Senate Daily Digest
May 28, 2020
5:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned		 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR63JOHNSCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Charles "Charlie" Norman Woods Jr.
 SR64PRICESPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates May 2020 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR73SMITHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Stephen Robicheaux on the occasion of his retirement as head coach of the Destrehan High School Wildcat football program.
 SCR74ABRAHAMCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Ravi Zacharias.

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB54FOILCORPORATIONS - Provides relative to articles of incorporation and qualifications of registered agents of certain corporations. (gov sig)
 SB71SMITHAUTOMOBILE INSURANCE - Provides for the Louisiana Automotive Insurance Plan. (1/1/21)
 SB110BRET ALLAINSERVITUDES - Provides relative to servitudes of drainage. (8/1/20)
 SB132CAMERON HENRYCONTRACTS - Provides for reporting to and approval of all state contracts valued at twenty-five million dollars or more annually by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB138BRET ALLAINTAX/SALES - Provides for sales and use tax collection by marketplace facilitators. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB140REESEINTERNET - Requires certain offices to report cyber incidents to secretary of state. (8/1/20)
 SB157WOMACKFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides relative to audit requirements for recipients of state funds. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB164BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to local sales and use tax adjudication. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB268JOHNSBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to abandonment of safety deposit boxes. (8/1/20)
 SB273HEWITTINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB308HEWITTFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to the Dedicated Fund Review Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB322SMITHDWI - Provides relative to tests for suspected drunken drivers. (gov sig)
 SB345JOHNSCONTRACTS - Provides relative to noncompete agreements. (8/1/20)
 SB406MIZELLTELECOMMUNICATIONS - Provides for rural access to broadband high-speed internet service. (gov sig)
 SB435ABRAHAMLIABILITY - Provides relative to certain immunity from civil liability during state of emergencies. (gov sig)
 SB439ABRAHAMLIABILITY - Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)
 SB450TROY CARTERCIVIL PROCEDURE - Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)
 SB492CATHEYUTILITIES - Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)
 SB498BRET ALLAINREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides for tax filing and payment extensions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB503BODI WHITEAPPROPRIATIONS - Provides relative to actions of Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget relative to the forty-five day close period. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted
 SR55HEWITTSENATE - Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
 SR60PEACOCKLEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT - Directs certain executive and judicial branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary A until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR71MIZELLCOUNSELING/GUIDANCE - Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB67FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides for the repeal of certain inactive or obsolete laws. (8/1/20)
 SB69BOUDREAUXSECRETARY 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)
 SB105PEACOCKLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the Gulf Fritillary as the official state butterfly. (8/1/20)
 SB168FRED MILLSWATER QUALITY - Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB202TALBOTINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB293JACKSON-ANDREWSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Limits the use of certain test scores in the school accountability system. (gov sig)
 SB299JACKSON-ANDREWSINSURANCE RATES - Prohibits insurers from using certain criteria for rate setting. (8/1/20)
 SB359HENSGENSCOASTAL RESOURCES - Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB434MIZELLCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides for immunity from prosecution and post-conviction relief for victims of human trafficking. (gov sig)
 SB443WARDADVERTISING - Prohibits certain advertising costs from being passed on to clients or customers. (8/1/20)
 SB471ROBERT MILLSCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for the Louisiana Timber Transportation and Safety Act. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR6EDMONDSLEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES - Creates and provides for the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
 HCR28WRIGHTU.S. CONSTITUTION - Calls for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for members of congress
 HCR48WRIGHTADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Requests the House and Senate governmental affairs committees to meet and function as a joint committee to review the process of rulemaking by state agencies and the Louisiana Administrative Code and make recommendations relative thereto
 HCR50GREENINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requests the Department of Insurance to study and report on the status of health insurance benefits relative to postpartum diastasis recti, pelvic floor dysfunction, and breast reduction
 HCR57MCFARLANDMEDICAID - Requests the La. Department of Health to issue regular reports of data on Medicaid enrollees with private insurance or offers of employer-sponsored health coverage
 HCR69WRIGHTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Creates a task force to study how to best capitalize on Louisiana's international trade potential
 HCR73SCHEXNAYDERHEALTH - Requests an update from the Louisiana Department of Health and the division of administration on efforts to establish an application or system to track the incidence and spread of COVID-19
 HCR91MANDIE LANDRYHEALTH SERVICES - Requests a study of the adequacy of health services provided to persons incarcerated in state correctional facilities

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 HCR25GREGORY MILLERCIVIL/ACTIONS - Provides for the suspension of all civil prescriptive, peremptive, filing, and other deadlines in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declared by the governor

House Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 HCR2MAGEECRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Suspends certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to financial obligations of criminal offenders
 HCR66BISHOPTAX/CORP FRANCHISE - Suspends the lower tier of the corporation franchise tax levied on domestic and foreign corporations and the initial tax levied on certain business entities subject to the corporate franchise tax (EN -$5,800,000 GF RV See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB412ZERINGUEFUNDS/FUNDING - Expands the authorized uses of monies in the State Emergency Response Fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB426THOMPSONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to seed testing and labeling
 HB469BEAULLIEUBUDGETARY CONTROLS - Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB477IVEYPURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD - Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB496RISERAGRICULTURE/GRAIN - Provides relative to grain buyers within the agricultural commodity dealer and warehouse law and to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB562EDMONDSBUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides relative to the allocation of expenditures of the state operating budget (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB618THOMPSONAGRICULTURE - Provides for the regulation of commercial feed and use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund
 HB653GAROFALOPROPERTY/UNCLAIMED - Provides relative to requirements for reporting and advertising unclaimed property (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB691LYONSENVIRONMENT - Reinstates the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund and program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB734BRASSCURRICULA - Provides relative to access to dual enrollment (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB738DUSTIN MILLERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
 HB754DUSTIN MILLERAGRICULTURE - Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors
 HB757ROBERT OWENCOURTS/CITY - To change the name of the Slidell City Court
 HB758ZERINGUEPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB775MARINOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to a defendant's appearance at certain proceedings by audio-visual transmission
 HB805PRESSLYPRESCRIPTION - Provides for the suspension of prescription
 HB812DUSTIN MILLERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to the maximum number of racing days
 HB835MCMAHENMEDICAID - Authorizes local hospital assessments in certain parishes to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs of health care provided in those parishes (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB849CHARLES OWENTOURISM/COMMISSION - Provides relative to the collection of hotel occupancy taxes levied by the Beauregard Tourist Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB35SCHEXNAYDERLIABILITY - Provides a limitation of liability for donating certain wild game
 HB52GREENREGISTRARS OF VOTERS - Provides relative to the filing of oaths and bonds by registrars of voters
 HB88HUGHESELECTION CODE - Prohibits disclosure by registrars of voters, clerks of court, and the Department of State of information related to voter registration and election management computer systems
 HB101CARPENTERHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority
 HB102GLOVERHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport
 HB114BAGLEYELECTIONS - Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors
 HB122GREGORY MILLERNOTARIES - Provides for the ratification of certain executive orders relative to notarial acts
 HB131FIRMENTINSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides relative to covered claims of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association
 HB142ROBBY CARTERSUCCESSIONS - Provides relative to successions
 HB158MARINOMEDICAL MARIJUANA - Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in treating certain neurodegenerative diseases and conditions
 HB167EMERSONELECTIONS/PRESIDENTIAL - Provides relative to the submission of nominees for the offices of president and vice president
 HB210MIKE JOHNSONCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
 HB211JORDANFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to state banks and credit unions providing financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers
 HB263HUVALDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides for insurance coverage of step therapy or fail first protocols
 HB274GAROFALONOTARIES - Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts
 HB290BISHOPELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Prohibits the disclosure of addresses and telephone numbers of election commissioners
 HB296ILLGINSURANCE/POLICIES - Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party
 HB311HUVALINSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans
 HB330LYONSHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Adds chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana
 HB343JORDANINSURERS/AGENTS - Provides relative to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program
 HB353BROWNINSURANCE CLAIMS - Provides relative to claims for dental services made by healthcare providers
 HB356MANDIE LANDRYCOURTS - Provides relative to the subject matter jurisdiction of certain courts
 HB357MAGEEGAMING - Provides relative to fantasy sports contests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 HB361DAVISCIVIL/LAW - Provides relative to supported decisionmaking agreements as a less restrictive means to interdiction
 HB372JAMESDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Creates the Forest Oak Windsor Place Crime Prevention, Improvement, and Beautification District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB373MCKNIGHTDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
 HB374ECHOLSTAX INCREMENT FINANCING - Establishes an economic development district in Morehouse Parish
 HB375FARNUMDISTRICTS/DRAINAGE - Provides relative to gravity drainage districts in Calcasieu Parish
 HB376MARCELLECIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the qualifications of the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Baton Rouge
 HB378MALINDA WHITEPLANNING/ZONING - Provides relative to compensation for members of the Washington Parish planning commission
 HB410LACOMBECHILDREN/LEGITIMATION - Provides relative to the presumption of paternity
 HB414THOMPSONHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Monroe Housing Authority
 HB421BROWNINSURANCE - Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
 HB435JORDANHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Provides relative to nonconsensual pelvic or rectal examinations by health care providers and medical students
 HB438TURNERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to contempt proceedings when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services
 HB443HILFERTYBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District
 HB458GREGORY MILLERCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the execution of agreements between merchants and third-party delivery services
 HB463STEFANSKITAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Crowley to levy a hotel occupancy tax
 HB481MAGEECRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Requires the uniform reporting by entities that assess, collect, or receive revenue from pre- or post-adjudication costs, fines, and fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB497IVEYLEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB498EMERSONLICENSING - Provides relative to occupational license and examination fee waiver and payment plan for qualified individuals
 HB515WRIGHTADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the content of the notice of intent of an agency's intended action regarding administrative rules
 HB530ECHOLSINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides for coverage of healthcare services provided through telehealth or telemedicine (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 HB532JORDANINSURANCE - Provides relative to Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 HB537FARNUMDISTRICTS/INDUSTRIAL - Provides relative to the Sulphur Industrial Development District
 HB577GOUDEAUPOLICE/LOCAL - Provides with respect to promotions within certain local police departments
 HB590MIKE JOHNSONPUBLIC PROPERTY - Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions
 HB591LARVADAINBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission
 HB593SEABAUGHCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to the prescriptive period for child support judgments
 HB597NELSONEVIDENCE - Provides for evidence in personal injury claims
 HB613CHARLES OWENLICENSING - Provides relative to the occupational licenses of military families
 HB614SEABAUGHINSURANCE - Provides relative to data security for persons regulated by the commissioner of insurance
 HB615SEABAUGHMALPRACTICE/MEDICAL - Provides relative to donors or prospective donors of an organ or tissue
 HB619TURNERBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Authorizes the La. Board of Pharmacy to charge fees for permitting of pharmacy benefit managers and provides for the frequency with which the board may assess other fees (RE +$20,000 SG RV See Note)
 HB633FREIBERGSTATE EMPLOYEES - Provides for the mandatory training in cybersecurity awareness for all state and local employees, officials, and contractors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB636IVEYLEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES - Creates and provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity
 HB640CHARLES OWENDISTRICTS/WATERWORKS - Provides with respect to the salary of waterworks commissioners
 HB647SELDERSDISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT - Authorizes the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority to use a trade name
 HB685IVEYPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to interagency data sharing
 HB690AMEDEEPOLITICAL PARTIES - Provides relative to the election of State Central Committee members
 HB697MCCORMICKPLANNING/ZONING-LOCAL - Provides relative to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission
 HB702BAGLEYHEALTH SERVICES - Provides with respect to the practice of physician assistants
 HB729MARCELLECHILDREN - Establishes the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers and repeals the termination of the Children's Cabinet (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB751DWIGHTELECTION CODE - Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code
 HB784MCCORMICKCAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS - Provides relative to certain types of contributions and records required to be maintained relative thereto (EN +$4,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB815SHERMAN MACKAUCTIONS/AUCTIONEERS - Provides relative to online auctions
 HB818ZERINGUEINSURANCE/GROUP - Provides relative to high net worth insureds (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 HB822ROBBY CARTERHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Revises the Addictive Disorders Practice Act
 HB826PRESSLYLIABILITY - Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
 HB827RISERFUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES - Provides relative to funeral directors and embalmers
 HB836JORDANDENTISTRY - Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB202HORTONREVENUE 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)
 HB798DWIGHTPUBLIC MEETINGS - Authorizes public bodies to allow members to participate and vote electronically during certain states of emergency subject to certain conditions