Senate Daily Digest
May 18, 2020
2:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber
Adjourned
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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
SR45
HEWITT
SENATE
- Amends Senate rules to permit members to vote via video or other electronic means during a declared emergency.
SR46
CAMERON HENRY
CORONERS
- Creates the Coroner Safety Task Force to develop policy recommendations that seek to enhance the prevention and mitigation of harm against a coroner and behavioral health facility personnel.
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
HB6
GREGORY MILLER
STATE AGENCIES
- Provides relative to reports by executive branch agencies
HB29
BACALA
CHILDREN/MISSING
- Provides relative to the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children
HB57
MUSCARELLO
CRIMINAL/JURY TRIALS
- Provides for the functions of the jury commission in Tangipahoa Parish and Jackson Parish
HB65
DWIGHT
CRIME
- Provides relative to exceptions to the crime of political payroll padding by a sheriff (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB77
DEVILLIER
PARDON/PAROLE
- Provides relative to the supervision and reporting requirements of persons on probation or parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB89
JAMES
DRUGS/CONTROLLED
- Adds certain substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB97
LACOMBE
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Removes certain limitations on the exemption from local match requirements for certain rural water system projects (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
HB110
GREGORY MILLER
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES
- Provides relative to methods of service of process regarding actions objecting to candidacy and contesting an election
HB111
DESHOTEL
PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Authorizes the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Beouf Levee Districts to exchange property in Avoyelles Parish
HB164
DAVIS
HEALTH/EMERG MED SERVICE
- Provides relative to emergency medical services protocols in certain life-threatening situations
HB181
RISER
WATER/RESOURCES
- Extends cooperative endeavor agreements for use of surface waters
HB184
VILLIO
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Provides for the lease of certain state property in Jefferson Parish
HB202
HORTON
REVENUE DEPARTMENT
- Establishes the Louisiana Tax Institute within the legislature and provides for the membership and the terms of membership of the governing board (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB220
MIKE JOHNSON
CONTRACTORS
- Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of fines and penalties assessed by the state licensing board for contractors
HB284
DAVIS
BANKS/BANKING
- Provides relative to financial institutions
HB412
ZERINGUE
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Expands the authorized uses of monies in the State Emergency Response Fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
HB442
MCFARLAND
TRANSPORTATION
- Provides relative to timber harvest season permits
HB477
IVEY
PURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD
- Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB514
WILLARD
TRANSPORTATION
- Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles
HB583
MINCEY
TRUSTS/PUBLIC
- Requires certain public trusts to obtain approval of a parish or municipal governing authority under certain circumstances prior to undertaking an authorized public function or purpose (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB607
HODGES
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC
- Provides relative to documentation required for certain driver's licenses
HB691
LYONS
ENVIRONMENT
- Reinstates the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund and program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
HB736
GARY CARTER
TAX
- Authorizes the Louisiana Tax Commission to order the refund of statutory impositions declared invalid (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB758
ZERINGUE
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Special Order No. 1 for 5/18.
SB418
TALBOT
LIABILITY INSURANCE
- Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020. (1/1/21) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Special Order No. 2 for 5/18.
SB359
HENSGENS
COASTAL RESOURCES
- Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Special Order No. 3 for 05/18.
SCR7
HEWITT
COASTAL RESOURCES
- To urge and request certain officials and local governments to dismiss coastal lawsuits.
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
SB80
TROY CARTER
SCHOOLS
- Exempts interior blueprints and floor plans of public school buildings and facilities from the definition of "public records". (gov sig)
SB104
MILLIGAN
MUSEUMS
- Provides for board membership and authority of certain state museums. (See Act)
SB156
LUNEAU
INSURERS
- Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)
SB202
TALBOT
INSURANCE POLICIES
- Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB204
TALBOT
INSURANCE POLICIES
- Provides for health insurance coverage of cancer treatments. (1/1/21) (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB293
JACKSON-ANDREWS
EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY
- Limits the use of certain test scores in the school accountability system. (gov sig)
SB299
JACKSON-ANDREWS
INSURANCE RATES
- Prohibits insurers from using certain criteria for rate setting. (8/1/20)
SB318
CATHEY
TOPS
- Provides for TOPS-Tech award eligibility for certain military veterans. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB365
CLOUD
STUDENTS
- Requires that information be provided to students about high-demand, high-wage jobs during the development and revision of their individual graduation plans. (gov sig)
SB437
JACKSON-ANDREWS
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Provides relative to postsecondary education management board sick leave policies. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB466
HEWITT
PUBLIC MEETINGS
- Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB477
WARD
INSURANCE POLICIES
- Provides relative to business interruption insurance. (gov sig)
SB506
BARROW
PROPERTY INSURANCE
- Authorizes property insurance policies insuring commercial and residential buildings to cover cost of disinfecting fumigation. (gov sig)
SB440
FESI
COASTAL RESOURCES
- Provides for enforcement of the Coastal Zone Management Program. (8/1/20)
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
SB67
FRED MILLS
HEALTH CARE
- Provides for the repeal of certain inactive or obsolete laws. (8/1/20)
SB69
BOUDREAUX
SECRETARY OF STATE
- Authorizes the secretary of state to refer matters involving the damaging, altering, tampering, or of falsifying records to certain agencies for investigation. (gov sig)
SB105
PEACOCK
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
- Designates the Gulf Fritillary as the official state butterfly. (8/1/20)
SB168
FRED MILLS
WATER QUALITY
- Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
SB188
BODI WHITE
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Designates the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon as a "crime of violence". (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB189
BODI WHITE
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates special funds for the deposit of certain federal monies in the state treasury. (gov sig) (EN +$811,178,704 SD EX See Note)
SB272
ABRAHAM
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Constitutional amendment to establish an ad valorem tax exemption for property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
SB434
MIZELL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- Provides for immunity from prosecution and post-conviction relief for victims of human trafficking. (gov sig)
SB443
WARD
ADVERTISING
- Prohibits certain advertising costs from being passed on to clients or customers. (8/1/20)
SB471
ROBERT MILLS
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for the Louisiana Timber Transportation and Safety Act. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)