tax Exemption Budget (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Conference Committee Report Received
 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
 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)