Senate Committee on Finance
May 15, 2017
10:00 am
Room A-B
Adjourned
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR83
BODI WHITE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
- Requests that CDBG--Disaster Recovery Program funds received by Louisiana relative to damages caused by the flooding in the state during 2016 be subject to legislative oversight.
SB24
MORRELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from state and local sales and use tax. (See Act) (EG -$13,000,000 GF RV See Note)
SB30
MORRELL
TAX/SALES
- Extends the Tax Free Shopping Program set to terminate on July 1, 2017. (gov sig) (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)
SB54
MIZELL
CHILDREN
- Provides relative to exploited children. (8/1/17) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
SB88
LONG
HEALTH CARE
- Provides for a rural health clinic look-alike. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB101
RISER
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Authorizes issuance of a military honor license plate with an identical number for a motorcycle and boat trailer. (8/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB105
BRET ALLAIN
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Provides an exemption from sales and use tax for fuel used for farming. (gov sig) (RE -$796,000 GF RV See Note)
SB113
BARROW
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Provides relative to entities that are exempt from the corporation franchise tax. (1/1/18) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
SB138
RISER
PROCUREMENT CODE
- Reduces the threshold for consulting services contracts to be competitively bid or negotiated. (7/1/17) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB166
MORRELL
TAX/TAXATION
- Terminates certain tax exemptions, exclusions, or deductions in 2021. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
SB180
MORRELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Restores the sales and use tax exemption for medical devices. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
SB187
HEWITT
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for establishment of a pilot evidence-based budget proposal process for mental health programs administered by the Louisiana Department of Health. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB206
MORRELL
TAX/TAXATION
- Terminates certain tax exemptions and deductions in 2021. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
SB222
ERDEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
- Provides benefits for firemen and law enforcement officers who suffer a catastrophic injury resulting in permanent and total disability caused by an individual with the specific intent to kill an officer while the officer is engaged in the performance of his official duties. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB225
HEWITT
CURRICULA
- Creates the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (LaSTEM). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB226
HEWITT
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Eliminates certain statutory dedications and eliminates certain dedications of certain funds. (7/1/17) (OR +$839,887,403 GF RV See Note)
SB240
RISER
TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL
- Exempts flood or tornado victims from paying state individual income tax for the 2017 tax year. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE